------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER # 1 BACKGROUND 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.1 GAME CONSOLES A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or modified computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device (a television‚ monitor‚ etc.) to display a video game. The term "video game console" is used to distinguish a machine designed for consumers to buy and use solely for playing video games from a personal computer‚ which has many other functions‚ or arcade
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in the video game console industry? Do a five-force analysis to support your answer. Which of the five competitive forces is strongest? Which is weakest? Would you characterize the overall strength of competition in video game consoles as fierce‚ strong‚ moderate to normal or weak? Why? What forces are driving changes in the video game console industry? Are these driving forces acting to make the industry more or less competitively intense? Are the driving forces acting to make the industry more or
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Have you ever wondered how games impact children? or why kids love to play them? Well your about to find out and the answer may be surprising. Video games were first introduced in the 1970s. By the end of that decade they had become a preferred childhood leisure activity‚ and adults responded with concern about the possible ill effects of the games on children. Early research on these effects was inconclusive. However‚ a resurgence in video game sales that began in the late 1980s after the introduction
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The effects of video games Kathy Michelle Watson University Composition and Communication II February 10‚ 2013 Jacqueline Smith Lance The effects of video games It is time for adults to come out of the closet. When talking about video games most people will picture in their minds an adolescent glued to a screen; while it is true that 92% of American children play video games (Gentile‚ 2011‚75)‚ the average gamer is 35 years old (ESA‚ 2008). Playing games is an investment of time. The majority
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Are video games a value to people and even societies? This is one controversial questions that’s been argued and pondered on for years and years on end and I believe that video games have many many great qualities and have very much value to not only the U.S. but the world in general. The values also spread across many categories from improvement in skills and other things that make us grow as humans‚ to connecting people‚ and even stuff like jobs. One of the biggest reasons video games are a value
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Violence in Video Games Kadie Lawrence The controversy concerning violence in video games dates back to the release of Death Race in 1976[i]‚ a game in which the player runs over “gremlins” loosely depicting human stick figures with a car. Since its uproarious rejection by parents and educators‚ production of the game was ceased‚ however not before protestors forcibly removed the game from arcades and burned them in parking lots. It had been reported that the original working title of the game was Pedestrian
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------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Video Games in Education Educational video games are sometimes referred to as ‘edutainment’ in the industry. Experts believe that these games make learning fun by using entertainment as an educational tool. These games take a specific type of learning or topic and build a game around that topic. For example‚ kids might learn math by playing a flying game. The hope is that the child will have fun and forget that they’re learning‚ but
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The Ethics of Video Games Miguel Sicart’s articles “Ethics: A Virtue Ethics Approach to Computer Games” and “The Ethics of Computer Game Design” are based off his book “The Ethics of Computer Games‚” in which he states that the playing and designing of computer games can be ethical and moral decisions. He declares that video games are ethical “objects” and that the players are ethical “agents.” Sicart also argues that video game designers have a responsibility for how ethically wrong or right
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Video Game in the young popular culture Qiao Lu Video game characters are icons in youth popular culture; it is commonly use video game characters in some products’ marketing campaign when their target markets are young adults. Sometime‚ the video game will evolve other forms of media as well such as the film‚ the books and cartoons after the popular of video game. However‚ when the people enjoy the excitement of video game‚ there is serious sexism and stereotypes involve in it. How popular the
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Controversies over video games center on debates around video game content and the potential for it to negatively impact player attitude and behavior. Since the early 1980s‚ video games have become part of the political discourse with advocates emphasizing their nature as an expressive medium (protected under the freedom of speech laws of many countries)‚ and detractors promoting various theories that video games are harmful for society and thus subject to legislative oversight and restrictions.
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