2 April 7‚ 2014 Video Games: Why Their Benefits Outweigh Concern over Violence Video games are rapidly becoming one the most common forms of electronic entertainment and are played by both children and adults. Recently‚ there have been several investigations into the possible effects gaming may have on the development of children’s mental faculties as well as how they might affect a gamer’s emotional disposition following gameplay. Much of this research has painted video games in a negative light
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The video game industry has been under repeated attack by accusations that the material in their best-selling video games has harmful effects on children and on society as a whole. With $10 billion dollars in annual sales the gaming industry has an interest in any policies that may hinder business and produce false information to the public. In the search for answers an examination of medical findings from groups such as the American Medical Association (AMA)‚ American Academy of Child & Adolescent
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Nowadays‚ video games have become a vital part of most children. They tend to spend more time in front of consoles and computers than reading books‚ playing or studying. However‚ when something becomes popular in somehow‚ there must be someone who disagrees and condemns it. The issue is that violent video games contribute to youth violence‚ don’t they? Perhaps it’s accused by someone who is conservative. Violent games don’t lead children to have violent behaviors for three reasons. First‚ research
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Does Violent Video Games Cause Violent Behavior? Over the course of the years the question as to whether or not video games cause violent behavior has become very prominent. Video games that have been released during this new era are very explicit and aggressive. I do think video can have a certain hold over children’s minds‚ especially if they spend more than three to five hours playing video games. The younger the children are introduced to combative entertainment the more their minds will be
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Video Games for Education‚ Exercise‚ and Team Cohesion Acacia Jackson University of Advancing Technology Abstract Video games hold so much more potential than as sedentary entertainment for players. A handful of benefits can be garnered from video games including education‚ exercising‚ and team cohesion. These benefits can be used by individual players or schools‚ athletic teams‚ gyms and clubs. The theory for Games for Activating Thematic Engagement or GATE theory encourages games that foster metacognition
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recent essay I wrote of the violence attributed to video games in light of various shootings and other tragedies that occurred in the past year or so. In this essay I argued that despite their violent content‚ video games are not completely to blame for acts of violence committed by children. Throughout this essay I tried to convince the reader by‚ first‚ establishing my own credibility with video games‚ then sharing my own experiences with violent games‚ and providing both empirical data and valuable
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COMPUTER GAMES 1 Running Head: COMPUTER GAMES Computer Games in the Classroom: A History and Brief Review of the Research John W. Rice Texas Center for Educational Technology University of North Texas Paper presented at emPowering the Future‚ Texas Center for Educational Technology Higher Education Cadres Conference‚ Denton‚ TX. COMPUTER GAMES 2 Abstract Computer video games are derived from a broad range of related fields‚ including virtual reality‚ simulations‚ and synchronous computerized
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INTRODUCTION Games are commonly played by children for them to have fun and of course‚ to enjoy and cherish their childhood days. In Philippines‚ a few decades ago‚ kids used to gather in the streets or in their neighborhood playground to play their favorite Larong Pinoy games like piko‚ patintero‚ taguan‚ tumbang preso‚ luksong tinik‚ etc. Due to limited resources of toys of Filipino children‚ they usually play using native materials or instruments. Filipino kids usually come up on inventing games without
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military uses video games to recruit and train their soldiers. To my surprise video/computer gaming and the military are more related than I thought they would be. Before reading this article‚ I always thought that video games such as Call of Duty or Halo‚ were highly influenced by what was done realistically in the military. Essentially‚ some qualities of these video games were of course influenced by what was done in the military. For example‚ the setting of the video games‚ what the video game character
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are now getting addicted on online games. Most of them are high school to college students. It can be a conflict on their studies and also to their family. This game commits a failure of students to their school subjects. For this situation to stop‚ we need to combine effort of peaceful family practices‚ school programs‚ and available jobs for teens. Effects of Online gaming to the 2nd year IT College students of lyceum of Alabang Online game is a video game played over some form of computer network
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