in the US played video games in 2008‚ thus fueling an $11.7 billion domestic video game industry. In 2008‚ 10 of the top 20 best-selling video games in the US contained violence. Violent video games have been blamed for school shootings‚ increases in bullying‚ and violence towards women. Critics argue that these games desensitize players to violence‚ reward players for simulating violence‚ and teach children that violence is an acceptable way to resolve conflicts. Video game advocates contend
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Informative Speech Outline I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Video of iPhone ad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4IRsCjMqdI B. Background and Audience Relevance: Most people in this class have smart phones and most of those smart phones happen to be iPhones. iPhones can do more things than most people know‚ and now days most people cannot live without their iPhones. C. Speaker Credibility: As an iPhone owner of 2 years‚ I have learned a lot about what iPhones can do and why me and most
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Informative Speech So who here loves to travel? I personally love to travel and see new places‚ I have yet to travel overseas into Europe‚ but it’s definitely on my list of new adventures. I have been to parts of Mexico countless times‚(like Cancun and Cabo San Lucas) and to the Virgin Islands a couple of times‚( St. Croix was the island I visited)‚ and then I went to Costa Rica for about a month a couple of summers ago‚ and stayed in Ocotal‚ which is the very western side of Costa Rica‚
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Advancement of Video Game Consoles In this paper I will show and explain how the advancement of video games consoles has changed Humanity in more ways than one. I will show how the inventors started their Empires by selling plain‚ simple playing cards all the way to online gaming linked all around the world. How Nintendo and Atari started as two of the giants in the gaming world and then how Nintendo almost died out when Sega came out with their console. I will also explain how the video game mindset
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The Harmful Effects of Video Games Vs. The Benefits Aaron Winterstein October 14‚ 2012 The Harmful Affects of Video Games Vs. The Benefits There are many questions about video games and how they affect children. I believe that video games are harmful to children in many ways. Many studies have tried to prove that they are harmful‚ as well that they are also beneficial to children. It is difficult
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Violent and Nonviolent Computer Games on Implicit Measures of Aggressiveness Matthias Bluemke1Â Monika Friedrich1‚ and Joerg Zumbach2 1 2 Psychological Institute‚ University of Heidelberg‚ Heidelberg‚ Germany Department of E-Learning and Media Research in Science Education‚ University of Salzburg‚ Salzburg‚ Austria : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : We examined the causal relationship between playing violent video games and increases in aggressiveness
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Violence in Video Games and Our Youth Over the years violent video games have become a major topic throughout America. An issue that has been debated over the years is the violence in video games and its negative impact on our youth. A few major points I will cover are the increased aggressive behavior‚ youth ’s desensitization‚ and parental supervision. All these are a contributor to the effects our children have faced or will face in the future. Violent video games are extremely popular with
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Hollywood and video games do not make a perfect couple Hollywood has made a quit amount of films that are based on video games‚ but none of them was a huge success as the games were. Top video games like Tomb Raider‚ Prince of Persia and Super Mario Bros all have been made into movies‚ but they were not executed well. Sometimes people wonder how can a movie with a $100 Million budget flunk easily? Nowadays video games include a perfect storyline‚ cinematic‚ visuals and it is more dynamic than
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Effects of Video Game Violence There have been many arguments that have been brought up arguing that violent video games are making kids more violent. Some arguments go as far as saying all video games are making kids more violent. However‚ the argument can go both ways. People have brought up that video games help kids with hand eye coordination and allow them to vent their frustrations. The earliest videogame has been around since 1958‚ and this game was a simple game that had no human and no
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Over the past few years‚ video games have become increasingly popular in our culture. During this time video games have experienced leaps in technology‚ such as improved graphics and the ability to play with others either in person or worldwide via internet . As video game popularity has grown and the technology has become more advanced‚ concern has also grown regarding the effects of violent video game play on children. Video games are unique‚ as compared to other games children and adolescents
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