Many people have speculated the cause behind school shootings is mainly violent video games. No one ever thinks about other causes. The real problem may be much deeper than that. There are several ingredients that go into the cocktail of violence ,that is so prevalent in our society. When tragedy hits and horrific happenings occur, we scramble for a quick answer and a quick fix. The senseless tragedies that happen are unnecessary. It proves that catastrophes can strike anywhere and anytime. Our…
Every time we neared a video arcade, I begged my parents to let me play Whack-A-Mole. I am not sure if it was the hammer I got to use during the game, the joy of smacking the mole as it popped out of the board, or the adrenaline rush as the game sped up. In elementary school this was a rare treat my parents succumbed to only when we were on vacation, and I had worn them down. However, as a junior, my talent at Whack-A-Mole, took on a whole new metaphoric meaning. I was warned when I entered AP…
As time goes by, humans rely more and more on technology. Like it or not, everyone is exposed to some type of technology in their lifetime. Now-a-days kids play in tablets instead of going outside and being involved in actual physical activity. One thing for sure, is that technology does come handy to in various ways. Technology does in a way make humans more powerful; It is something that is growing with society, there is no turning back, or is it? As stated above, technology is evolving…
The famous movie "Titanic" was a blockbuster and it gave a career rise to so many struggling artists. One of them was Celine Dion. She sung the title song of the movies which is still loved by all "My Heart Will Go On." Celine Dion is a famous singer and her songs are heard all over the world which means that she has one of the greatest fan-following around the world. Celine Maire Claudette Dion is a French Canadian singer born on 30th March 1968. She emerged as a French-speaking world star…
hands-free control of devices by using an infrared projector, camera and a microchip to track movement of objects and individuals in three dimensions. There are three other hardware components working within the Kinect sensor: Color VGA video camera (RGB Camera): This video camera…
tales loved by people. The tale is basically cascaded on a big wicked wolf and a young girl. For now, it is clear that most people know something about the fairy tale. However, it is more exciting when the story in being told in several ways with video games inclusive. Listing to the story of Brave & Little Adventure, you have to check how it all went. This is because you may be highly interested in amazing games of such. Since the Brave & Little Adventure is highly interesting, so should it not…
Combating Video Game Addiction Games are everywhere, on computers, tablets, and phones. Seventy-two percent of teens play video games(Lenhart). One out of ten teens are addicted to video games, playing about forty hours a week, compared to an average player of eight hours a week(Growing). Signs that teens are gaming addicts are increasing numbers of hours playing, telling lies in order to hide gaming problem, feeling more irritable when confronted, etc(Rauh). These addictions can lead to…
customers : electronic goods for the first company and for the second, video games. Both of these companies’s ad are videos, but they show different approaches of advertising. Apple’s ad is video that shows famous people, the ‘ crazy ones’ as the title call them, who changed the world. However, in the second video ‘ Everyone is doing it’ is a video where an old man is talking of a the video game ‘ Call of Duty’. The essay…
With the growing popularity of social media and its increasing involvement with matters both domestic and worldwide, individuals have begun to gravitate toward being “techno-optimists” or “techno-pessimists”, with many left somewhere in between. We are surrounded by TV programs telling us how to look, videogames telling us what races are “good” or “bad”, and the whitewashing of nerd culture it’s not difficult to see why some are pessimistic about social media, especially with its role in…
moved into our classrooms too and they are there to stay. Gershenfeld (2014) describes gamification as “applying the principles of game design to solve real-world challenges” (p. 55). There is no doubt that applying technology and the principles of video gaming for educational…