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In 2011, a California law was brought before the Supreme Court, a law that would have banned the sale of “violent” video games to minors. The former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, had originally supported this law, having signed it in 2005. “We have a responsibility to our kids and our communities,” stated Schwarzenegger, “to protect (them) against the effects of games that depict ultraviolent actions, just as we already do with movies.” Despite the ex-governor’s sentiments, the…

Video Games Do Not Cause Violence There are many beliefs that video games cause violence in youths. Those people who say those things are wrong. They are dead wrong because of the reasons given. Much of the research done to investigate the matter has been a failure. First, in 2008, 97% of youth ages twelve to seventeen played video games while two thirds of them played an action game with violent content. On the other hand, more than half the parents wonder about the effect that video games…

At the university of iowa in 2009 , Anderson and his colleagues requested 500 people to engage in an experiment and listen to some more violent songs such as songs with contextual matter about guns and support and encourage murder and homicide such as "Shoot 'Em Up" by Bone thugs and harmony , and such nonviolent songs as "Finger Lickin' Good" by the Beastie Boys that don't contain such harsh text and are more about melody and calmness. Researchers included the lyrics of some of these songs…

Video Games are on the upward trend all across America. Now more than ever, people are interacting online through many different gaming platforms. According to Mychelle Blake, in the US alone, over 63% of all households have someone who regularly plays video games. That’s nearly 2 in 3 households that have a gamer. Being a gamer does not mean you are good, bad, weird, or cool. Most importantly, it does not mean you are a boy. Back in 2014, there was a serious issue with sexism in the…

egaming not getting any recognition as a sport. A sport is just not something that requires the use of physical energy and just pure strength but it is much more than that. A sport may need the use of physicality but not always. It mostly is a mental game, out thinking your opponent to beat them. Most sports need coordination and precision with in a split instant or a fatal error could be made. One thing that is generally accepted and is accurate is that sports require an enormous amount of…

Mature-rated video game hit or beat up someone(ProCon.org). Violent video games have negative effects on children and make them behave aggressively and violently towards each other. The study from the University of Florida concluded that playing violent video games lead teenagers to commit crimes and engage in bad behavior. The video game Grand Theft Auto teaches teenagers to act out their aggression through violence. Therefore, parents should limit their children’s exposure to violent video…

human life by making killing other humans the way to solve their problems. These games have been proven to promote aggression in youth after only fifteen minutes of playing, and cause reckless and unhealthy habits, like eating junk food, not studying, or fighting and arguing as problem solving. Violent videogames have promoted poor morals in the youth for years. Several studies depict the effects of constant violent video gaming on teens and young adults, ages 13-19. The psychologist, Bruce…

Xbox Microsoft revolutionized home video gaming, when releasing the Xbox on to the consumer market for $299 in November of 2001. Which operates on a custom intel Pentium 3 Coppermine-based processor running at 733 MHz and a shared sub card with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM, with a GPU Co-developed by NVidia “NV2A” 233 MHz Asic, and a built in 8 to 10 GB hard drive. This console was ahead of it time and technology as it supported 720p and 1080i HD resolution, which in 2001 was unheard of and televisions…

hours playing video games weekly. My sources were CNN, Futurism, SheppardMullin, and the American Psychological Association. You should care because you or someone you know most likely loves to play video games. They could be a really nice person but their gamer nature might contradict it. The reason I’m doing this topic is because I am a huge fan of gaming and I want to show that all gamers aren’t bad or a terrible person. First I’ll be talking about some effects that video games have on us.…

At the age of thirteen, I was introduced to the game console Xbox 360. I fell in love with it the minute I started to play it. The game console was a Christmas present. What I did not know at that point of time was that it was the worst present for me in the long run, and that there are much better and useful things to do instead of watching a screen. I had several Xbox 360 games, but the first one I started to play on the Xbox 360 was Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It is a first-person shooter…