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The Effects of Videogames on Adolescents For the last fifty years adolescents have played videogames. Videogames have advanced from arcade games to home systems and portable systems. Now videogames are changing again, moving into the future with virtual reality and duel capability systems. However, one thing that has not changed over the years is studying the effects of videogames on adolescents, most of which examine the negative effects of violent videogames. I agree that there is…

THE MONSTER SQUAD As a child, movies provided a way to bring my family together and broaden our horizons. They were a constant source of inspiration, ideologies, and entertainment and therefore we watched a lot of movies during my childhood. Aforementioned considered pinpointing a favorite for this particular assignment proved to be a difficult task in itself. I choose to Transmediate a film titled, The Monster Squad because it was amongst the many movies that my brothers and I use to joyfully…

The Correlation Between Video Games and Childhood Obesity Recently I moved out of my parents house and my little brother became a big gamer. He turned my old room into his new office/game room. When I go over to my parents house now I notice he’s constantly getting snacks and sodas but never coming out that room which led me to thinking about how unhealthy that has to be for him. I started doing some research on how often obesity in children is starting to occur and the reasons behind it. I…

Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo, has passed away at the age 55. Business Insider, July 13, 2015 reported the cause of death was a bile duct growth. Last year, Satoru Iwata had surgery to remove the growth. He came through the operation very well and went back to work after a short recovery period. Satoru Iwata was born in Sapporo, Japan, on December 6, 1959. His career in the corporate planning division with Nintendo started in June 2000, when he was appointed as Director of Nintendo.…

school I want to inspire others to workout as well. If i inspire others to workout many will want to follow the example and there will be more fit students around school. Another part of my legacy i want to remembered for would be for being an avid gamer. I want to be known for playing Counter-Strike:Global Offensive and Minecraft. I want many people to know my kd ratio and how good i am at sniping in CounterStrike:GlobalOffensive. I want people to know me after high school so i can carry people…

After robbing a bank in New York City, Mitchell and Brandon run through the lunchtime crowd waving their guns, holding onto a big bag of money while attempting to evade arrest. The two shoot several people that are in their way and then steal a UPS truck. In their haste to get away, they run over an elderly woman walking with a cane as she was crossing the street. The number of fatalities continues to grow as the two boys attempt to flee. After wrecking the UPS truck, the two severely beat a…

I remember was five went I got my ps3. I was playing a dirt bike game. I was jumping around on the bed really happy and inpatient. I wanted to play already bad and it takes so long to load. When it loaded I was ready to play. I was doing backflips on the four-wheeler over and over again and again until I went to the race it was hard to win every one. I had to do tricks to win and I did. I was five when I was introduced to video games. My grandma bought me a ps3 with a couple games. One…

Combining Minecraft and Star Wars is perhaps one of the greatest ideas of the past three months. Why is it so good? Well, the reasons are too long to list, but here are a few things you didn't know. 1. MINECRAFT UPDATE ADDS STAR WARS Perpahs I wasn't clear in the introduction. Poor you, sitting there shaking your head in confusion. "What's this guy talking about? Minecraft and Star Wars? He's crazy!" Well, let me clear things up here. There was an update that combined the two forces a while…

by game developers should not be ignored as well. After improvements and new designs, some video games can even be helpful to prevent obesity. For instance, a new type of video games called active video games (AVGs) has become popular among young gamers recently. Exergames require physical movements during the game time. According to the study by Adamo, Rutherford, and Goldfield (2010: 805), playing AVGs is an effective method to prevent the possibility of obesity. From the perspective of these…

It is a natural occurrence that when we mess up or lose at an experience that we become angry and what to find something to take our anger out on. This is very prevalent when you are constantly losing by not doing the right things in a video game setting where when you mess up you are punished with having to start over. As videogames become more violent in graphics and in combat many parents are becoming more concerned on their child's behavior. Parents are more led to believe that this increase…