Hardcore gamer

their television and spend the rest of the day playing video games. Not many people are going out and spending time outdoors with their friends. Statistics show that 49% of American adults play video games and 10% of adults consider themselves a “gamer” (Krista Lofgren). Popular video games, like Assassin’s Creed, may be the reason that many people are spending more time playing games than being in the real world. In other words, people are becoming…

Sports have been known as physical activities such as football, soccer, hockey, and baseball. Gaming has been around for quite a while now, and now people are trying to turn it into a sport. Competitions are held worldwide between professional gamers and have become a career for many. Anything that is requires skill and is competitive should be considered a sport. Organizations have been created with different teams for different games and have acquired sponsors to support them. Gaming should be…

Now, the variables game genre and ESRB ratings have the same importance as the variable console types. Gamers typically have their own opinions about what game genres suit their needs as an individual. Some may find MMORPGS more entertaining than online shooters like Call of Duty. Once the genre is specified, it will be easier for The Umbrella Gaming Company to cater to our consumers tastes, which, in the end, will help the company to promote certain genres each player enjoys more when they log…

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…

The “popular” societal view on something is usually full of ignorance. You can’t label all situations specifically, and categorize it since each situation has many different variables. Life has always been and always will be about perspectives. In most social settings someone who plays computer games are often looked down on or viewed as a nerd. Not only is that thought stereotyped but also inaccurate. I have to say I’m far from a nerd and computer games are my life. I am completely capable of…

Do you think video games have bad influences for children? Parents believe their child can become a good person, study a lot, make many friends, stay a healthy, and become a kind person. Many parents think video games interfere with children’s growth because most of the children like to play video game, and they spend a lot of time for playing game. Sometimes, children did not do school assignments, stay in a room and play game long time, and did not help mother at home. In Japanese children,…

Should gaming be gender inclusive? One could argue that girls in gaming is unnecessary and not nearly a problem, they’d be wrong. It’s extremely concerning that so few girls are into gaming. Being attentive to girls in gaming can prove essential, unless done in a derogatory way which can prove discouraging. Females in the gaming industry can prove helpful to both the gaming society and themselves. Their presence in the gaming community can be beneficial to everyone involved. With proper…

assessable to student gamers in terms of pacing and engagement. Zooinverse has the most potential of being a stepping stone into the worlds of research, academia, and vocation between the reviewed games by far. In the nature of webpages like Wikipedia, Zooniverse’s gameplay revolves around the use of certain skill sets or critical comprehension to analyze, dissect, discern, or rate projects that use non-fictional, natural, or seemingly historical artifacts and topics. Gamers are then able to…

even in 2016, there seems to be a great divide in the gaming world between male and female gamers. It seems to exist partially to ignorance created by what I like to refer to as wacked out misconceptions of the lady gamer. I asked members of gaming groups that I am in, friends, co-workers, and every other random person I could think to ask…”What are some stereotypes you have or have heard about girl gamers?” I was not very surprised with the results; and basically, everyone chimed in with…

Video Games are a big thing now and days, but are the people playing them the alone person who lives in their mom’s basement, who has no social life? Gamers are stereotyped as anti social people who live alone, smell, bad, and are the mole of society. But on the other hand in reality they can be social, have lives outside of the video game world, and more. We are here to learn is the stereotype true, or is it not? Back in the day gamer’s were limited to inviting friends over and handing them a…