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A scientific study was conducted on how children would react when supervised violent behavior. From the magazine Scientific America, Greg Toppo elaborated in his article, “Do Video Games Inspire Violent Behavior?”, the serious behavior children can start to interfere in when watching an adult figure make rational violent outbursts. Psychologist Albert Bandura, from Stanford University, conducted an experimental study along with many of his colleagues. His assistants gathered 72 preschoolers into…

PS4 and Xbox One are fantastic, popular gaming platforms but don't rule out the iPhone just yet. Yes, that little technology brick in your pocket can do more than just Angry Birds. Just in time for Halloween, there's a new game on the market and it's the scariest ever made. NIGHT TERRORS ON IPHONE PUT PS4 AND XBOX ONE TO SHAME In the past, people weren't serious about iPhone gaming. However, that was before Night Terrors AR Survival Horror came out. Upon playing it, gamers will have trouble…

The word autism was first used to describe a “subset of schizophrenic patients who were especially withdrawn and self-absorbed” (Sole-Smith, Virginia). The meaning of autism has changed drastically since its initial definition. In 1991 the United States federal government made autism a special education category. This is when public schools began identifying children on the spectrum and offering them special services allowing them to get the proper assistance related to their needs. (Sole-Smith,…

The release of Grand Theft Auto 5 has influence not only the gaming culture, but the US culture. When Grand Theft Auto was released, Rockstar made billions of dollars on this game. The game has impact popular culture due to rather horrific persecuted segments. The segments that the US culture has grasp to is the driving drunk, misogyny, violence, and racism. Many teens are hooked on this game and wishes for no other. When I was a child, my oldest brother received Grand Theft Auto 3 as a gift.…

Xbox one is the worst game system ever! If you like the Xbox system then I don't know what planet you are from, because big news It is expensive, and a waste of time and money. The Xbox One is hefty and bulkier than the Xbox 360 and also it’s Kinect motion sensor viewer for motion games is much larger than the last version. The controllers come in all sorts of colors for the Xbox 360 but for for the Xbox One there are only a few colors that are on the cheaper side but other wise you end up…

The intensity mounted as he advanced to the next level. As he approached the platform with vigilance, shots were fired here and there!!!!!! He was startled and the best option was to take cover. With streaks of white here and there, it was clear that he was not alone on this platform. As fear contaminated his mind an exit was spotted. 3! 2! 1! He ran for the exit. As he approached the exit, silver objects pierced through him! Game Over! Video Games are something where you can be part…

Freedom of expression has been one of America's most important values over the years. It is a part of the first amendment of the constitution, and the amendment has protected many different forms of media as time has progressed. With that said, video games have always been a tricky topic when concerning freedom of expression, as they not only show violence and racism, but actively ask players to engage in these actions. In many nations around the world, unlike in the United States, video games…

consistently make sense of the best possible conduct and carry on from what they see at home, from the adults and more settled partners they interface with, and from what they see on TV. Energetic youths naturally emulate exercises and model the behavior they watch, in any case they don't have the shrewdness or advancement to make sense of if the action is fitting or extraordinary. Research exhibits that the ordinary American child spends around 27 hours for consistently gazing at the TV (Minow…

Imagine this: “You’re sitting at home, trying to finish one more game of COD, when all of the sudden, you hear a knock on the front door. You’re mother opens it and standing there are two police officers. They explain to her that someone under the age of eighteen has been playing violent video games. They then proceed to search the house and, after finding you with the game, proceed to cuff your mother and take her out to the squad car.” Sounds very outlandish right? But, what if this could be a…

ESPN aired an eSports match on live TV. ESPN also streamed the League of Legends Finals online the year before, and that brought and that brought in more viewers than the NBA Finals or the deciding game in the World Series. This created a lot of controversy online and is a big step in accepting gaming as a professional competition like it should be. Some videogames have more traits of a sport than some sports yet are ridiculed and are considered nothing but child’s play.…