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    To be honest, I think I’m hella bomb.com and hella interesting. I always have a random story to tell and I love sharing my experiences with people I just met. I make things a big deal. Right now, I’m currently interested in Old School RuneScape Official Plaver-vs-Player (PvP) Clan Wars and I am spending an unhealthy amount of time leveling my character, Alytea, just so I can play competitively. The game, RuneScape, is a fantasy-themed Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) released in 2001 by Jagex. This game took me away from friends and family and I often chose to play RuneScape rather than spend time outside of my room. Feel free to add me! I’m lonely because my friends in real life ain’t down. But it’s all right; I am down to play any MMORPG with you. Now that you got a snippet of my online gaming life, here’s how I want my mom to see me so she can show me off in the most humble…

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    Violent video games, now that’s a topic that has a lot of controversy behind it. Parents tend to over rationalize the concept of their child sitting in front of a screen for hours while mindlessly shooting and killing the characters in a game as if it were nothing. Filling their subconscious with the imagery of gore and guts splattered on a wall. Some parents tend to think that these games make their child act out in aggressive or in mischievous nature. This is where much of the controversy…

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    Most people play certain kinds of video games; some are console games, some are arcade games, and some are computer games. As the time progress with modern technology, online video games are becoming to take a huge hit whether they are console games, arcade games, or computer games. The reason for that is because players are able to challenge and develop their skills by using them against other players with unknown skills. As video developers realized that online video games became huge…

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    Wizard101 Research Paper

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    Have you ever wanted to try out a new game to play, but wanted to read about it first? In this review, I reviewed one of the few family-friendly games around: Wizard101. Wizard101 is a fantasy-set MMORPG, or Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game, where you go on quests to take down the ultimate enemy of them all with magic you learn as you progress through the game. Because this game is still around after seven years of production, I evaluated this game on three criteria: gameplay,…

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    development of video games advance at an amazing rate. With something that is improving at a high rate only means that it is popular, Shaffer (2006) tells us that the number of people who own computers and gaming consoles have increased which also means people who play video games could have only increased as well. With the researches I have done, I see that there are many who think that video games have the potential to boost a teengaer’s education and even further more. For the purpose of this…

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    How do computers, video games, and watching television affect the mind and body? All three of these have some positive and negative effects on the mind and body. They can range from being as positive as increasing cognitive skills, to as harmful as atrophy of a person’s social skills and muscles. However, there are also ways to counterbalance the negative effects that playing on the computer, playing video games, and watching television may have on the mind and body while still being able to…

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    Cognitive Social Phenomena

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    Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) are referred to as a collection of multiplayer online games that are massively combined. A massive number of players from different parts of the world are in a position to interact with the MMORPGs interface within a specific game without the face-to-face interaction. The social phenomenon provided by the MMORPG devices has enabled gamers to interact with each other on a more intimate level as compared to face-to-face gamers that are more…

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    In the 2000s, online games became increasingly popular, while studies of Internet gaming addiction emerged, outlining the negative consequences of excessive gaming, its prevalence, and associated risk factors. “The establishment of specialized treatment centers in South-East Asia, the US, and Europe reflects the growing need for professional help” (Internet and Computer Addiction 2015). Internet Gaming Addiction is a modern-day psychological disorder that experts say is becoming more and more…

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    Internet and world-wide online games network, video games popularity has been growing tremendously. According to research by the Entertainment Software Association, in 2015, 155 million American play video games, which is almost half of the population. Video games have been said to be the cause of many problems in teens: bad academic result, aggressive behavior, strain relationship with friends and family… Therefore, in the past, “Parents tend to approach video games like junk food: games are…

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    Video Games As A Complementary Therapy Tool In Social Phobias And Anxiety The failures and weaknesses associated with cognitive behavioral therapy and the Monoamine-oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) antidepressants form the basis for the consideration of other methods for the treatment of social phobias and anxiety. This applies particularly to children and teens who are likely to be more affected by social phobias and anxiety in the process of normal development. This consideration led to the discovery…

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