Nonviolent video game

Introduction The debate whether or not violent video games cultivate violent behavior has been an issue since there has been a rise in school shootings in North America. This article will be providing a summary of an empirical study conducted by Christopher J. Ferguson and Stephanie M. Rueda regarding developmental issues arisen from violent video games. The article The Hitman Study: Violent Video Game Exposure Effects of Aggressive focuses on the concept of the social learning theory and the…

The Benefits of Gaming Did you know that the domestic video game industry today is priced at around 21.53 billion dollars? Ever since video games were released there has been controversy over its effects on the youth mind. These debates have become even more heated since violent video games have become increasingly popular. However, video games are beneficial to youths because they allow them channel their stress safely. Firstly, all video games are beneficial to youths, even the violent ones.…

Sheldon Laughridge Mrs. Bailey 3rd Period 30 October 2015 Our Savior or Our Demise? Technology, is it killing us or saving us? An extremely debatable topic in the world today. Should it be as debatable as it 's made out to be though? What good it does do, seems as if what good it does do has deadly consequences. For example, electronic cigarettes are supposed to be out to help people quit smoking and decrease the chances of getting cancer and heart disease, but now it is coming out that this…

Video games with violent content have recently become popular among teenagers, children and the adolescent. This new trend has raised great concern from parents, teachers, and legislatures. Many have come to voice their opinion on the need for a limit to be placed on the amount of hours the young generation should spend on the games. In fact, some have even argued that there is a need to stop completely adolescents from accessing the violent scenes in video games. This study outlines the impact…

In the United States once a kid becomes a teen they are allowed to watch PG-13 movies without having parental guidance. Muslim mothers have a different rule for their kids watching PG-13 movies or even any Muslims watching TV. Muslims believe that TV is a dangerous device and it has harmful effects. This issue is discussed in the satirical article “Apple TV For Muslim Mothers To Include ‘Fast Forward Through Entire PG-13 Movie’ Button” by Hamza Khan and a more straight forward news article “The…

Paul, James. “Learning and Games” The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2008. Overview: This article argues that well designed video games can lead to effective and productive learning for players due to the connection that exists between game design and cognitive improvement. The article further claims that people learn most from moment that they hold in the chemical/long-term memory, and this the virtual reality of video games acts as a…

from work, and others may even say that the cause of violent acts are martial arts (karate, judo, and others). And what about violent videogames? Do violent videogames incite violent behavior? Before answering this question, let us analyze how the video games earned the acceptance by the public in the past few decades. In fact, its popularity became so noticeable…

The United States has countless children aged 10-14 viewing violent and traumatizing motion pictures. Most have seen the harsh movie The Dark Knight, which has a PG-13 rating. This horrifying film continuously shows the main character, as a terrorizing joker who enjoys to kill for entertainment. This is unacceptable because it teaches children and young teens it is perfectly normal to kill without having any type of reasoning behind the madness and insanity. Furthermore, countless details…

Media Assignment Star Wars Lego Sets It appeal to relatively boys. The theme of the Star Wars movies is about the battle between the good and the evil, which contains physical fights, gun shooting, and sword battles. These fighting activities tend to attract boys more than girls. Although there are many girl Star Wars fans, the Star Wars Lego sets appeal to boys because they seem children to be in the movie and to imagine being in the battles. The sets include the characters and spaceships in…

In today’s society, we sometimes find ourselves glued to our cell phones or computers, watching YouTube videos about the “End of Days”, “The Coming Apocalypse”, or “The Rapture”. These videos can be quite appealing in the nature that it’ll leave you feeling either a bit fearful or curious. We also find ourselves intrigued when magazines such as The National Enquirer or Star Magazine write articles revolving around such disaster. Such as, linking the upcoming apocalypse to the Dead Sea Scrolls.…