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educational games are a part of the learning environment which enhances students' motivation to learn and improve with critical thinking. When it comes to conventional schooling many students find it tedious, uninteresting and unproductive. Teachers face these problems and are looking for more positive, motivating approaches toward teaching students. As long as the game doesn't involve violence or bloodshed it may have educational value. In Steven McManus' essay, “Five Reasons Why Video Games…

Before this class, I hadn’t really considered the nature and significance of my interactions with technology. Looking back, however, I realize that technology has influenced what I do and how I think from a very young age. From playing video games and memorizing the keys on a computer key board as a child, to doing various projects in high school and college, to using an e-reader I have immersed myself in a culture of technology without much conscious thought. I think that many people have…

In Everything Bad Is Good For You by Steven Johnson and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, the role of popular culture as a mode of reflection on society reveals the importance of intellectual complexity being a referent power that motivates individuals to analyze their society and create independent-minded judgments based on these observations to create changes for the overall prosperity and progress. In Everything Bad Is Good For You, one of Steven Johnson’s key points is his theory of the Sleeper…

Violent Video Games: a Cause or Just another Blame? At the current technology advance rate, video games are taking over as one of the most popular choice of entertainment among children and young adults. As the popularity continues to grow, there are also many concerns regarding to the effects of violent video games on our younger generation. In fact, many people blame on violent video games being the solely cause of teenager mass shooting events. However, I firmly believe that violent video…

Men all around the world play video games and follow their own version of the guy code. These two things don’t seem to be related, but they are. The guy code has been and is being promoted and developed by video games. Some people might not notice or accept it, but video games greatly impact a person’s mind and way of being. Because of this, videogames need to stop promoting homophobia and violence with the guy code because it is negatively affecting males and those around them. The guy…

Starting Video games have been around for quite a while. Video games have been around since the early 1970s. According to the article, How video game systems work, the first commercial arcade video game, Computer Space by Nutting Associates, was introduced in 1971. Although video games date way back, the Atari introduced Pong to the arcades. Nolan Bushnell founded Atari Inc. Nolan is described as the father of the videogame industry. The game pong first introduced by Nolan’s company Atari,…

Many people have speculated the cause behind school shootings is mainly violent video games. No one ever thinks about other causes. The real problem may be much deeper than that. There are several ingredients that go into the cocktail of violence ,that is so prevalent in our society. When tragedy hits and horrific happenings occur, we scramble for a quick answer and a quick fix. The senseless tragedies that happen are unnecessary. It proves that catastrophes can strike anywhere and anytime. Our…

With the rate of aggression among younger people on the rise, and the possible link between video games and aggression continuously being discussed, it calls into question why this link could have been found. The Psychodynamic Perspective appears to fit meticulously. Influenced by Sigmund Freud and the school of Psychoanalysis, The Psychodynamic Perspective is defined as, “The view that behavior is influenced by the struggle between unconscious sexual or aggressive impulses and opposing forces…

Is The Gaming World Sexist? The Video Gaming Industry is a male driven industry and is sexist. The statistics show that 97% of game developers are male and 3% are female. That is crazy, but yet not at the same time. That is just mind blowing crazy when thinking about the percentage. Smith (talking about myself in the third person is a bit weird) plays online video games quite a lot, and online hears a lot of people being very sexist on online games. For one example a “girl gamer” as the Xbox…

Have you ever been watching a movie, or playing a game, that had you so immersed, you needed to remind yourself this was a fantasy? Storming the beaches of Normandy, traversing the galaxy on an Imperial Star Destroyed, or slinging through downtown Manhattan next to Spider-Man, all different mediums of film, television and video games have the power to integrate their audiences into their world, and create an exciting and enjoyable experience. When fanfiction develops, techniques are employed…