Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Video games and Violence Video games have been the pinnacle of modern day entertainment ever since the late 1980’s when it really grabbed the attention of many children seeking entertainment outside of watching television. The only problem with this is that video games like everything else that is popular, has become controversial. The main controversy surrounding video games is that they are considered violent and unsafe for children to play. Video games are also being blamed for inspiring…

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,…

playing an old Super Nintendo Entertainment System hooked up to a vintage television set with antennas protruding from the top. Upon our arrival, they passed their controllers to us, allowing us to experience video games for the first time. I instantly fell in love with gaming, from the sensationally beautiful graphics to the ability to control a character on screen by pressing “right” on the d-pad. Nearly every day when I got home from kindergarten, I would look forward to either playing Super…

Today’s Media: Media in the Presence What is media? According to businessdictionary.com “Communication channels through which news, entertainment, education, data, or promotional messages are disseminated. Media includes every broadcasting and narrowcasting medium such as newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, billboards, direct mail, telephone, fax, and internet. Media is the plural of medium and can take a plural or singular verb, depending on the sense intended”. According to wikipedia.org…

Shannon developed the first computer game in 1950 and the first home console was developed and distributed in 1972 by Ralph Baer (Dillon, 2011.) This was the start of a new era in entertainment and game development. Companies and developers were consciously aware of the gaming success and by 1986 Nintendo developed Super Mario Bros (Dillon, 2011.) Gaming Industries started to push boundaries, providing the gamer with interactive worlds, visual graphics, addictive stories and player rewards,…

cooperations Nintendo and Sega were present but not entirely responsive. They felt that the idea that their video games could cause such a controversy and possible violent tendacies in people was obsurd. Within three days of the hearing, a conclusion was met and the ESRB rating was created. Giving a rating system based on age to limit the opportunity for children to gain access to video games that were outside their age…

From Minesweeper to Fallout, PC gaming has come a long way. This somewhat expensive hobby can provide hours of entertainment and relaxation. For some, it’s an addiction and others, a form of entertainment. The first computer game was named “Spacewar!” and was released in February 1962. The game released exclusively on the DEC PDP-1, the world’s first commercial interactive computer. This being said, computer gaming was initially invented 13 years after the creation of the computer and has been…

Violent, addicting, and frustrating are some of the characteristics used to describe video games. I’ve been playing video games for over five years now and have noticed the increase in violence. I remember one of the first really violent games I played “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City”. As an 8 year old kid playing this game, rated M for mature, filled with lots of death, sex, and abuse of drugs and alcohol it led to be the gateway into my life of playing violent video games. I believe that video…

Videogames have been the pinnacle of modern day entertainment ever since the late 1980’s where it really took the attention of many young children seeking entertainment outside of watching TV. The only problem with this is the fact that videogames, like everything else that is popular, will have controversy. The main problem surrounding videogames is the fact that they are considered violent and unsafe for young children to play while also being blamed for inspiring countless acts of horrific…

They can stream directly from the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles by using software built into the systems. If a person is streaming on a computer they must download software that is not made by Twitch. The most commonly used piece of software is called “Open Broadcaster Software” or “OBS” for short. (“Open Broadcaster”). Streamers who wish to have higher…