Video game developer

Being isolated from his family and native culture, Mike is forgoing the protective factors of familismo or a strong emphasis on family ideals, that are congruent with Mexican-Americans. Mike has many staff that in PSR program that are Latino, specifically Mexican American, that are part of his mental health team. Still, his psychiatrist and other staff are of a different culture which can lead to further acculturative stress if they lack cultural understanding (Adames-Chaves-Dueñas, 2016). In…

In today’s generation we have to have our phones, laptops, tablets, and televisions. We all are guilty of being on our phones while we are watching Sunday night football or watching our favorite tv shows. Kids are constantly checking their notifications and replying to their text messages. But how long should kids spend watching a screen? According to a report by CNN News, “tweens” which are children that are the ages 8-12, spend six hours on average consuming media. And as for teens, they spend…

Throughout Rebecca Clays article, “Unraveling new media's effects on children” (2003), she discusses how the effects of media have changed overtime. She talks about the influencing effect on children’s cognitive, emotional and social development; and the Billions of dollars being spent on television advertising; which directly influences children’s perceptions, choices, and behaviors (Clay, 2003). Clay’s superficial points about media, and its effect on children, continue as she talks about…

is a friend. He has a short, but very fat body. The size of Titus’s fingers look as if he has ten fat sausages on his hands, five on each. If someone was to guess what this student did in his free time they would say he eats, sleeps and plays video games for a living. Some would say this student is like a domesticated animal, he gets food, sleeps a lot and is cooped up in a room for long periods of time. His double XL sweatshirt fit nicely on his rather short but large body. On the front of the…

In this biography called The Innovators by Walter Isaacson he talks about how people had ideas, and how they put those ideas into reality. In The Innovators he talks about how the internet ,and how it gave birth to new technology and the spark of a digital revolution. It all started off with programming, this sparked the way technology was made and how it worked, but Walter was describing how some of the innovators had some creative ideas that didn't work out, but they never gave up on their…

incredibly simple and efficient for many people. For software developers, technologies such as GitHub and BitBucket has given teams the ability to perform version control for their collaborative projects. The following proposal aims to give another take on software collaboration, utilizing the abundance of powerful computer and internet based technologies to help do this. This proposal, called Easy Code Collab, will allow developers to have an internet based code development environment which…

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…

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…

personally, was diagnosed with a psychological addiction video games. Even though it’s not officially recognized as a disease in the United States, several other countries have accepted video game addiction as a mental illness, and have set up treatment centers for it. When I started this project, I was dreading spending endless hours on research, however when I actually started researching I found a lot of…

Video games are generally criticized and looked down upon for the negative effects that may they have. Specifically the violent genre of games gives video games as a whole a damaging reputation. However there are positives that can outweigh those negatives. While some believe gaming can negatively impact an individual’s life, video games can influence education, motivate individuals, and assist in rehabilitation. Which is vital to the community due to everyday children and adolescents being…