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Computer games are very popular with people of all age groups. The latest three dimensional technology has given rise to new trends in computer gaming. The computer games have such versatility that it has become a whole new industry with many companies doing business. The concerns for profits as well as competition is making the companies give new themes and dimensions to the games which may be compelling enough to engage a large number of audience. The audience also includes a large number of…

shooter video game centered around guns and other weapon-based combat. The game is set in the middle of an ongoing siege between the soldiers and terrorists who have already conquered towns. Using the weapons the players acquired during the game, the players explore and navigate the towns and eliminate the terrorists along the way. Multiple players can join the game and the more towns the players infiltrate the more aggressive the enemies become. A first-person shooter or FPS is an action game…

Take the video gaming industry, for example. Game companies are beginning to push the purchase of Downloadable Content, or DLC, onto their consumers. This is drastically changing the market. While some sales are boosted, others have seen a steadier decrease in both desirability and success with gamers. Although traditionally used to expand a game’s narrative power and lore, the advent of physical DLC content, the marketing habits of gaming companies to release DLC information at game launch and…

was the first ever video game and sparked a revolution in new media. Since then, the popularity of video games has risen at an extraordinary rate, with over 1.2 billion people reported to be playing games as of 2013 (CITATION: venturebeat). Even more extraordinary is that, according to a report by the Entertainment Software Association, consumers spent a total of $21.53 billion on the games industry in 2013 (CITATION: esa). With so many people spending so much money on the games industry, it…

So, can video gaming really be an addiction? The answer is “yes”. Becoming addicted to video gaming is real, and there are many disorders that a video gaming addict may be diagnosed with. Although it is not yet officially recognized as a diagnosable disorder by the American Medical Association, video games can be exceedingly addictive. Gamers spent an estimated total of twenty-two billion dollars on games in 2014. In America, one hundred and fifty-five million people play video games. The…

VIDEO GAMES: BEING CHILD In this day and time, more children are playing video games, which is one of the most argued things in the world. Bushman and Cruz say that most of researchers, parents and pediatricians believe that video games have an effect on children’s behavior (Bushman and Cruz, 2000). While some parents and teachers believe that playing video games causes school shooting and increases for bullying and violence towards women, research has shown that children who play video games…

November 2015 Is Video Games the Blame? Video games have been around since the 1940s, and it began with games that were interactive such as chess and tic tac toe. It wasn 't until the 1970s where games started to become more arcade-like with games from Atari like space invaders. Videos games back then had a different meaning, whether it is to spend time with friends, or maybe to reach a high score in a game, but when did the controversy of video games begin? When are video games to blame for…

Since the creation of the first video game in 1958 the concept of interactive media has grown immensely into a worldwide industry. Nowadays they are a very common form of entertainment that most homes seem incomplete without. Video games have been able to make huge advances in the realism of their gameplay due to their popularity. Although most of these advances were widely accepted there are some that have created a lot of controversy with the public. Video game violence, in recent years, has…

Video Games Do Not Cause Violent Behavior Over the years there have been several incidents that have stirred up the emotions of people, parents and especially investigators. These incidents include the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting, the Columbine Massacre, and the incident in Colorado where a man went on a shooting spree in an Aurora movie theater. There was one key thing that aroused people’s emotions connected by investigators to all three incidents: video games. This led to the belief that…

society play video games. Playing video games for some teens is the only social interaction they have after school with their peers. The majority of video games are showing a trend of violent content and researchers are trying to figure out if this leads to aggression. Researchers have also shown video games to have an impact on cognitive skills. Video games have both physical and mental effects on kids and adults. Over 97% of kids in the Unites States of America play video games. (Layton)…