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    Potential of Video Games as Sports Video game has been around our society since 1940's (Video Game History). Although video games were mostly used for people who are accessible of high technologies until 1970's, video games became extremely popular since then. However, despite the fact that video games are already closely in our daily lives as entertainment, it is not considered as sports. Many argues that video games are only a plaything of younger kids, and it is not considered as good…

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    saying video games promote and directly cause violent tendencies is not the whole truth. Videogames can be therapeutic to some and a source of happiness to many others. While videogames can be very violent, some to an extreme extent this is not all video games. Along with the fact that not everybody will react to violence the same way, and If i may speak from my own personal exp. I will say that i have never seen one of my friends or myself change our behavior while playing video games in a…

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    character of the popular video game is now dead. However, just because a character dies, a child will not go out and hurt someone else. There’s a line between fantasy and reality. Every gamer knows that line and are well aware of the effects a video game has on him/her. Therefore, it’s impossible to say violent video games are the direct cause of violence in youth. The United States should not ban violent videos when they are not the direct cause. The parents can see what the video game they…

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    Do Video Games Cause Violence A boy plays a new first person shooter game that he got before he goes to bed. The boy wakes up the next morning, do you think he wants to go to school and kill everyone now? No thats only for people with issues, the boy wants to go tell his friends about the game and how cool the game was. People play videogames for “sport” or to have fun. If someone wants to play it to kill someone or think that they are gonna respon, one they should be in a mental institute and…

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    is widely known as part of our cultural scene. Computer and video games have come a long way since the days of Pac-Man, Frogger, Tetris, Super Mario, Angry birds and Tic-Tac-Toe, and so have those who have played them. Nowadays, games are enjoyed by all type of players and backgrounds and parents are more involved in making sure that the ones their children plays are age-appropriate. Although, the initial concern on playing video games is that it is not an active way for children and adult to…

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    Video Gaming Scholarship When I was at a young age, my first game that I have ever played was Mario Kart. I would play this game for hours on end. By playing this game, I realized that I wanted to become a video game developer. I would like to be awarded the Gaming Scholarship because I have many wonderful ideas for new games, and I have spent many hours playing different types of video games. My ideas for creating different video games are to make more adventure games, re-doing new Super Mario…

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    Their Peers Also Play Violent Video Games? A Canadian National Study." Journal Of School Violence 12.4 (2013): 297-318. Education Source. Web. 27 Oct. 2016. Video games provide a variety of experiences for people of all ages. Games can be played on various platforms including the computer, hand held games, and gaming consoles. Children and adolescence can be exposed to violent content through video games and it may affect the way they behave. Playing violent video games regularly can increase…

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    beliefs, violent video games do not spawn violence. According to an article on nobullying.com, “68 percent of all American households play computer or video games. Of this, 25 percent are under the age of 18.” As a matter of fact, 15.5 percent of games are rated Mature with around two billion dollars coming in each year from mature video games. With this amount of revenue, there is no way the gaming industries will ever stop producing violent video games. While the number to video games…

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    With the introduction of computers, video games have become a main part of todays childrens’ and teens culture. As video games are becoming more and more prominent a lot of the old generation questions whether they are actually harmful for their children to be playing video games. Millions of studies are conducted to prove that video games are harmful at the same time others trying to prove the benefits of gaming life. Video gaming is a double-edged sword there are a lot of benefits of gaming…

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    When people think of the word “addicting”, they usually think of drugs or video games. The word “addicting” has a negative connotation, usually representing an unhealthy inability to stop. So naturally, no one would think of an app that’s limited to 10 seconds of entertainment at a time. At least, I thought I would not. But Snapchat has firmly ingrained its way into my life. Advertised as “The Fastest Way to Share a Moment!” (Snapchat), Snapchat quickly changed me into someone that can’t put…

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