Video game industry

The effects of violence in video games and the effects it has on children. In the life of a game designer one of the roughest critics ever seen has been the national media and dealing with the effects of violence in games and their effect on children. Since the early nineties everyone from news agencies and church groups has been on the offensive towards violence and aggression of video games. Everyone seems to want to push their opinion on the topic across on some of the most trivial matters;…

Video games have existed for over 50 years and they have remained an entertaining invention for many years and more to come. The video game industry is still huge in today’s society and has many people who continue to love them. The gaming community, or better addressed as gamers, devote a significant amount of time to playing video games and many like to play alone or with others online in gaming sessions or a parties. The gaming community is very intriguing to me because I consider myself an…

Video Game The video game industry is one of the leading entertainment businesses of the present time. This industry has recently competed with the gigantic movie industry; winning the contest with the art of persuasion and like any other industry is only concerned with gaining market share and making profits eventually. How children behave as a result of the things they are exposed to directly influence the society and these days the most exposed media regarding this is the Internet and video…

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…

around us such as video games, and a study has shown that these things do affect certain functions in our brain. In this we will see how bad media violence has gotten. A study has shown that video games affect the part of our brain that controls behavior. For this study they had 20 men come in ten weren’t allowed to play video games, and the other ten were asked to play video games for a week. After a week they did a few tests and it showed that the men that had played video games for a week…

this paper will be covering is the video game commentator also known as lets player YouTube Gamer all titles apply to this career. In this career one records and narrates them playing video game and upload to the internet on websites such as Youtube, Twitch, and Machinima. I am studying this career because I find it interesting and a great career because you get paid to play video games and talk about them and have fun. This career also allows you to play games with friends and make friends…

A Summary Critique of “Why We Need Violent Video Games” Violent video games are addictions. But are addictions always deleterious to us? Ethan Gilsdorf, an American writer, critic, and journalist, and 17th level geek – as posted on Ethan’s website – unexpectedly states in his article “Why Do We Need Violent Video Games” that violent video games are essential, benificial to us not only because it helps people release negative emotions but also leads people to be feared of “hunt/shoot/kill…

Gender Gaps in Video Games and the Gaming Industry The video game industry has been around since 1958 and is a rapidly growing media industry. However, this industry is viewed as male-dominant and mostly unwelcoming to women. The inequalities within schools, games, and the industry itself are painfully obvious yet not many people try to make a change. While reflecting gender-related tensions in the American culture at large, the issue of misogyny in the video game industry demonstrates that…

Violent Video Games: Havoc on Society? The body count totaled 12 dead and more than 50 other men and women with serious injuries. A loner named James Holmes shot up a Century Movie Theater in Aurora, Colorado leaving behind a bloodbath most could never imagine. Admittedly, Holmes was a fan of first-shooter video games (McGrath, 2014, p.121). Granted he had other personal baggage, but his lust for killing was nurtured in such games as role-playing action video games including Oblivion and…

Good Morning. Video games are probably one of the most widespread forms of media in the 21st century, and they, like other media, use various marketing techniques in order to sell their product. One of the most popular marketing techniques being used is “sex sells”. Video games, like other forms of media, sexualize and objectify women to draw in interest in order to sell their products. Quite a few of the gaming industries nowadays just over-sexualize women and portray them as useless, helpless…