Video game industry

Many gamers are very quick to say "no, video games don’t make me violent!" having that phrase as defense mechanism after being provoked by people who question their interest in video games. And when asked if they would kill someone in real life like they do in video games, they usually say no. If they wouldn't do it in real life, then what compels them to do it in the game? Possibly that there aren’t actual consequences after committing a crime in a game, the person playing doesn't see how…

Introduction Since the dawn of media, it has been argued how the violence shown in media affects the mind sets of children. Violence is not a new concept to humans and is increasingly being shown on television and in video games and movies. The effects of this have been debated throughout the past five decades. According to Article 17 of UN Convention of Rights of Children “Governments should encourage mass media – radio, television, newspapers and Internet content sources – to provide…

particular topic to allow them to make hypotheses and allows them to set up their studies in a manner logical for the topic at hand. In the study conducted by Gauthier et. al (2004) the subjects were not asked to distinguish non-violent and violent video games, only the quantity of time they were exposed to this type of media. This study was also conducted as an exploratory study since…

Video Game is not the True Face behind the Mass Murder In the last decade, the number of mass murder cases has been rising in North America. Some examples of such mass murder cases include the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and the shooting at Batman the Dark Night Rises Premiere in Colorado from 2012 and 2013 alone that caught the attention of many people and the media. Recently, there are lots of video games that are published with violent content, such as Grand Theft…

spending hours every day playing video games, and parents are still struggling to figure out why kids are spending so much time on it. Some one that never played a video games is going to sound like a waste of time sitting there for hours, but for others gamers is the only way to get entertainment because player become a part of the game. Many children are getting in their full development and wants to belong or feel that relate to something important and video games gives the opportunity to…

Have people ever seen toxic symptom of the video game? When people are extremely anxious about the video game, they play the video game over 19 hours a week, do not spend time for other activities or other people, and feel social phobias. According to the research from South Korea, 8% of population of the country people between 9 to 39 years old struggle from internet or gaming addiction in the 2010 government study. Many people might think that video game addiction is disease of disorder;…

The concept that created video game consoles was based out of an idea. As technology continues to grow, it will always contain the origin of where the idea came from. For most people, they would think that Pong was the first video game that was invented. However, before Pong, there was the pinball. The creator David Gottlieb who made “Baffle ball” gave an inspiration to the evolution of video game. (Kent 2) Baffle Ball was similar to pinball because it is basically the same concept. The only…

content of the games. scientists have run tests, done experiments, done extensive research and notes. Those that argue that it helps say that it provides an outlet for young children and adolescent teens with aggression, depression, and other issues as well as also helping develop a persons hand-eye coordination. they also argue that because people are playing these games it keeps bad things off the streets, saying it dropped the rate of crime. Those that disagree say that video games cause…

showing the cause and effect. Video games also have cause and effect situations. Such as a child defeating a game’s boss then the child beats…

Preface: Alcatraz prison, one of the most heard of and spoken about prisons. It has been on the news, in newspapers, in movies, and even as a setting for video games. Having seen and heard so much about it, I thought to research and try to understand, why it’s so infamous and what makes it so special. Introduction: So where is the Alcatraz prison exactly? It is located in San Francisco, California, USA. On the island of Alcatraz or also known as The Rock. The island did not originally serve…