Workplace aggression

Do you know someone who owns or plays video games? If you have been aware of what is happening around the world, it is now filled with violence wherever you look no matter where you are. Study shows that playing violent video games cause more aggression, bullying and fighting. A study in the “Journal of the American Medical Association” stated that M-rated games have a link with increase, long term aggressive behavior on an individual who chose to be engaged by his or her own will. To give an…

In 2011, a California law was brought before the Supreme Court, a law that would have banned the sale of “violent” video games to minors. The former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, had originally supported this law, having signed it in 2005. “We have a responsibility to our kids and our communities,” stated Schwarzenegger, “to protect (them) against the effects of games that depict ultraviolent actions, just as we already do with movies.” Despite the ex-governor’s sentiments, the…

video game play over the years there is a growing concern that video games lead to violent and aggressive behavior. The purpose of this paper is to analyze what impact violent video games have and whether they indeed cause children to act with more aggression and violence. Both controversial sides of the argument will be addressed, as well as recommendations for the future of the gaming industry. So where did this uproar of feelings towards video games and violence stem from? Research indicates…

Rings of Power was an utterly forgettable Sega Genesis game that’s really only notable for one reason, pixelated boobs. When booting up the game, the developer’s logo appears, accompanied by a (fully-clothed) woman. If you happen to have a controller plugged into port two, and hold down and right on the d-pad, and the A, B, C, and start buttons at the same time. Rings of Power gets a heck of a lot less kid-friendly. Front Mission: Gun Hazard is a 90s-era side-scrolling shooter published by…

Today’s kids do not know what it is like to play outside until it is dark, or what it is like to play board games. Children today watch so much television and play so many electronics that it is effecting their weight, grades, and behavior. Which is why Dr. John M. Grohol wrote an article about the bad effects television has on children. The main issue with television and today’s children is that they watch too much of it and parents are not censoring what they watch or play. This article…

Fine-motor skills such as tying shoes or fastening buttons, which requires the coordination of small movements, also improve greatly during the preschool years. Kids in the kindergarten class I’m in use play-dough to trace their name. There are a few kids that have a harder time writing so they have pencils with special things on the bottom to help them write. Puberty is the beginning of sexual maturity. Girls on average start their period around the ages of 12 and 13. This is important to know…

Gaby Wentz Conflict Paper Interpersonal conflict is defined as a disagreement between two interdependent people who perceive that they have incompatible goals (Verderber, 358). Though interpersonal conflict relates to many things, its main focus is on the interaction between people. Over the years, we have learned conflict in fact helps strengthen problem-solving skills and helps people and relationships grow – despite its negative implication. Before I get into the conflict being…

Imagine this, you are walking with your boyfriend and a couple of your friends in the hall way. It seems like any other day at school, until you start hearing screaming and people running past you. You and your friends don’t know what’s going on until you see a kid on the ground and another kid on him with a knife in his chest. This has become more and more common in schools in America. School violence has become something we see on the news and hear about in our own schools almost every day.…

The gaming community is a culture of its own and it differs greatly depending on where you are in the world. In comparison to America, South Korea’s gaming community seems far more intense in terms of its popularity nationwide. My goal is to discover the factors that contribute to the differences in importance and popularity of video games. I will tackle this by analyzing Korea through Marvin Harris’ theory of cultural materialism to determine how technological and economic components at the…

Several Schools in New York are beginning to participate in role playing games that simulate violence. Children play the roles of the assassins and are given a list of people to “kill,” using water guns (Martin 1). But these aren’t the only violent games being played by today’s youth. Video games such as Call Of Duty and Grand Theft Auto include many of the violent aspects found in the water gun games in New York. This type of game is not only dangerous but is also incredibly disrespectful to…