Video Games Essays

I am sure you’ve heard the saying, “Video games will rot your brain!”. But the question is do they? For the last year, Fortnite has dominated pop culture and nearly all young people are playing it on some sort of system. Many have learned valuable hand-eye coordination from this game along with problem solving. Generations have enjoyed video games from Pac-Man to Call of Duty for years, and Fortnite is no different. Video games do not rot your brain, quite...

Every person alive on this planet right now is different from one another. Every person to have come before was different too. This enormous diversity in the human race is what makes us so special. It’s what sets us apart from the animals we share the world with. But something that not everyone of us can attest to is being happy. People aren’t happy for a variety of reasons, be they mental, physical, or societal. Something came along in the...

Have you ever wondered how video games affect children? Why do some kids like to play these games? Video games are getting very popular and addictive. These games have positive and negative effects, both physically and mentally. Many experts believe that violence in video games increases violence in real life. While some experts believe contrary to it. They do not believe that playing of violent video games can cause increase in aggressive behavior. Some studies have proved that time spent...

As a one-of-a-kind interaction tool, digital games assist optimal care management program operation in all dimensions. In fact, a digital game is a realistic application of information and communication technology in the delivery of care that is cost-effective for many entities. Games are becoming a prominent kind of media, even greater than the film business, and are appreciated by people of all ages, genders, and cultures. Health games are a fun way to get people’s attention and encourage them to...

Super Mario Bros., Sonic, Skyrim, Legend of Zelda, and Pac-Man are all examples of classic video game titles that almost anybody who has even touched a video game would know. Video games have had a major influence on those that grew up between the 80s and now. The popularity of video games has only rose since its debut in the 70s. The main causes for this rise were the decisions early on in the design of video games, the addictive...

Video games are one of the most expressive ways to show emotions and creativity. So, why do people think that they are so bad for you? Gaming systems like Nintendo Wii, Xbox Kinect and PlayStation Move promote fitness indoors for all, during a pandemic like Covid-19, boosting hand-eye coordination, analytical skills, persistence and slowing down aging. Online multiplayer games allow you to maintain friendships, meet new people, build teamwork skills, and learn about safely take risks in a virtual world....

In the article ‘Be a Gamer, Save the World’ by Jane McGonigal makes the argument that games are not a waste of time but rather a useful tool to promote growth. She shows this when she says “many critics consider such games a mind-numbing waste of time, if not a corrupting influence. But the truth about games is very nearly the opposite” (497). Since I play games, I have come to realize that games in moderation are generally good for...

Esports is a kind of sport where a group of gamers compete against another group of gamers in order to win. Usually, the kind of games for Esports are multiplayer games such as Mobile Legends, PUBG Mobile, DOTA, and others. Video game is an electronic game that involves an interaction with a user interface or input device, such as controller, keyboard, or motion sensing devices, to create visual feedback on a two- or three-dimensional video display device such as a...

There is a wide variety of jobs available in the games industry following a degree in game development such as game developer, game programmer, UI and graphic programmer. There is also the ability to go into sound, animation and design making the industry large with multiple jobs available. This paper aims to compare and explore possible jobs in the industry and what each role contains and how to obtain them. One job role obtainable within the game industry is a...

Minecraft, a ‘sandbox’ type video game, is arguably one of the greatest hits of all time. It can claim this spot because of its age, its support, and possibilities of what can be done. Now yes, a lot of old games are still very popular to this day. Some titles include the Mario Bros. series and Sonic the Hedgehog. While these games were good for their time, they are no longer supported and are really only still played for being...

We should understand the current technologies easily in order to function in an increasingly digital world. Everyone can get benefit from attention to positive and healthy online communities, such as the world of Minecraft, an open-world block building game for any age. Researchers believe that certain video games provide significant benefits to children, helping them regulate emotions, build strong social ties, and improve other cognitive abilities. In this essay I am going to explore why Minecraft can be a valuable...

As a frequent user as a child and from reading the case study on the game Minecraft we can finger out that it is a game where creativity is key, we learn that within the game there are a large range of different blocks in which to use in order to build and protect the game player, all the blocks are formed from different materials and they perform different each other. Through the game it can be used as CAD...

With the significant development of technology within a few decades. A great number of teenagers are drawing attention to the Internet gaming. According to the latest survey results of China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), by the end of December 2018, the number of Chinese Internet users had reached 829 million, making China the largest Internet user in the world. The majority of China’s Internet users are still young people aged 30 and under, who account for 68.6 percent of...

You know, the other day, I was in town, playing COD mobile, and this guy came up to me, and said “Video games cause violence”. So, just to prove him wrong, I punched him. It felt really good taking the moral high ground. However, as I was walking away from his prostrate form, I debated the wisdom of hitting him as I did. I probably should have hit him harder. Seriously though, who honestly thinks that violence is in anyway...

This essay is the beneficial qualities that can come from video games. And why video games aren’t just an entertainment time waster. Firmly watched, games can be more instructive than television. As indicated by some gamers, they incline toward messing around than staring at the television, because of the intuitiveness. The expense of link is additionally on the ascend which demonstrates that gaming, over the long haul, is less expensive than television. The kid will need to take care of...

Video games have played a key part of entertainment in life for some people since October 1958. After then, people have remained ‘entertained’ even more so, that for a lot of individuals it has begun (or resumed) to seep into their everyday lives. Video games, in which nearly a third of the planet’s population plays, have started to affect people’s bodies and the way they function, in both good ways, and bad ways. In fact, they can improve vision-related senses/coordination,...

Video games are art. The debate that whether these electronically supported, digital means of entertainment should be considered artistic or not, is losing its steam rapidly. Video games have always fallen prey to the harsh critical views and time and again questioned about their presentations. Even before falling into this art debate, video games had a hard time to be even considered as a fun activity. Their several side effects, always put them in sidelines to get a deserving appreciation...

Home video gaming systems have been around for decades. Older generations may remember home console gaming systems such as Atari, ColecoVision, or even IntelleVision. Parents of the 1980’s were equally concerned about the dangers of playing video games as they are today. What many critics of video games don’t appreciate is the enormous potential these games have in developing optimal hand / eye coordination, endurance, and focus for careers that will depend on these key characteristics for success and survival....

Video games are now very popular for young teenagers, both male and female. Those teenagers are addicted to the video games so much that most of them do not focus on their future. As a result, they face many problems, such as health, poor performance, and personality. Therefore, there is no doubt that teenagers should avoid playing video games. The first problem when teenagers spend too much time on video games is that they are prone to get health risk,...

Since video games sudden rise to popularity in the 1970s, many games were made and developed in a variety of genres. From relaxing games such as Animal Crossing and Minecraft to the hard hitting violent induced games such as Doom Eternal and Grand Theft Auto (GTA). Especially games such as Mortal Combat who introduced the mechanics of fatalities which a player has an option to decimate their opponents in gruesome finishers such as skull bashing or even pulling their guts...

Despite the introduction of video game age ratings all the way back in the early 1990s, I have played violent video games for a fair portion of my life. These video games included titles like the Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, Left 4 Dead and Halo series and I even still play them today to an extent. Some people believe younger teens and older pre-teens should be able to play violent video games if they wish as there are...

Video games can be defined as interactive electronic games that aim to entertain players. According to Quwaider et al. (2019), video games allow players to access virtual 2D or 3D environments within specific rules and conditions. There are different categories of video games ranging from action to sports games, strategy, shooting, racing or adventure. Recent years have shown an increase in what are termed violent video games. Quwaider et al. state that fighting games such as Tekken or Mortal Combat...

In 1972, a game named ‘Pong’ has been developed and ignited attention of people for ball-and-paddle arcade video game. It has sold over 8000 arcade machines in a same year. The success of ‘Pong’ has found a new video game industry. Nowadays, this industry has increased sharply every year. In 2017, Americans spent $36 billion on video games, which was only $17.5 billion in 2010. People play games at any age. For example, according to the IAB, in 2014, 33.5...

Video games: E-sports Do people believe that sitting in front of a display screen, computer, or mobile, and playing video games is considered to be a sport? Video games are starting to take over the world industry over time. William Higinbotham, a physicist, invented the world’s first video game which was a very simple Tennis game. There are many arguments concerning the fact that e-sports are real sports. ‘E-sports’ is shortened term for ‘Electronic Sports’ which describes competitive and organized...

Video games are overwhelmingly popular nowadays and with every year this trend only rises. The first video games came out in early 1970s, and they were rather simple and mostly nonviolent, but it all has changed in the 1990s, when very brutal games have started appearing, such as Doom, Mortal Kombat, Duke Nukem 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Postal and Grant theft Auto. All of those listed games relied practically completely on hurting, killing, mutilating other people or animals and stealing. According...

Today I am going to be discussing why video games are affecting us in a negative way. I want to discuss this topic as it is something I feel very passionate about, as I feel I spend too much time on video games and believe this is the case for many people. There are many arguments about whether video games are good or bad and I will discuss negatives of video games in this speech. How many hours do you...

Frostpunk is a city-building survival video game in which you take the role of a leader in an alternative history of the 19th century. The world has been plunged into a volcanic winter, the player is required to manage resources, assign work, and make tough decisions all so that the people survive the cold. The game is centered around the engine, the large steam engine, that emits heat in a circular radius and requires the player to build the city...

In this day in age, where faster is better, many people find that gaining certain things like money should not take forever. There are apps like HQ that give you money for playing games or doing surveys and there are new businesses that make a profit from inventing items that do simple tasks like tracking your house keys so you won’t lose them. Apparently, new casinos have been appearing in different locations in South Florida and as most individuals know,...

Until now, gaming meant looking at a screen for hours. Regardless of how detailed a game’s graphics are, people are always aware that they still sit in their living room while killing zombies or shooting enemies on their large flat screen TV. However, playing virtual reality games gives them the opportunity to enter a totally different world. Therefore, the aim of this report is to make a comparison of virtual reality games with screen games and to see which is...

Video games years ago changed the way people have fun with the creation of home consoles that brought entertainment to families’ televisions. Traditional board games or outdoor activities were no longer the only option for children and adults alike to combat boredom, now they could also enjoy hours of fun on television. With the growing popularity of video games, the market that covered at first expanded to more places to reach most of the world in a business that currently...