Video Games essays

Video games are defined as 'games that we play thanks to a story-based audiovisual device' (Esposito, 2005). In recent years, there has been an increase in the amount of scientific research on video games (Hamari and Keronen, 2017). Almost all children enjoy playing video games and it provides a great pass time activity for them. A child's game can be good or bad in his life. For example, children who learn to play chess at a tender age usually show...

The world of eSports (electronic sports) is something that can come from as far back as the first computers being made. ESports has finally started to really gain some steam, and grow in popularity over the years. Actually, eSports has finally gotten its player to begin being accepted as athletes in today's world of sports. It has now been even to the point where we have colleges starting to see it as a sport so much that they are giving...

Development of Digital Gaming Platforms History Brown Box The first gaming console created was the “Brown Box” in 1967 and the creator of this gaming masterpiece was Ralph H Baer. It consisted of discrete transistor-based digital games. Such games as ping pong, checkers, and chess only needed very basic programming logic. The console had a limited number of graphical colors basically black and white and the sound system was also very limited as it did not have any internal speakers...

The blossoming of technology has influenced modern society and its citizens in a way that the lives of citizens are dependent on technology to a great extent. People use technology mainly for their social and recreational purposes. As of recent, many youths engage excessively in trending mobile games. Although keeping engaged in this activity can widen interaction between other gamers, it negatively impacts day-to-day social interaction. Often, it can lead to the destruction of bonds between one's family and friends....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Introduction 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...