History of Video Games

The positive and negative Impact on Society

Population EconomySales production Side affects

By: Lashia DanielsLashia daniles

INTRODUCTION My chosen topic of “History of Video

Games” varies to subjects such as in the articles of, “ Playing With Our Minds,” “ Do We Need a Video Gamers Anonymous?,” and Mind and Media Effects of Television, Video Games and Computers.” however, within all these different subjects such as , “ Playing With Our Minds,” it talks about the possible effects behind playing video games.

PLAYING WITH OUR MINDS

The washington posted earlier that today’s younger ones of the different recruits ,of which most of them did have the experience as video games players, are negatively influenced. Most of these young recruits are negitively influenced by games such as the playstation 2 game, “grand threft auto”. This game bassically influences young recruits to jack other peoples cars’, and go around zapping people with large weapons out in the open.

Aurguments from the people of this particular society

video games provide a form of mental exercise

Games like “Grand Theft Auto” teaches kids to go around shooting people.

Violent video games influence kids to want to grow up to be violent.

Games are like destroying candy.

Picture of grand theft auto game covers……….

The history behind grand theft auto

Throughout the history of the videogame “ grand theft auto, it is well known for displaying an act of violence to the person playing the video games. This game starts off giving a pacific person a task to complete which involves killing, stealing, or commiting any type of crime without getting caught.

Influences on the

children of the society.

Positive influences Negative influences

Children learn how to read Children grow to be aware of the

consequences behind certain negitive actions.

Children learn that when doing anything wrong, they won’t suffer as long as they don’t get caught.

Children become interested in using guns.

They become more immune to violence rather than positivity.

Mind and media effects of television, video games, and computers

The complaints

In the article of, “ mind and media effects of television, video games, and computers,” It talks about how playing video games negatively impacts the society. It was once said in this particular article that the city council was hearing a testamony that about opposed ordinance against video game arcade. Also, in this passage some of the mothers of the teenagers started complaining about how they rather play video games than finish their homework. The sales production in video games starts to rise.

Examples of media’s

effects Displays more traditional games as

well as television Displays and pulls interest towards

violence High levels of violent content Of aggressive play which results in

prosocial play

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