Week 10.2 Censorship

                                 Week 10.2 Censorship    Since the dawn of video games, a lot of video games have been produced...

Week 6: Genre in Video Games

                   Week 6: Genre in Video Games   The video game industry has grown substantially over years since its time of creation, what was once an industry which had only a handful of simple video games and game genres, that is until one being a very simple game called Pong then started a boom for the video game industry. Pacman started the boom for arcade videos as game similar to Pacman started to be developed and arcade games evolved from there bur arcade games and Pong gave birth to many other genres that it had to be put into...

Week 5: Ludonarrative Dissonance/Ressonance

                              Week 5: Ludonarrative Dissonance/Ressonance When people play games sometimes people play for story or sometimes just for the mechanics of the games, other times they play it for both elements. A game with a good story is in reality extremely hard to make but there are some games out there that actually have a good story and gameplay. Story can play a very big part into how a video game is shaped out especially if it has a good narrative. A game with a good narrative can really help...

Week 10- The Wonders of Virtual Reality

Technology is evolving and it will continue to evolve for the years to come, virtual reality what is it? It is an attempt of replicating reality itself using the latest computing technology available but how was virtual reality started, where did it began, what are the origins of it? First concepts of virtual reality is actually movies which are designed for people to enjoy as entertainment but people wanted more thrill they wanted a more immersive experience so experimentation on VR started in the 1930s with the View Master which showed images in a more immersive way but because of the advancing technology...

Week 8- Violence in Video Games

Since the dawn of video games in the 1980's the amount of violence and aggression in video games has increased dramatically and it eventually became a normal part of games. Violence in video games are being blamed by a lot of critics for the violence that is happening in reality, but statistics are saying otherwise to these accusations. Between the dates 1995 and 2008 arrest rates have decreased by 49.3% while game sales have risen significantly, if what the critics are saying is true then violent related juvenile crimes should have risen exponentially. What these critics do not get or take in is...

Week 9- Blog: Video Game Addiction

Video game addiction is becoming a major issue in children to play video games usually those that are ages 8-18 sometimes there’s a risk of people that are older than that age range to be addicted to video games. When it comes to video game addiction it is very controversial issue. Statistics show that most gamers that are addicted to video games are mostly pathological gamers who are aged within the age listed above or, people who find it difficult to adjust to reality or have major mental issues or disorders like anxiety, depression and what not and people can’t just accuse these people who...

Week 7- Gender in Video Games

                                          Week 7- Gender in Video Games When it comes to video games  a lot of the times the characters in games are highly stereotypical especially when it comes to females in games. Females in games are normally depicted as vulnerable characters usually in need of assistance of the main character or as the damsel-in-distress. Appearances of female characters usually depicts them with barely any sort of clothing on, which kind of shows that female...