Video games and the World

Jordan Scandrett, Jonathan Scere, Ronald

Doria

Table of Contents

Statistics

Good

Conclusion

Bad

Statistics
Age depictions of the

average gamer
Most gamers tend to
be older than the
average teen.

Average gamer age

(Essential)

Statistics
Sources of new video

games children ask

from.
Most tend to ask a
friend for news about
games.

Who knows about

games?
(Fromme)

Statistics
Favorite genre of

game percentile.
Favorites tend to be
action by boys and
jump and run by girls.

Favorite genre
(Fromme)

Statistics
How often people play

computer games.
Boys tend to play a lot
more than girls.

Frequency of game
playing
(Fromme)

Statistics
Time spent on

media devices.
Percent of time
spent on video
games is much
lower than other
things.

Percentile of media
usage
(Nusca)

Statistics
Crime rate by juveniles

compared to time and increase Crime rate by juveniles

(Violent)
in violent games.

What is good about video

games?
Games like Minecraft

can help improve

reading skills.
Games, it seems, can
motivate kids to readand to read way above
their level.(Thompson)

Minecraft and learning

(Thompson)

What is good about video

games?
Some games have

books that go along

with them.
Books tell the story
where the game
couldnt.
Lore can be tricky;
timelines are even
trickier. (Stickney)

Rise of the Lich King

(Stickney)

What is good about video

games?
Venting frustration or

anger in a game may

help diffuse stress.
(Weber)
Video games force
kids to think quickly.
(Weber)

Kids playing video

games
(Weber)

What is good about video

games?
To this day, we

havent seen anything

in these virtual
environments that
violates fundamental
economic theories.
(Plumer)

Economics of video
games
(Plumer)

What is good about video

games?
Social

gatherings to
meet new
people.
All share a
common
interest.

Gaming convention
(Annesmart)

What is good about video

games?

Video
Can video games
make you smarter?
(AsapSCIENCE)

What is bad about video games?

Not all literacy in

games is good.
Sometimes can be
incoherent.

World of Warcraft chat

(Gamasutra)

What is bad about video games?

Playing video games

could be compared to
smoking cigarettes.
(Nauert)

Lonely gamer
(Nauert)

What is bad about video games?

Studies have also shown

that the more realistic and

repeated the exposure to
violence, the greater the
impact on children.
(Collins)

Angry boy
(Laobc)

What is bad about video games?

Researchers have

found evidence to
suggest that video
games cause
aggression.
(Brockmyer)

Aggression
(Pourtsmouth)

What is bad about video games?

Research has

indicated that viewing

screen media
increases the risk of
subsequent attention
and hyperactivity
problems in children
and adolescents.
(Brockmyer)

Hyper kid
(Leishman)

What is bad about video games?

While we cant blame

video games entirely for

the increase in
childhood obesity in
recent years, too much
screen time is definitely
related to poor health in
children. (Brockmyer)

How does this affect us?

Video games are one of

many forms of media that

are available.
A majority of us play them.
Easy to access.

Why should we care?

This is something that

can both help us and

hurt us.

Should we play them a lot?

From the research

done it is not wise to

play them a lot.
It can affect our health,
both mentally and
Physically.

NO

Should we not play them at all?

There are benefits

easily obtained that

would be difficult to get
otherwise.
Puts things in a
(generally) fun
perspective.

NO

Conclusion
Video games, if

played, should be
played in moderation.
The pros can out way
the cons if allowed to.

1-Up
(Anumunrama)

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