"Why Violent Video Games Are Good for Girls," by Carmen Tieu, a student, discussed her reasons based on her personal experiences playing first person shooter games. However, there are good reasons as to why girls need to play these violent video games. It gives girls an opportunity of beating guys...

Aim The aim of the research is to examine the impact of violence in video games. It is well-acknowledged that video games of today are filled with violence and killing and in fact, killing is lauded as the way to win in many of the video games. Objectives The objective...

Introduction For this bibliography, the topic that was chosen was that of the effects of video games on school achievement. A literature search was conducted using Google Scholar to identify relevant research articles. Because of the broadness of this topic, there is a wide body of literature showing both the...

In her research article titled “Defragging Computer/Videogame Implementation and Assessment in the Social Studies”, Holly McBride explores the role that computers and videogames have been playing in helping social studies educators to develop more effective and engaging lesson plans. McBride’s main goal is to determine how computer / videogames can...

The gaming industry is flourishing despite assertions that violent video games are negatively and irrevocably changing the social, emotional, and cognitive ability of younger players (Freedman, 2002; Kirsh & Mounts, 2007). Aggressive emotional responses or desensitization to violence have been acknowledged as common, even with infrequent gaming (Freedman, 2002). However,...