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…the dog, giving her water, and vacuum the living room. After my chores I went to my friend Ryan’s house and we played some video games. I beat him about 6 times in Mortal Combat he only beat me twice. About noon we went to my house, little did I know it would…

…, television, movies, video games, and even the World Wide Web. By the time that the average American child reaches the age of eighteen they will have viewed over two hundred thousand acts of violence on television alone. (Snowe, 1999). For some children…

…. Eric wanted to fight in a war. The stories he wrote and the games he played were about war; he lived out his war fantasies in role-playing video games, like Duke Nukem and Doom like so many adolescent boys, where the basic goal is to kill as many people…

…of the VCR, and the amount of time spent watching movies, and playing video games add to the hours children spend in front of the television screen. Childhood is the time of growth and development- all children need a variety of activities to help learn valuable…

…To Watch or Not To Watch “In the 1950’s only 10% of American homes had a television. By 1960’s the percentage had grown to 90%,” states Matt Richtel’s article in The New York Times. Televisions, video games, and computers dominate today’s…

…we listen to but how much of the violent or obscene lyrics the children are hearing. Many children are influenced by those lyrics just like they are influenced by violence on television. Especially nowadays with MTV and VH1, they can hear as well as see…

…The novel Ender’s Game is the first in a series of stories involving Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, by Orson Scott Card. At the young impressionable age of six, Ender is taken from the only world he has ever known, to Battle School. Later on at Command School…

…, as well as punching, shooting, stabbing, and slogging though video games" (4). While video games might stimulate violent aggression in teens, television seems to have had the opposite effect. Such instances as the extensive coverage of the Columbine massacre…

…Present days English language has changed in many ways in the past 350 to 1600 years. The way words are pronounciated and written have changed the most. I have chosen the subjects of sports and games because both have altered in both…

…with the quality of life,” Thompson said. Ten years from now, he predicts, somebody will do a study and realize the real economic and social impacts of gaming. Another big concern for the future is video gaming, which many local businesses want to compete with casinos…