are video games beneficial or detrimental to humans

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Are video games

beneficialor

detrimental

to humans?

Mani & Nikthyan ~ 4.14 - Moses

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)Philosophy of DisciplinesTerm 3 Presentation


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Introduction


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Introduction to [V.G.]

Video games are:

played by electronically manipulating images produced by a compu

on a television screen or display by means of a controller

Played on various platforms:

Xbox 360

PC

PS3

Nintendo Wii

PSP


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Examples


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Examples of [V.G.]

Batman: Arkham City

Battlefield 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

FIFA Soccer 12

Grand Theft Auto IV

Mass Effect 3

NBA 2K12

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City


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Arguments


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Arguments for [V.G.]

Studies conducted by researchers show that gaming:

helps to improve creativity

develops problem solving and logic skills

improves hand-eye coordination and perception

improves memory

promotes risk-taking, etc.

Women who made up a total of 42% of all gamers in the world wable to manipulate 3D objects

Act as a platform to test something out (Flight simulation, etc.)


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Arguments for [V.G.] (con

Encourage players to be helpful (Psychol Sci. 20(5):594-602.)

Help players to adapt to changes better

Improve the pattern identifying skill of players

Act as a pain reliever through both distraction and movement

Help players to make decisions 25% faster without sacrificing ac

Provide players with an outlet for stress relief


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Arguments against [V.G

Make people more aggressive

Are not age-friendly

Violent videogames can alter brain function

Compulsive gaming leads to overweight

On average up to 18 hours a week is wasted on videogames

Tend to lead to addiction

leads to becoming physically inactive

leads to becoming socially reclusive

social relationships take a hit

Cause physical injuries


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Case Studies


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For [V.G.] Glen Johnson, a Liverpool right-back, declared FIFA 10 to be hi

after he came back from his injury break and scored 3 goals in tmatches

said that FIFA Soccer 10 helped him to improve his attacking aspec

and to be ready for the opponent by reading how the opponent play

Numerous soldiers have benefited from playing Americas Armyhave the general public


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Against [V.G.] In April 2000, 16-year-old Spanish teenager Jos Rabadn Pard

his father, mother and his sister with a katana, proclaiming that an "avenging mission" by Squall Leonhart, the main character o

game Final Fantasy VIII.

On June 2003, 18-year-old American Devin Moore shot and kille

policemen and a dispatcher after grabbing one of the officers' wfollowing an arrest for the possession of a stolen vehicle. At tria

defense claimed that Moore had been inspired by the video gam

Theft Auto: Vice City.


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Against [V.G.] (cont.) On June 2003, two American step brothers, Joshua and William

aged 14 and 16, respectively, used a rifle to fire at vehicles on Iin Tennessee, killing a 45-year-old man and wounding a 19-yea

woman. The two shooters told investigators they had been inspi

Grand Theft Auto III.

In June 2008, four teens allegedly obsessed with Grand Theft Aon a crime spree after being in New Hyde Park, New York. They

a man, knocking his teeth out and then they stopped a woman d

black BMW and stole her car and her cigarettes.


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Against [V.G.] (cont.) In May 2010, French gamer Julien Barreaux located and stabbe

player who had stabbed Barreaux on the game Counter-Strike. his trial called him "a menace to society.

On April 2011 in Alphen Aan Den Rijn, The Netherlands, 24-yea

van der Vlis opened fire in a shopping mall, releasing more than

bullets with a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun, killing 6 peopwounding 17 others, after which he also killed himself.

the attack bore uncanny similarities to the No Russian mission in

of Duty: Modern Warfare 2


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PreRecorded Deba


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Personal Opinion


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The End

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