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Submitted by starcraft096 on February 11, 2008
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Furry, harmless hedgehog? Or crazy suicidal Rodent? Average, everyday
plumber? Or, cruel, tortoise squashing pipe cleaner? Many teachers,
psychologists, game manufacturers, parents, and of course children
have debated this for many years - are video games affecting our
children in a positive or negative way? This is what I'll try to
uncover in this report.
You can find video games everywhere nowadays; they are in nearly every
child's home in one way or another, you can find them on mobiles,
arcades, Digital TV, portable games consoles and of course normal
games consoles. So, is this a good thing or not?
The history of video games dates back to the 1970's, where a man named
Nolan Bushnell developed an arcade video game called 'Computer Space'.
It had many technological innovations, but the game play was confusing
and the game didn't hit big in the market audience. However, from the
profit he made on it, he left his previous company, Nutting Associates
and formed Atari Inc. Here he developed a game along with Alan Alcorn,
which became the most revolutionary game in gaming history. The game
was called 'Pong' and it involved two vertical lines on opposite sides
of a net that could bounce back a moving dot. As simple as it was, the
game became an instant success when it was placed in a local gas
station. As a matter of fact, the arcade machine seized to operate due
to the great load of money inside it!
Throughout the years many more games were developed, but it wasn't
until 1981, that Nintendo became a competitor. Nintendo's first game
was 'Donkey Kong' and was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto, "One of the
greatest game creators in gaming history". The object of this game was
to control a 'jump' man character that had to rescue a girl from a...
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