October 2016 archive

How Has Gaming Changed Us?

Games have changed from board games, tic-tac-toe, to electronic consoles and now portable gaming devices. The growth of this gaming industry has increased and has brought people together. The generation gamers will pass down what they love to their children; just as Keith and Jordan has said in their article, families have Tv in the …

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Console vs Handheld

As a product of the 90s and early 00s, console games are near and dear to me. For generations, people have been using consoles to play the next big game to hit stores. However,while that excitement of going out and buying a game still exists, handheld games have taken up more people’s time in recent …

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Electronic Games and Entertainment, Where Are They Going?

I think it’s safe to say that video gaming as we know it is long gone. “Welcome to the new-age”, as song group Imagine Dragons would sing in their hit song, RadioActive. According to Nickelodeon’s research, 34% of children under 11 have a tablet, and they are now tending to get their first smartphones as …

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Future of Video Games

I just want to start this by saying that I kinda wish I grew up with this new generation of video games. Obviously the early 2000s was a great time to be a gamer– SSX Tricky, the Mario series, Call of Duty, and sports games like Madden and NBA 2K all were amazing (and some …

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Electronic games and Entertainment

Electronic gaming has changed a lot over the years and now more than ever. It’s easier to be able to play games now with your iphone or tablet and even a system like PlayStation 4 or Xbox 1. Now these systems are turning into a phone or a tablet because you can use apps and …

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It’s All About The Game$

The gaming industry is rapidly growing to a huge and profitable market, passing Hollywood as the fourth biggest entertaining market in the world. It earned $91.5 billion in 2015 and is projected to hit $107 billion by 2017 (Business Tech). YouTube content creators and Twitch streamers can make anywhere between $70,000 to over $1 million …

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video games

Do you remember the days of fighting over the t.v. with your siblings? When one of you wanted to watch cable and the other wanted to play video games. Today, I don’t think this happens much anymore. According to the article on theguardian.com, each household now has an average of 8.4 digital gadgets (according to …

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Electronic games and Entertainment

The move from console gaming to handheld gaming. how has this change affected us and why? Console games were very popular in the 90’s into the early 2000’s, Where one would have to sit behind a television in order to play and enjoy video games. PlayStation and Xbox were the most popular names, which allowed user to purchase …

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VIDEO GAMES

The move from console gaming to handheld gaming. How has this change effected us and why? Video games/gaming has slowly become the number one activity of choice by many. Video gaming devices has evolved from console gaming to gaming on handheld devices, making it highly assessable and desirable. With console you are able to move …

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GAMES

Anissa Mayhew MCS A console game is a form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment. The game consists of manipulable images, generated by a video game console and displayed on a television or similar audio-video system. This would be considered the traditional way of gaming. My favorite game system was the PlayStation 2, and my favorite game was grand …

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