Etivity 7

Games that influenced gaming design are:

• Atari`s Pele`s soccer,
• And Tomb raider.
• Atari`s Adventure,

Group B

Group.

Rilwanu Abdullahi - Leader

Anwar Mohammed Dakin Gari

Bashir Koko Abubakar

Sambajo A. Salisu

Calistus C. U

E-tivity 6

Using the internet web as a key for my research portfolio is good for me. I choose to use it in order to get up to date materials and data for me to achieve the objective of these research. The topic Video Games and Violence is very important topic therefore, the need to use the internet in the research by getting updated Journals, E-books, e.t.c

Internet has a lot to offer i may therefore not necessarily meet any ethical issues but also problem may occur in getting not the real information or something out of content.

Research on Video games and Violence

Video games were first introduced in the 1970s. By the end of that decade they had become a preferred childhood leisure activity, and adults responded with concern about the possible ill effects of the games on children. Early research on these effects was inconclusive. However, resurgence in video game sales that began in the late 1980s after the introduction of the Nintendo system has renewed interest in examining the effects of video games.

Some research suggests that playing video games may affect some children's physical functioning.

Effects range from triggering epileptic seizures to causing heart rate and blood pressure changes. Serious adverse physical effects, however, are transient or limited to a small number of players. Research has also identified benefits associated with creative and pro social uses of video games, as in physical rehabilitation and oncology (Funk, 1993). Proponents of video games suggest that they may be a friendly way of introducing children to computers, and may increase children's hand-eye coordination and attention to detail.

Recent studies of television watching by children have included measures of the time children spend playing video games. In 1967, the average sixth-grader watched 2.8 hours of television per day. Data from 1983 indicated that sixth-graders watched 4.7 hours of television per day, and spent some additional time playing video games.

A recent study (Funk, 1993) examined video game playing among 357 seventh and eighth grade students. The adolescents were asked to identify their preference among five categories of video games. The two most preferred categories were games that involved fantasy violence, preferred by almost 32% of subjects; and sports games, some of which contained violent subthemes, which were preferred by more than 29%. Nearly 20% of the students expressed a preference for games with a general entertainment theme, while another 17% favored games that involved human violence. Fewer than 2% of the adolescents preferred games with educational content.

The study found that approximately 36% of male students played video games at home for 1 to 2 hours per week; 29% played 3 to 6 hours; and 12 percent did not play at all. Among female students who played video games at home, approximately 42% played 1 to 2 hours and 15% played 3 to 6 hours per week. Nearly 37% of females did not play any video games. The balance of subjects played more than 6 hours per week. Results also indicated that 38% of males and 16% of females played 1 to 2 hours of video games per week in arcades; and that 53% of males and 81% of females did not play video games in arcades.

Reference:

• Rau, P.L.P., Peng, S.Y., & Yang, C.C. (2006). Time distortion for expert and novice online game players. Cyber Psychology & Behavior. 9, 396-403. Available Online at: http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2006.9.396 (last visited 06/11/09)
• Smyth, J.M. (2007). Beyond self-selection in video game play: An experimental examination of the consequences of massively multiplayer online role-playing game play. Cyber Psychology & Behavior. 10, 717-721. Available Online at: http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2007.9963 (last visited 06/11/09).
• Vivek, A (2007). A study of time management: The correlation between video game usage and academic performance markers. Cyber Psychology & Behavior. 10, 552-559. Available Online at: http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2007.9991 (last visited 06/11/09).

E-Tivity 3 My Research Paper

Research on Video Games and Violence
1.0 Introduction.
1.1 Video Games Define.
2.0 Roles of Video Games in Society.
2.1 Classes of Video Games.
3.0 Advantages and Disadvantages.
3.1 Violence Created by Video Games in Children.
4.0 Remedies.
5.0 Conclusion.

E-tivity 2

1. I understand that i am Kinesthetic learner.
2. Not surprise at all because it shows the real kind of learner i am.
   
3. My least favorite is Auditory Learning style.
4. I can use a technique of physical demonstration and also make is like visual.
   

e-tivity 2

1. I found out that im a Kinesthetic Learner.
2. Not surprised at all it has really reflected the kind of learner im.