It is widely known that first person shooters have been said to improve ones hand-eye coordination and reflexes, but how much can video games improve a person’s study habits and social life. This is not an in-depth study of the effect of video games on one’s discipline, this is an anecdote.
Video Games often get a bad reputation for causing a select few kids to commit murders or for making some become short tempered. However, Video Games have also managed to have a positive impact on the lives of many, whether young or grown.
The quality of video games is rapidly increasing, being compared by some to a blockbuster movie. How long will it take for the industry to truly reach the quality of the cinema industry, and what will we be able to expect, though?
It seems, rather understandably, that during the more demanding times of the school year are in session, there is a substantially less amount of people who are actually playing games.
Video Game controversies enter the news a couple of months out of the year, which brings the anti-video gamers to make claims that video games is an extremely bad influence, even worse than porn some accuse.
Handheld video games have come a long way, transitioning from the 8-bit gaming scene into a lush 3d world. Lets take a look into where it started, and what it may eventually become.