Essays on Video Games

The year was 1976. The video game company Exidy released an arcade video game known as Death Race. In this game, the player takes control of a car, and is tasked to run over fleeing stick figures, known as gremlins. Running a gremlin over would...

The majority of online video games be it on the console, pc or mobile have an economy. While it’s true that although mobile games now have MMO economies that are rather simple in design, they do mirror much of how real-life economics works.  A lot...

As you go through the world of Minecraft, you will come across a lot of hurdles and challenges which include; rivers, lava or even canyons which you must cross over. As you explore it and discover your regular route, build a bridge so that you...

Minecraft is a survival-based game wherein the Player must survive the day to day onslaught of monsters that spawn each night. Building a home for yourself within the foreign word you have entered, the player now has to venture far and wide to survive and...

“Every age has its storytelling form, and video gaming is a huge part of our culture. You can ignore or embrace video games and imbue them with the best artistic quality. People are enthralled with video games in the same way as other people love...

House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, says video games lead to future mass shootings (Wu). However, The New York Times reports that there is little evidence to suggest there was any link between video games and mass shootings and youth violence (Wu). Research has shown that...

Video games containing violence is a very controversial topic nowadays. Many people are associating violence in video games to aggression in children. Parents believe that violence in video games persuades children to be violent. Henceforth, violent behavior in video games is criminal activity vividly portrayed...