... and release, rather than of the story itself. As a matter of fact, the stories of different Final Fantasy's are barely connected. Final Fantasy III is not a sequel to Final Fantasy II, they just share similar game mechanics and are set in comparable worlds. Each installment in the Final Fantasy series is like a new novel written by the same author; certain ideas or characters may be ... have a coherent plot which could be transcribed into a short story at the very least. Other, more extensive plot-driven games such as Final Fantasy XIII, could be stripped of its audio and visual compone...

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... have enjoyed unprecedented growth during the last two years. The value chain in the game industry The game industry comprises all businesses that are part of a value chain which starts with content creation and ends with devices, which the customer needs in order to access and use the final products and services. The value chain model shows the links in the chain that ... creates the value and also allows us to specify the main players' roles in the game industry. the structure of the value chain in the game industry Creation Development Publishing PhysicalDistribution ElectronicDistrib...

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... , as the soldiers approach and reach the beach, they begin to fire back at the Germans. When someone is shot or bombed, the game shows in graphic detail the mutation, shots, and blood of the injured soldier. Once the soldiers pass the beach, the player's man then ... After this is accomplished, the player then moves onto a warehouse where the game can finally be won. Finally, the player must pass through the entire warehouse shooting and bombing the Germans until reaching a final face-off. This final scene contains even more blood, shooting, and graphic picture than the rest ... of the g...

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... , on the couch playing one of these morbid video games(359). "And they ended their spree by shooting themselves in the head, the final scene of the game Postal, and, in fact, the only way to end it"(359). Grossman states "pilots train on flight simulators, drivers train on driving simulators ... effects. These games started off with just gangsters and aliens doing the killing. Now it seems like there is an all out war in the video game industry. We are able to run over pedestrians, kill cops, innocent bystanders, SWAT teams and various other figures of authority(360). Video games give .....

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... , on the couch playing one of these morbid video games(359). "And they ended their spree by shooting themselves in the head, the final scene of the game Postal, and, in fact, the only way to end it"(359). Grossman states "pilots train on flight simulators, drivers train on driving simulators ... effects. These games started off with just gangsters and aliens doing the killing. Now it seems like there is an all out war in the video game industry. We are able to run over pedestrians, kill cops, innocent bystanders, SWAT teams and various other figures of authority(360). Video games give .....

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... Some members of Congress have realized that they can never stop the violence in video games; doing so would violate the first amendment (McNamara, 45). Game 8 - companies have claimed that if they were told to stop the production of certain games, it would be the same as stopping newspapers from ... printing certain stories (McNamara, 45). Congress has rather chosen to try and stop the marketing of games to younger game players. Liberman feels that younger gamers are more impressionable and the ultra violent games can be dangerous to them (Burk, 4). Advertising has ... already been limi...

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... Dr. Karen E. Dill, two psychologists who study teenage behavior. The conducted two studies to try to relate aggressive behavior to violent video game playing. The first study involved two-hundred and twenty-seven college students. They studied the aggression trait in every student and then asked them ... problem. These stages are defining the problem, crafting the official response, reacting to the official response and developing alternative strategies. The first video game, Pong, was released in the early seventies. At this time, games were considered non-violent and safe. But when Pa...

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... a simulation of real life. I still remember the day I got my first console, I was five years old and it was Christmas. My parents set up a little game with clues to find my present. I finally found the last clue which brought me back to where I started, my bedroom. As I looked under my bed as the ... a princess. I once had this dream but I didn't like to read as do many youths today. What better way to fulfill that dream then to play a game like Dungeons and Dragons , which whisks you back to that era and with the realism on the new consoles, it almost like you right there. It lets you ...

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... be taking a sharp turn for the better. So what is, exactly the big deal? Why do some people "go crazy" over something like a video game. Well, the answer lies within the success. Why do these games succeed. British journalist Steven Poole says, "...video games should offer open environments to explore ... certain people found out what games kids were playing five years before the shootings a few facts were understood. One, the officials found that a certain game called Doom was on the market. Doom was an early FPS (first person shooter, where the player views his environment from the eye...

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... primary support, it is the case for the "generation Y" and video games. Zelda: The oracle of time, Mario Bros or Final Fantasy can easily be compared to master pieces of theater or cinema as regard to the cultural impact these games have on today's youth. The ... of them are interpretation of past historical events, attempting to sever ties to common ideas on a period for instance. Soldats Inconnus (Unknowned Soldiers) A game that was recently released taking place during world war one where the player incarnates a soldier, nothing new so far. Except that the player will not ... sentenc...

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... for the crime by police, the question still lurks. Whose game was this? Was it his game, or a parent's who carelessly left the game out or shown poor discretion when allowing an 8 year old to play a game where to defeat the final boss requires you to drive and kill another human and " ... ;Dump" his body so the local digital authorities couldn't find him later. There's a case that if the kid were say 15 he would be charged and the game wouldn't be enough ... his hands on a mature content simulation and has already begun to misinterpret right and wrong, fair and unfair. "A Longitudina...

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... to "mature". These ratings suggest the age appropriateness; however, there is no discipline to any people who is disobeying those games ratings. To put it differently, children start playing a game suitable for persons ages 17 and older (Mature) in which contains intense violence, gore, sexual content and strong language. Under those circumstances, children will be influence from those violent games ... related thoughts and feelings" (Carnagey & Anderson). Another study revealed the same results. According to Craig A. Anderson and Brad J. Bushman "the 33 independent test of the relation ...

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... a commodore that does both word processing and video games". (Kenny Dilbert, NY Times). In 1981 on September 3rd pong was released on the ATARI 800 a simple game involving 1 paddle on each side with a ball, scoring would occur by getting the ball passed your paddle. Within about 2 weeks pong became a huge hit selling ... for the new upcoming release Duck Hunt, and a Glove for the upcoming release streets of rage, and also a running pad for the new Olympics game".(Yokimira Tokyama, inventor of the NES at the E3 EXPO 1984). All these were totally new inventions and proved to be very profit...

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... some alien spaceships or descend into depths of ocean where massive monsters lurk, you had to learn some basic console commands at least to launch the game. The nineties also didn't care for translating any content that held interest to me. "Saving", "loading", "password" ... be the greatest English teacher I have ever had both related to computers/IT and overall. Of course the first ones were more about learning game mechanics and simple workarounds rather then some complicated computer terms in a foreign language. But slowly my interests broadened and my interaction with this media...

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... visual experiences are graphic and make people believe that they are the character they are playing. Simulations like these make people feel care free and that decisions made in the game come with little or no consequences at all. Eventually the more a child is exposed to these games they begin to believe this violent behavior is acceptable in humanity and that ... how much the bullet wound hurts instead of worrying about if the bullet hit any vital organs or the fact that you've simply just been shot , simply ridiculous. As a final point , Many will argue that Violence in the media is ...

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