Essays on Gaming

Whether a teen or adult play video games on television, the Internet or a portable unit, excessive gaming can affect their life. Video games can be addictive as the gambling games to a child as young as nine years. With the new technology, video games are played by people of all ages and are played at home, school, work among other places. Most of the players spend a lot of time playing the video games nonstop (Melissinos & O'Rourke 45). While most people think some people are using video games in a positive way, a big percentage thinks the opposite. ...

Introduction

Genting Singapore is an international hospitality company that deals with integrated resort development and gaming (Genting 2017). Specifically, the company builds integrated resorts and runs casinos as its core business. It also consults for the hospitality industry businesses and investments in the area of sales and marketing support. Besides, it offers information technology services such as software development, systems integration and maintenance among others. Its markets of operation include Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, the Bahamas, Australia and the UK. The company that began as Genting International was first listed on the Singapore Securities exchange in 2005. It acquired the Stanley ...

Video Games and Watching – Essay Plan

1. Topic For the sake of this assignment, I chose the topic “Video Games and Watching,” as it is a fascinating topic for me. I have had a long relationship with video games as a main part of my leisure time throughout my life, and so I feel very close to this subject in particular. Furthermore, the ways in which gamification has infiltrated our lives in the last few years is also fascinating to me, whether through creating rewards-based productivity apps or streamlining other behavior in ways that follow game theory (Whitson, 2013). The rise of reality TV competitions ...

Sports betting has become commonplace around the world with many countries not criminalizing, but instead, regulating it. In the United States, betting schemes are illegal except in the states of Montana, Nevada, Delaware and Oregon. Over the recent years, various states have begun agitating for the legalization of sports betting. States like New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and New York have introduced legislations that attempt to legalize sports betting in contravention to the federal government's, Professional and Amateur Sports Prevention Act (PASPA) which prohibits which has provisions which prohibit wagering in single game sports in all states in ...

The bullwhip effect can be detrimental to the efficiency of a supply chain. Demand of a product may only slightly shift, but it can lead to a much greater shift in manufacturing a product. This is when the “variability in demand is magnified as we move from the customer to the producer in the supply chain” (Robert & Chase). It specifically relates to a lack of coordination in a supply chain as a company makes purchases from its suppliers more unpredictably than it sells to its customer (Mendelson & Bray, 2016). It also relates to a lack of coordination in the ...

Computer Games

Computer games are my passion from a very young age. I started off by playing a usual Television interfacing video game console which was usually available at that time around the early 2000’s. Computers were just getting popular at that time and it was a major expensive thing to buy at that, which we could not afford. I discovered that I had a passion for gaming from the moment I laid my hands on the video game console box. I bought a lot of games and I played every single day. The gaming platform slowly transitioned from the ...

Introduction

Xbox360 Controller is the predecessor of the original Xbox controller. The first original Xbox debut with its Xbox console in the year 2001, the first gaming console launched with the Microsoft. Xbox360 gaming console is a big success for the Microsoft Corporation after their first debut with Xbox original in the year 2001 (Andrews & Baker, 2006). Xbox 360 controller is by far the best gaming controller of the Xbox gaming console generation. Since then, Microsoft made improvements to their gaming console and introduced to the market Xbox360 in the year 2005, completely built from scratch, not just an improvement ...

INNOVATIVE REPORT OF VR GLASSES

In the world of today where almost every individual is dependent on technology, bringing products which speak of innovation and creativity has become a great challenge. This is because every other organization is trying to attract and retain customers via innovative ideas and products. The competition in the dimension of innovation is increasing and becoming tense. Every organization realizes the significance of innovation and has ensured that a special budget for innovation is set up so that it can offer to the market what other players cannot. Then innovation has also become a racing factor. Ideas are there all ...

Cause and Effect Essay

Introduction In today’s fast-paced technology based world, smartphones are considered a necessity for people who want to stay in touch with the latest. Smartphones have become an essential part of life for a majority of the populace and many cannot imagine leading their daily life without a smartphone in their hand. One argument made for the popularity and the necessity of smartphone is how it has helped to make life more convenient for its users. The prevalence of smartphone and its popularity is due to the multifarious advantages it provides to the users such as information at the ...

Abstract

This paper aims to consider gaming habit of Greg and what can be done to deal with such problem. Violent video games are popular among children and teenagers, relevant statistics proves this idea. Negative consequences of violent video games, risk factors and strategies that mitigate the possible outcomes for Greg are discussed. Greg’s behavior can be worsened; he may have mental problems, poor academic performance and be aggressive. This work proposes parents to show Greg a good example for him to make him interested in a real world, get a common hobby, spend much time together or send ...

Introduction

Humankind has entered the age where computers do everything from taxes to math problems even sending emails to family members, many people have gotten to the point where their entire lives are governed by computers or the function of computers; the biggest aspect of this is children being born in the digital age and are being raised on computers or how to use them in non-ideal ways. Although computers are responsible for making life easier for people across the world, it has been noted that people have grown too dependent on computers to do what they used to do ...

Sports Direct – A Brief Corporate Insight

Sports Direct International Plc (Sports Direct) is a chain of a retail store that was established in 1982. The entity was formed by Michael James Wallace Ashley, prominently known as Mike Ashley, who is also the owner of a football club, Newcastle United. Sports Direct is an origination of the United Kingdom (UK) and has more than 670 retail stores globally (Sports Direct, 2016). The corporate operations are segmented into two divisions namely Sports and Leisure, and Fashion and Lifestyle (Sports Direct, 2016). The Sports and Leisure division offers multiple and popular brands to target audience such as Nike, ...

Up until now, the Xbox 360 gaming console has sold over 76 million units since its launch in 2005. This device is entirely dedicated to gaming with no other auxiliary uses. In 2013, Microsoft decided to target a larger market as well as demographic. Statistics show that over 96% of Americans own television sets. However, only 49% own gaming consoles. For this reason, Microsoft decided to unveil a new upgrade of the console that integrates with the living room. The new console got named as the Xbox One. This device can surf the web, play games, stream movies and ...

Pokémon Go- Augmented Reality versus Virtual Reality In the recent years, technological innovations have greatly altered the way consumers use their mobile phone and the applications on them. The most recent trend in applications has been that of Pokémon Go- a mobile game which has attracted millions of people in the world. The game is based on the concept of finding virtual creatures which are located at areas called PokeStops (Gerber, 2016). The PokeStops are present on real-life maps, and it is a real-time experience of going to various locations and finding these creatures. The Pokedex is ...

Video and Computer Games Industry

Organizations rely on environmental scanning to carefully monitor their internal and external environments with the aim of detecting opportunities and threats that may have a bearing on their current and future plans. Changes in technology have contributed to increased dynamics in the video and computer games industry, and companies have been forced to transform and adapt to stay competitive. Enterprises focusing on the retailing of DVD/CD/Computer games have been affected by the advent of competition especially from companies utilizing digital platforms to provide video and computer games to their clients (Grüsser et al., 291). There has been the ...

Pokémon Go is a smartphone game application that presents the players with an augmented reality gaming experience. Pokémon Go is a relatively new smartphone application that took the world by storm recently. The augmented reality in Pokémon Go allows users to catch Pokémon through their phone cameras. In a typical case, the game is played through the user’s camera in any location they may be at any time. Since a user can only be at one location at any one time, the game provides the user with opportunities to catch a ‘Pokémon’. Poké ...

A Report on Internet Misuse in Business Firms

Business organizations rely heavily on internet enabled systems in the present age. This has necessitated unrestricted use of internet in business firms, especially in creative area like graphic designing. This report addresses the same issue in a graphic design firm where the author works as an account manager. The firm is doing well and currently has a strength of 14 employees. However the owner is concerned about the unregulated use of the internet which allows the employees to download almost anything or view inappropriate web content in the workplace. The concern of the owner is justified because the irresponsible ...

Vivendi SA

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Introduction

Vivendi SA is an integrated media group that operates throughout its value chain and is focused of expanding its business in order to provide unlimited means of entertainment to its customers. The company owns the leading subsidiary businesses like Universal Music Group, Canal+ Group, Gameloft, Ubisoft, Daily motion and Radionomy. The current paper aims to conduct the Resource Based View Analysis, Value Chain Analysis and Core Competency Analysis in order enlighten the resources, efficient work processes and market standing of the company.

Tangible Resources Financial The Net Cash Position of Vivendi SA indicates that the company has ...

Such relationship as friendship has so many “faces” that we rarely pay our attention to notice them or consider the meaning of their displays. Nevertheless, Cocking and Matthews have properly analyzed this very issue and consequently – have found out key features, which do constitute the core of friendship. In particular, the main accounts are the following: the disclosure of self in friend, the disclosure of self to friend, and the drawing view of friendship. The first account may be a good explanation for the reason of initiating friendly relations with the one, who has been just a stranger until ...

Gambling has been a vital problem of many scientific researches all around the world. This phenomenon attracts millions of people who even do not guess how badly gambling influences their physical and mental health. According to statistical data, it turns out that gambling fully affects the human psyche, and it provides the impact as that one of a powerful narcotic substance and causes addiction. Gambling people necessarily need to be treated, because the scientists prove that the interest in casino, online games and slot machines provide such effects as depression, insanity, schizophrenia and other psychological disorders. Gambling is a ...

Vivendi

Introduction Vivendi is a content and integrated media group that is operating its business throughout the value chain of entertainment industry. The company incorporates its business operation from talent discovery to the development, production and distribution of its content. The company owns the Universal Music Group, which is the world leader in music industry, whereas it also owns the Canal+ Group which is a leading television group in France. It also produces international television series and movies and owns a French TV channel, which is also the biggest pay TV in France. Vivendi has also initiated its investments in ...

Video Games and its Cultural Implications

Introduction The advent of new technological innovation in recent years resulted in the introduction of video games which is now considered as an integral part of our life. Video games are almost everywhere, and they serve, not only as a means of entertainment us, but also as a form of socialization, skills training and to experience real-world events through simulations. Accordingly, there are myriad of responses towards the popularity of video games, and this is especially so with the linkage of this form of entertainment to violence and aggression, many examples of which represent extreme and realistic violence (Griffiths, ...

Executive Summary

Third party providers of proposition player services are a nascent, but a highly promising segment of the United States gambling business industry. There is much strong evidence suggesting that the number of casinos and other gambling establishments in the country is dynamically increasing. Thus, the importance of providers of third party proposition player services will be increasing simultaneously. At the same time, the practice shows that there are serious human resources problems in this area. In particular, the employee turnover rate in this industry is unusually high, sometimes reaching 35%. This research proposal provides a comprehensive introduction into the ...

Counter Measures to the Bullwhip Effect

Introduction The bullwhip effect is the unexpected distortion of the supply chain. It refers to the “variability of order rates” (Disney and Lambrecht, 2008, p. 3). This supply chain hazard has its roots in Jay Forrester’s Industrial Dynamics Theory of the late 1950s (Goldsby and Martichenko, 2005). Forrester was the first person to introduce the concept and simulate a model in 1961. There are many solutions to counter the bullwhip effect. The reason why there are many solutions to the bullwhip effect is because it is triggered by multiple causes. For instance, the most common cause is overreacting ...

Despite the fact that the research results collected by Nielsen may be somewhat useful, they should not be trusted for any serious marketing initiative as they have serious factual flaws. Specifically, the manager of Nielsen mentioned that the participants of the project scanned all products they bought, and the research company automatically receives the data about their buying habits, allowable income and other characteristics, which may be useful in crafting effective marketing strategies (UNLV Online Education, 2014). The service advertised by them appears to be especially attractive because of global economic uncertainty. In particular, the companies from different industries ...

Sports and gaming activities are arranged worldwide to cultivate positive feelings and enhance physical abilities of individuals. Sports define the culture of any country, and the US does have rich sports culture. People in the US believe in engaging themselves in sports that enhance their physical abilities and promotes emotional stability. The paper highlights sporting guides and purpose of guides among the museumgoers while emphasizing over the late nineteenth century American sports. American Museum of Sport aims to create awareness through the display of guides published in souvenir program in the exhibition arranged. The target is to create awareness ...

Part One

Chapter 1: After the WWII, the United States experienced industrialization, population boom, and the “America First” pride that pushed the country forward, while Indianness symbolized past. As the result, the nation and the government wanted to assimilate Indians as soon as possible, and the BIA took the leading role in this process. Furthermore, the BIA managed all Indian issues. The absence of exclusive rights on the tribes’ territories, the consequences of the 1887 General Allotment Act, and the new harden policies that aimed to cause the rapid assimilation of Indians led to lack of food, health and education services, ...

Human personality is formed mainly through relations with other people, the community and society. The process of forming human individuality continues for the whole life. The most intensively the personality is up to the age of 18, as it is the most suitable stage of life for absorbing the knowledge and rules of behavior in the society. Human personality is a concept that expresses the social essence of the person, the complex characterizing human features, properties, relations, moral and spiritual world, formed in the course of self-development, cooperation with social communities and separate individuals. Teenagers belong to the most ...

Virtual Reality

Introduction Technological advancements are essential to the development of any nation. In fact, lack thereof compromises the overall potential of a region being self-sustainable. With this in mind, it is worth mentioning that the progressions in science and technology over the years fostered the development of virtual reality. Popularly referred to as VR, this marvel is a computer technology that replicates realistic human environments and simulates the user’s physical presence to fit the setting presented by the system thus allowing interaction. Currently, most of the virtual reality presentations are conveyed on a computer monitor or a head-mounted display, ...

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Background.3-4 Discussion4-10 Support of E-Sports as Sports.5-7 Opposition to E-Sports as Sports7-8 Responses to Objections.8-9 Conclusion10-11

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INTRODUCTION On October 19, 2014, more than 40,000 fans crowded into the sold-out World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, to watch a highly anticipated final match of a world championship series. The massive audience did not pack into the stadium to watch a concert. They did not come out in droves to witness teams of football players make touchdowns. They did not scream and cheer as men made baskets in a tense basketball game. This was not a traditional sporting event; ...

Bullwhip Effect

Supply chain management constitutes of complex tasks and includes companies that transfer goods from initial raw material stage to finished goods to retailers. The most common reasons that supply chain companies stumble is when the customer demands and market conditions fluctuate or shift. The bullwhip effect is caused when supply chain companies are not able to manage their orders . The change in consumer demand and market fluctuations cause different supply chain companies to order more products/goods to achieve or meet the demand. The most common reason for the difference in orders is that companies base the demand for goods ...

Literature Review

In the article, ‘Online Stars and the New Audience: How YouTube Creators Curate and Maintain Communities’, author and researcher Hector Postigo highlights the participatory culture of YouTube and how it manages to capitalize on bringing in valuable funding that is needed to help it not only be more visible but the choice for many successful entrepreneurs and businesses alike . Smith has defined the participatory culture of YouTube by explaining that content creators connect directly with their followers and thus the videos that are shared on the platform are a more personalized communication than mass information broadcast. Not only that, ...

Atari Rapid Growth

Atari’s rapid growth is attributed to the decision of its founder to transform the traditional gaming machines into a smaller home machine. Bushnell compressed the coin-operated Pong game into a smaller home system. The Atari 2600 was the most successful home based gaming system that used cartridge.

How Did Ninitendo Successfully Recreate the Home Video Game Business Following the Atari - Era Boom and Bust?

After the boom and bust of the Atari, Nintendo focused on a diversification strategy. Initially, the company focused on the production of playing cards before the diversification to the production of the video game business. As such, the organization acquired a licensing to produce video games from Magnafox, which led to ...

A good number of individuals would love to spend some of the time in a casino during their vacation considering that there are great gambling destinations globally, even though not all of them offer an amazing experience. With the increased online activity, most people will resort to the internet in such of an awesome vacation destination that offers great gambling experience and Monaco always appears as one of such destination. Monaco is the second smallest and the most populous country globally with a population of about thirty thousand people in addition to being home to Monte Carlo, a prominent ...

Sony Music Entertainment, a fully owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation began its journey in 1929 as American Record Company. Not many companies in this highly competitive and ever evolving industry have survived for long and that too as a leader. This essay will focus on the core competencies of Sony Music Entertainment and a comparison with the competition. The year 2007 was a landmark year for Sony Music Entertainment as the company entered into multiple innovative ventures in partnership with others to expand their portfolio and increase the revenue and market share. In this year, Sony entered into collaboration ...

Communication in Social Networks

Abstract Everything in world undergoes its continuous changes. Though unknown is always frightening, it also affirms the beginning of something new and thrilling. The same can be said about the invention of social networking. In the midst of social media revolution such social networks as Facebook, Twitter and Skype have opened before their users an amazing world of opportunities and unlimited online communication. Knowledge and information could now be shared among various groups of people and even between different nationalities. People got the possibility to connect with the whole world and highly improve their communication skills. Although social networks ...

Walt Disney Corporation has a loyal base of consumers that is long established since its founding in the 1920s. Today, Walt Disney Company comprises over 5 distinct business components including Media Networks, Studio Entertainment, Interactive, Parks and Resorts and Consumer Products. Constantly emphasizing a dedication towards creating timely entertainment for the whole family, Walt Disney passed on a legacy towards maintaining fantasy, a legacy which its theme parks continue to be known. This papers considers the history and place of the amusement part industry via a situation analysis. It specifically considers Disney by identifying its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and ...

Marketing is the lifeblood of a business. In today’s gaming industry, businesses spend millions of dollars in advertisements just to reach their target market and grow their niche. In fact, companies can now maximize their growth potential through different technological platforms, such as social networking sites (e.g., Facebook and Instagram), where advertisements can also be done. This is relatively a good opportunity compared with the days when they can only use print ads, television, and radio as their medium. Among the many companies that spend a significant amount of money for marketing is Nintendo and Microsoft. Nintendo is ...

Video Games Negatively Impact College Students’ Performance in School

Introduction For college students, a high rate of academic performance during school years is strongly associated with future career success. With this objective in mind, college experience supplies students with an environment where they have an opportunity to gain relevant knowledge and acquire related skills, which are likely to contribute to their future career paths. Recent technological advances have changed the way young individuals obtain new information and communicate with their families and peers. In this case changes in their social development are dependent on facilitating access to information, sharing personal data, and promoting communication via the Internet (Lepp ...

The canvas model

The canvas model refers to an ideal business model which is comprised of 9 major items, which touch on different aspects of business (Wirtz, 2010). The firsts aspect here, as pointed out by Wirtz (2010) are key partnerships. These refer to alliances that an enterprise creates to help in its normal operations. At Blue Buddies, the manufacturing of most accessories is outsourced, meaning that the manufacturing firms in the Far East come up as the key partners. The second aspect is the customer segments. The segments refer to the different categories of customers that a company targets . At Blue ...

Situation Analysis

Started in California as a garage workshop in 1945, producing photo frames, Mattel transformed itself into a leader in the toy and marketing industry, recognized for many major innovative and unique products. This transformation was a result of a strategic vision and better understanding of the opportunities and external forces by its founders, Ruth and Elliot Handler and Matt Matson. By 1965, the company became a USD$ 100 million businesses with continuous and sustainable growth over the past decades. In spite of the success of the operations, the company went through a number of challenges over the years.The launch ...

Virtual Reality in Business

Today the business is 100% dependent on computer applications. It is hard to imagine that it would have existed, let alone prosper in isolation. All business today is based, on the one hand, around users (both internal and external), and on the other hand - around some internal infrastructure. Accordingly, the tendency can be divided into user-related and infrastructure relations (Ducker). Business applications, and especially business infrastructure are influenced by the current trend of consolidation, which involves the centralization of resources - all the intellectual power of the company is gathered in data centers. Secondly, more attention is now ...

Business Model Canvas: Blue Buddies

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Basics

An ideal business model comprises of 9 building blocks which describe the specific parts of the business (Wirtz, 2010). Key Partners: These are the alliances created by a business to help in its operations (Wirtz, 2010). At Blue Buddies, they do not manufacture most accessories. Instead, they source them from the far east. Customer Segments: The company serves different customer segments. Segmentation at Blue Buddies is by demographics, personality, and behavior.

Value Proposition: Involves giving the different segments a product that is useful to them (Lindic & Marques da Silva, 2011).

Channels: Include communication, distribution, and sales channels utilized by Blue Buddies to cater to their customers. Customer Relationships: Involves how Blue Buddies relate with each customer ...

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Marketing is the lifeblood of a business. In today’s society, businesses spend millions of dollars in advertisements just to reach their target market and grow their niche. In fact, companies can now maximize their growth potential through different technological platforms, such as social networking sites, where advertisements can also be done. This is relatively a good opportunity compared with the days when they can only use print ads, television, and radio as their medium. Among the many companies that spend a significant amount of money for marketing is Nintendo and Microsoft. Nintendo is a Japanese company ...

Personal Computer Purchasing Project

Personal Computer Purchasing Project. 1.0 Introduction: When purchasing a personal computer for home or business use, buyers are faced with a myriad of options to choose from in the market based on brands, technical specifications, pricing, quality, and reliability. In this case, it is important to conduct significant market research, read customer and technical reviews, and make your own comparison before deciding on the PC to buy. Some of the major considerations include the intended usage i.e. for home entertainment, business or gaming, etc. There are considerations to be made with regard to software such as operating systems and ...

Abstract

The Sony Corporation is a multinational conglomerate of Japanese origin. It is headquartered in Konan Minato, Tokyo Japan. This particular company has diversified its business through the production of multiple products and services. The main products produced by Sony include professional and consumer electronics, entertainment, gaming, and financial services. Sony’s vision is to create products that meet the imaginations of everyone and produce gadgets and devices that stimulate senses and rejuvenate the spirit. It strives to come up with ideas full of surprise and that never disappoint the consumer. The company is one of the major players in ...

Social media has now become the medium for connecting to friends, family and even people from the workplace; this has become more so now that access to social media is increasingly mobile. Statistics show that 76% of internet users are on social media and 70% logon to Facebook at least once a day . People between the ages of 18-40 use social media more than others. But why do people spend so much time on social media? What does excessive involvement in virtual social networking mean for the actual social lives of people? This essay will argue that while social ...

Samsung Gear VR and How it Relates to VR Industry

Samsung Electronics, along with a company called Oculus, developed a mobile headset based on the virtual reality technology and named it ‘Samsung Gear VR’. It was launched in the market in the year 2015 on November 27. It works with all the phones starting from Samsung Galaxy Note 5. With the headset, these phones work like a processor and display while the headset works as a controller. It contains the virtual reality based high view field, an inertial measurement device for capturing the movements. It connects to the handsets using a micro-USB connector and cable. The inertial measurement is ...

Answer Questions

1)Table 1 shows correlations of clothing retailer positioning questions to the two dimensions of a positioning map. Based on the correlations, name the two dimensions. Show the process and discuss your reasoning. Organizations make use of positioning map to help them identify a perfect position in the market with respect to their products or services. Positioning is a good way to let the organizations understand where they stand in the eyes of customers. Perceptions of customers are very important in defining the positioning of products and services. Positioning maps reveal where and how certain brands are placed in ...

Part one

Personal computers have now become not just used for computation but also, a source of entertainment inform of PC games. The personal computing industry is now in growing at unprecedented levels regarding the hardware and software components. Hardware and software sales are up, and the challenge that computer consumers face now is identifying the computer model they need that will fit their requirements. Especially for the hardware components, the users will need to consider their hardware choice combination than include, graphics card, processors, storage, memory and power consumption. To do this, computer users will require determining whether the product ...

Ivan Pavlov was born in Ryazan, Russia, in the year of 1849, in the family of the Orthodox priest. In 1875, he graduated from the University in St. Petersburg with the Life Sciences degree. After graduation, Pavlov studied medicine and was admitted to the Institute which specialized in Veterinary. He was in Germany and Belarus. There he was making experiments in the laboratories, researching digestion. But after coming back to Russia he began to study glandular secretions. His experiment animal was the dog. Pavlov applies surgical techniques to those dogs that is why it was difficult to make the ...

Executive Summary

In this consultancy report, the whole work has been discussed in parts starting with the introduction that explains the topic statement about the video games industry. The report also covers the history and the development of the video games industry with a case example of a British company HMV Retail Ltd. Through carrying out of a PESTLE analysis, the report focuses on the external factors surrounding the video games companies. Also, the report has put forth some of the major areas that any business in this industry should focus on to experience growth and formulate change strategies. The report ...

Abstract

This paper is an introduction to simulation and a deep dive into the gaming industry which includes video and computer games. The last part also talks about the growth of this industry and job opportunities with a focus on international marketing profiles. Simulation is a process where a real life object is built using a model and digital prototype can be formed for experiencing the real object. It helps in testing and making sure the real life object is successful. Simulation is widely used in gaming industry with social games where people live as a simulated person and do ...

Back in the days, before the late 2000s, most people relied on their television when it came to broadcast programming, and the web served to provide people with digital content. That simplicity is long gone due to the rapid advancement in technology which has brought with it sophisticated devices together with content workflow which allows for cross-consumption of both digital and traditional content in almost all available device endpoints. This convergence of traditional and digital methods of content viewing have resulted into individual viewers watching their favorite shows on tablets, phones and televisions anywhere and at any time. This ...

Video and Computer Games Industry

Organizations rely on environmental scanning to carefully monitor their internal and external environments with the aim of detecting opportunities and threats that may have a bearing on their current and future plans. Changes in technology have contributed to increased dynamics in the video and computer games industry, and companies have been forced to transform and adapt so as to stay competitive. Enterprises focusing on the retailing of DVD/CD/Computer games have been affected by the advent of competition especially from companies utilizing digital platforms to provide video and computer games to their clients (Grüsser et al., 291). There has ...

Introduction

While many academics debate ethical topics such as anthropological research, the modern day tribal members face more pressing issues, many of them economic. An important component of modern first peoples economic rights include the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which Congress enacted in order to control the way in which the National Indian Gaming Commission conducts business. Even though the Oneida of the twentieth and twenty-first century are separated from their relatives in central New York, Iroquois and others, the Oneida are included in discussions about gaming and economics with these and others who are connected to the nations ...

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Introduction Technology is often portrayed in popular media and literature as something that conflicts with man’s safety and well-being. Themes of apprehension regarding technology can be observed even in short stories, which aim to promote awareness towards the negative impact of technology to society. The American author, Ray Bradbury, is one of the many authors that express their activism towards the negative impact of technology. Two of his works, ‘The Veldt’ and ‘The Pedestrian,’ have themes that make people think about the underlying drawbacks of technology. In general, ‘The Veldt’ and ‘The Pedestrian,’ creates awareness about ...

Video Games and How They Inspire Aggressive Behaviour?

Thesis Statement- The use of video games should be closely monitored because it encourages aggressive behaviour. Video Games- Video games are played with the help of an electronic device such as a console or hand held device, with the help of which, the input is given and output is received on the screen. These games create a virtual world where the players imagine that they are mentally present in the game. These games are particularly popular among children, though the people of all ages like playing them. The history of video games dates back to 1940 when the first ...

Abstract

Studies documenting substance abuse have shown that it is deadly. Studies done in these areas have shown a trend in the abuse of substance among the youth. Substances such as marijuana, alcohol and cannabis are continually being abused by the youth. Tobacco consumption by youth is yet to be mitigated. The government, has in some cases, not helped the situation but has served to escalate the crises by making potent substances available to users without regulation. The objectives of this research are to analyze the opinion of researchers I this field and their opinions on the matter at hand. ...

1. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act is a federal law that governs the Indian Gaming in order to provide security for the industry and restrict involvement from State governments. The Act signed by President Ronald Regan, provides financial stability to American Indian Governments and sets up a regulatory standard for all tribes to follow in the interest of fairness. The Act comprises of three classes. Class I has minor games such as raffles and conducted only during local festivals or ceremonies. The prizes awarded are in any range since the State Government cannot have any ceiling. The State officials ...