Essays On Entertainment

One of the largest and most profitable industries in the world is the advertising industry. Last year the advertising industry spent around 150 billion dollars in the U. S. alone (“TNS Media Intelligence”). That’s enough money to give every person on the planet 20 dollars and then have enough left over to buy 150,000 Porsche […]

Electronic Arts (EA) Currently Electronic Arts (EA) is the leading game developer, publisher and marketer. It developed games for various devices, such as consoles (Sony PS, Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo Wii), wireless phones and handheld devices (Nintendo’s Game Boy and Sony PSP), personal computers and Websites. Its goal is to become the biggest and best […]

Several factors accounted for Nintendo’s success in the home video game business where other companies such as Atari had failed. These can be categorized into their approach to the open market, their established presence due to previous triumphs, their focus on technology, research & development, their powerful marketing strategy, and finally their overpowering licensing & […]

They are still commonly visited In the American youth, but It Is a dying Industry. Arcades have sparked the gaming industry and without them we would not have any ASS or Shoebox or any game console. There would be no “gamers” or “try-hard”. With computer game industry moving slow it was time for something new. […]

Leg has utilized their unique design to enhance future capabilities, creating cycles of capability enhancement that attract partnerships with popular franchises such as Star Wars, Batman, and The Hobbit. Due to their patented design, Leg faces little to no competition in the plastic construction market, allowing them to establish a sustainable competitive advantage and product […]

Being the second-largest country by name revenue, China is likely to be the largest online video game market in the near future. In the 1 sass, the Chinese online video game market was far from being profitable. This was because China’s average per capita national income was around $350 at that time. The average per […]

Threat of Substitutes: The main substitute for a video game console would be a personal computer. They can both be used for playing different types of video games and be used for entertainment. The threat of this substitute edging out video game consoles is very low, because they are not completely similar. If anything, video […]

A successful product needs to provide unique value to customers that sets it apart from its competitors. Nintendo’s Wii game console is a prime example of a well-executed marketing strategy that effectively differentiated the product and distinguished it from fierce competitors. This marketing report analyzes the marketing strategy of Nintendo Wii starting from 2007. The […]

This investigation seeks to demonstrate and examine the video game sector. This text examines the video game industry’s history and its significant parts, as well as investigating the influence of video game piracy on cultural and social ideologies. In 1951, engineer Ralph Baer was requested to invent an advanced television (Nichols, p.9). Baer proposed combining […]

Background of the Company Electronic Humanistic disciplines ( EA ) are an international organisation that trades with the development, selling, publication and distribution of picture games all over the universe. US nose count agency identified electronic humanistic disciplines as package publishing houses industry. EA is well-established and independent manufacturers of picture games and harmonizing to […]

Violent Video Games: How are they affecting our Youth?In this day and age it seems as if America?s youth is becoming more violent. Concern for those aspects in our society which influence violent acts has become an issue since the tragedy at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Many feel one aspect of today?s […]

I strongly disagree with the notion that computer games are corrupting young minds and taking over their lives. As a dedicated gamer, I believe that video games not only provide entertainment but also offer valuable learning opportunities. While some conservative adults argue that video games encourage violence, I only find this viewpoint valid if there […]

Tom Bissell, in his essay, “Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter” has described video games and how they are unique and different from movies, books, or even interactive films. Bissell says “I came to accept that games were incompetent with almost every aspect of what I would call traditional narrative.” This is showing the readers […]

* Attention grabber/introduction – Slaying dragons, defending your planet from alien invasion, or bouncing on the heads of koopas and saving the same princess who gets caught every time? Sound Familiar? If you’re anything like me you have tried all of these. Of course not literally but I’m sure you have all played a video […]

Today, parents still worry about the effects of violent computer games and of course it also remains a popular topic for the media. However, with a growing number of children and teens spending excessive time playing computer games, perhaps parents should be more worried about teenagers addicted to computer games than the effects of violent […]

During the past two decades, the industry of video games has really prospered. From the earliest cathode ray tube amusement device to today’s high tech gaming consoles, the advancement in video games is truly evident. But like all other technological advancements, the field of video gaming faces many suspicions about it being beneficial or harmful. […]

Books are slowly becoming irrelevant. With the growth of the technology and the Internet are slowly becoming obsolete. The number of books American read is in a decline. Reading is a simple, quite entertainment that does not feast to many people as exciting. With the advancements in technology, the use of books is no longer […]

With the changing of society through technology, it is hypothesized that Digital Native’s (current generation that has grown up on technology) brains are physically different than other generations due to the stimuli they received growing up on technology. It was previously believed that your brain could not be physically changed after about the age of […]

Q1.What are the ethical and legal issues? A1.The ethical issue is that Kent has made a game that has both a lot of violence and nudity in it. He knows that the game would be marketing sex, violence, and gambling; and he knows that all three are bad to be imbedded into a teenagers mind. […]

The debate between “active audience” and “vulnerable viewer” traditions has been sustained for a quite long period because each of the side examines the relationship between people and message respectively, which seem to be in contrary. Australian policy on video games is a vivid example, which presents how the OFLC balance between these two contradictory […]

I. Introduction A. Evolution of Video Games Video games originated from the development of electronic games. William Higinbotham was said to be the inventor of the first electronic game, Tennis for Two, by many. A similar game was then released on the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console by Ralph Baer. The game […]

Introduction Social gaming is not new in the world today. In general, the propagation of social gaming is facilitated by technology and its psychological impacts. As with any other trends, social gaming deserves a deep look and analysis to identify any possible afflictions as well as benefits upon the modern world. Now social gaming, whose […]