Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Orange County received positive attention, with praise directed to its unusual interpretation of the skateboarding game genre. Writing for PC Gamer, Tom Sykes stated "when you're out in the open, skating around the creepily empty streets of what seems to be a futuristic dystopia, Orange County feels pretty great...there's something wonderful to the feeling of skateboarding in first-person."
Three months ago, Central Florida suffered a gut punch when its shelter for young adults, many 18 to 21 years old, announced it was closing. The Covenant House crisis shelter served kids who were ...
These kids are going to be adults soon and they're going to be completely unprepared for the real world if they can't function without a screen in front of them. Image credits: Sofia_mariza #18
Due to video games replacing physical activities, there appears to be a clear association between time spent playing video games and increased BMI in young children. [30] One such study produced data that indicated that boys who spend less than 1.5 hours on the television and playing video games, were 75.4% less likely to be overweight than ...
Related to video game content (particularly violence), gaming addiction, and online harassment, there is ongoing concern that video games may have a negative impact on the development of children. Video games are commonly marketed towards younger audiences, and in a 2008 Pew Research Center study, 97% of teenagers from ages 12 to 17 played ...
In 2011, the South Korean government implemented a law, known as the Shutdown law or the Cinderella Law, which prohibits children under the age of 16 from playing online video games between the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. [146] Later on, the law was amended and now children under the age of 16 can play after midnight if they have ...
Since their inception in the 1970s, video games have often been criticized by some for violent content. Politicians, parents, and other activists have claimed that violence in video games can be tied to violent behavior, particularly in children, and have sought ways to regulate the sale of video games.
The ESRB's "Adults Only" ratings symbol. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the content rating board for games released in North America, has issued an "Adults Only" (AO) rating for 24 released video games. AO is the highest rating in the ESRB system, and indicates that the organization believes that the game's content is suitable ...