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What Every Parent Needs to Know about Video Games: A Gamer Explores the Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Virtual World

What Every Parent Needs to Know about Video Games: A Gamer Explores the Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Virtual World

Richard Abanes
2/5 ( ratings)
With sales over $30 billion per year--approaching Hollywood's annual box-office take--video and computer games are now squarely in the mainstream of entertainment. Author/journalist Richard Abanes--an experienced gamer himself--offers this concise survey particularly to parents and other concerned adults. He discusses subjects like positives and negatives of game-playing and game content the rating system--its benefits and flaws family-friendly games, those that aren't--and recommendations terminology and genres, such as "sports, role-playing, shooter" political?/cultural issues

The author's unsensational approach will prepare readers to make better decisions--not just about "what" is shown in games, but "how" it's shown... and what overall message is being delivered. "Note: includes candid discussion of game content."
Language
English
Pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Release
August 01, 2006
ISBN
0736917403
ISBN 13
9780736917407

What Every Parent Needs to Know about Video Games: A Gamer Explores the Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Virtual World

Richard Abanes
2/5 ( ratings)
With sales over $30 billion per year--approaching Hollywood's annual box-office take--video and computer games are now squarely in the mainstream of entertainment. Author/journalist Richard Abanes--an experienced gamer himself--offers this concise survey particularly to parents and other concerned adults. He discusses subjects like positives and negatives of game-playing and game content the rating system--its benefits and flaws family-friendly games, those that aren't--and recommendations terminology and genres, such as "sports, role-playing, shooter" political?/cultural issues

The author's unsensational approach will prepare readers to make better decisions--not just about "what" is shown in games, but "how" it's shown... and what overall message is being delivered. "Note: includes candid discussion of game content."
Language
English
Pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Release
August 01, 2006
ISBN
0736917403
ISBN 13
9780736917407

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