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What negative effects of video games does the text tell you about? Why have video games become an object of study for scholars? – О каких негативных последствиях видеоигр рассказывает текст? Почему видео игры становятся объектом изучения для ученых?
Video games By Trevor Lang
It all began in America in the 1970s, at the University of Utah. Nolan Bushell invented a video table tennis game, called ‘Pong’. It was very simple; it featured two white blocks on a black background and a ball that would go back and forth on the screen. The aim of the game was to keep the ball moving as long as possible and not let it fall out of the screen. The player who let the ball fall out of the screen would lose the game.
Then a new type of game, Space Invaders, appeared. A score was kept, and the player had to either avoid or destroy the enemy; it was real-time and required fast reflexes. The player had a fixed number of lives and the difficulty would increase with each level. The most important thing you could achieve in such a video game was to enter the high-score list.
Many more games followed, like Defender, Asteroid, and others. These were mainly arcade games, played on a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and particularly amusement arcades. The popularity of the games led to game addiction and even crime. Truancy (missing school without a reason or permission) became a problem.
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