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  1. Feb 2021
    1. Despite its digital nature, online harassment can have real-world consequences for victims, including emotional and physical distress. This has left online gaming companies and players scrambling for better community management techniques to prevent harassment.

      As someone who plays videogames, this is part of the gaming community the I hate because a stranger can hurt some mentally and may cause the player to quit the game that they enjoy playing .but now gaming company are creating safety nets to stop harassment from happening to the player base but this will not stop the harassment but a start to stop online harassment

    1. Observation is a crucial first step for learning how to fully participate in any activity, and digital games are no exception. Caregivers who look closely will see that children who appear to be merely observing a game are also asking questions, strategizing and hypothesizing, or posing “what-ifs.”

      I agree with what the author saying because when I play a video game I like to explore the map to look for a hidden item or enjoy how the game looks. observation in the video game is the most important skill that you can have when playing because if observe well how the game work and the mechanic behind the character you are playing you will always have a good time playing the game.

    2. Minecraft, a game in which players build protective enclosures against monster attacks, encourages collaborative problem-solving either in person or online. Playing with another gamer means having more resources to build with and more strategies to employ, since different players bring different expertise

      author state Minecraft is game the can teach the player how to build item the can help the player to survive in the game. Minecraft encourages players to think and solve the problems that they are facing. one example I can give is when the player is facing hunger, the player needs food in order to stop the hunger but you the player have to look for fruits in the wild or craft a weapon out of wood to hunt for animals for meat.

    1. Our preliminary findings suggest that esports spectators often play the games themselves, using the viewing process as a way to learn more about the games in question and improve their own skills as players.

      As someone who plays videogames, I also watch people play games that I am playing because I want to see if the person who is video can show me a trick to beat a boss easier or show his/her skill to see if can improve on how I play the game

    1. Video games for teaching more elementary skills like arithmetic or spelling are common. Similarly, colleges and universities are increasingly infusing video games into their coursework.

      I can relate to this quote because I have play game the have taught me new words and their meaning and later on life I heard the word, remember the meaning of a word and know how it is used for. One example I can give is assassin creed where each game follows a time period and teach the player about what happened in the time period the game is on

    2. “Spider-Man” has many of these eco-friendly research missions. But what I found most encouraging is that the game also includes tools that can potentially teach advanced concepts in chemistry and physics. These tools include adjusting the wavelength and amplitude of radio waves, rewiring circuits to meet target voltages, and what will be examined here, using absorption spectroscopy to identify unknown chemicals

      video games have been evolving over years where the graphics are realistic, and with the growth of video games, new opportunities are emerging. and one of those ideas is to use a video game to teach the player higher education by playing the game. One example of this spider-man eco-friendly mission, that can teach player some basic of chemistry and physics.