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How Gaming Helps Children Improve Their Learning Skills

If you ask a parent whether playing video games is necessary for a child’s education, you will get the same answer from most people, which is ‘NO’ accompanied by various reasons why video gaming is no good for children. Some of the most common arguments include inappropriate content or violence; inactivity and bad habits, which lead to obesity; inadequate social skills; waste of time; and minimal use of imagination. The point is that in some cases, these reasons are valid, but it refers to isolated incidents rather to a rule. The point is that researchers are discovering the positive impact of video games on kids concerning education. In this respect, gaming in the classroom has become a prevalent method of teaching due to the accessibility of the technologies. It is because there are more benefits of video games than harm. Video Games Makes Learning Easier Perhaps you and your friends…

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The Star Wars franchise and its sustained success

Over $8 billion dollars in box office sales. Almost $38 billion in toys and merchandise. A sale to Disney around the $4 billion mark. These gigantic, record-breaking figures are enough to suggest that Star Wars is one of the world’s most phenomenally successful movie franchises of all time. There’s also the millions of fans from around the world who name Star Wars as either a favourite movies series, a creative influence, or even a life-changing piece of cinema. So why is Star Wars so popular? Back in 1977, there were plenty of Sci-Fi movies from relatively unknown directors, and 1977’s A New Hope was just another space-flick with a couple of big names. The big difference however was the depth, the vision and the scale that the original Star Wars movie had that made it such a smash-hit success, as well as the brilliant visual effects, well-paced storyline and superb…

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