1. By: Rosa Ravenstein

2. The first video game was released in 1947. This game was “cathode Ray tube amusement device” developed by Thomas T. Goldsmith, jr.  But video games did not become popular until the 1970’s.  Mario’s first appearance was as “jumpman” in the arcade games donkey Kong, but mairo has appeared in over 200 games since. .

3.  The Nintendo 64 was released September 1996.  This console was Nintendo’s third home video games console for the international market.  The Nintendo 64 sold 33 million units worldwide.

4.  The Xbox 360 was released May 2005  Several major features of the Xbox is that you could compete players online, download arcade games, TV show, movies, music, and more.  There have been about 39 million consoles sold worldwide.  You can also get the Xbox connect.

5.  The Wii was released march 2006  There have been 94 million Wii console sold seen it was released.  The Wii has 1220 games out as of November 2011.

6.  The PlayStation 3 was released November 2006  There have been 41 million PlayStation 3 sold worldwide.  The PlayStation 3 can also play blue-ray movies.

7.  Mario kart  Black ops  Grand theft auto  Saints row  Halo 4 click to watch G.T.A 5 trailer

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9.  Some video games can contribute to physical activity, like Wii fit or Xbox connects’ just dance 3.  Some games can be educational Wii fit just dance 3 

10.  Video games can be very addictive!! You could play it only once or twice, then get hooked.  If you play video games for to long, it can affect your eye sight  Video games can also make people see the world in different views, like that violence is okay and cops are the bad guys, just like in grand theft auto.

11.  In most games that teenagers nowadays play; the men go around shooting innocent people and then run from the cops. Men are portrayed as gang members or amazing fighters.  Women are portrayed as prostitutes, or magical creatures with nice body's.

12.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_gam es http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_gam es  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_vide o_games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_vide o_games  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_wars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_wars