Video Game

Console
BY: JAYLAN WILLIAMS

First Game Console

The first gaming console was called the Brown Box.
Its a bulky rectangular brown wooden box with two attached
controllers.
It was invented by Ralph H. Baer in 1967 and is known as the Father
of Video Games.
It only had 6 simple video games on it including ping pong, tennis,
handball, volleyball, chess games, and a gun game.

Innovations

Economy

It opened new job opportunities for unemployed people.

Video game consoles can range anywhere from $50 - $500,000

Environment

The NRDC performed extensive laboratory tests on the latest

generation of the most popular consoles -- the Nintendo Wii U,
Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One -- and found they
have incorporated many energy efficiency features into their
designs and offer greater performance.

Politics

China has officially sanctioned the sale of video game consoles

after a 14-year ban. China initially banned video game consoles
in 2000 to combat what the government considered a "corrupting
influence.

Culture

The average age of people who use video game consoles are 29
years old.

The games played on video game consoles have there own

jargon.

Society

Hand-eye coordination

Brain Training

Thinking and strategy skills

Future impact

Excess playing time

Social isolation

Cost

Separation from reality

Resources

http://fansided.com/2014/05/31/the-evolution-video-game-consol
es
/

http://www.ralphbaer.com/how_video_games.htm

http://www.nrdc.org/energy/game-consoles/

http://
www.hngn.com/articles/65417/20150130/china-ends-video-gameconsole-ban.htm