While people do enjoy the outdoors, being an adult video gamer, it's a different story. (My folks didn't get it either).
Video games to my generation (born in the '80s, grew up in the '90s) This was the next generations entertainment and social interaction, not just in their communities, but the more games became available to play on, now we had a world of people we could talk to that shared our interests.
Many a health study has shown playing video games improves problem solving skills, time and resource management, cooperation, competitive spirit, and creativity. Those who grew up with videos games, a decent amount of them went to learn how to make them, not just with the big corps, but became indies and modifiers as well. It requires coding and design skills, and again, unless solo, communication with team members to make something new or in addition to what they already enjoy.
YES! If not moderated properly, it can become unhealthy. But any well rounded individual knows the difference between fiction and reality. Of course it's not good to let the TV, whether with movies, TV shows, or video games, babysit the children.
Then again, maybe I was just lucky that I had parents who allowed me to play time limited but healthy doses, and then also encouraged me to play outside.
And games aren't just for 'children'. If they were, everything would be rated EC, E, or T from the ESRB, there would be no M rated games.
That's like saying Animation is for children, when we know it's not.
The difference is now they're trying to trap everyone into some "Ready Player One" type shit as they restrict their ability to move. Take a look at the world of that book/film and how the backstory mentions the catalyst being a worldwide pandemic that lead to social distancing....blah blah blah. Totally narrative seeding given how the book was written over a decade ago and the movie came out a couple years before COVID.
Yeah, I'm familiar with both the book and movie. Though the moral of the ending of the book is not letting corpo-capitalism take over and remember to live outside the matrix, I mean Oasis.
No. This is the same "video games cause violence" argument. They don't. Don't over indulge in them, and balance out your day and activities, especially for children with other physical and social interactions too.
Don't make video games the monster the left is trying to control for their own benefit and narrative. It's more than anecdotal.
You know what I see in New York and chicago? I see GTA San Andreas. I see violence without consequence. Don't tell me video games don't influence anything. That is absolute bullshit.
Let me guess, Harvard and Yale did the studies on video games and prove they're safe.
You know, man was violent and despicable to get other before video games. Before that, movies and TV was too violent.... and before that, we got book burnings.
There are far worst things going on in our society to blame collective than one medium of entertainment.
Why are you making a bad argument? I'd expect that kind of reaction from reddit.
Sitting in a chair most of the hours of the day keeps children and adults from physical activity. School and work are more forceful causes of sedentary habits. Video games are optional.
You think everyone that works in this country sits at a desk?
Where did I make that claim?
Why did respond with a straw man and ad hominen instead of trying to understand my point?
I was taught that “assuming charity” on the part of the other person is what leads to good discussions. You just assumed that I’m stupid and assumed your interpretation of what I said is what I meant to say. It’s sad to see that behavior from a veteran user here.
While people do enjoy the outdoors, being an adult video gamer, it's a different story. (My folks didn't get it either).
Video games to my generation (born in the '80s, grew up in the '90s) This was the next generations entertainment and social interaction, not just in their communities, but the more games became available to play on, now we had a world of people we could talk to that shared our interests.
Many a health study has shown playing video games improves problem solving skills, time and resource management, cooperation, competitive spirit, and creativity. Those who grew up with videos games, a decent amount of them went to learn how to make them, not just with the big corps, but became indies and modifiers as well. It requires coding and design skills, and again, unless solo, communication with team members to make something new or in addition to what they already enjoy.
YES! If not moderated properly, it can become unhealthy. But any well rounded individual knows the difference between fiction and reality. Of course it's not good to let the TV, whether with movies, TV shows, or video games, babysit the children.
Then again, maybe I was just lucky that I had parents who allowed me to play time limited but healthy doses, and then also encouraged me to play outside.
And games aren't just for 'children'. If they were, everything would be rated EC, E, or T from the ESRB, there would be no M rated games.
That's like saying Animation is for children, when we know it's not.
The difference is now they're trying to trap everyone into some "Ready Player One" type shit as they restrict their ability to move. Take a look at the world of that book/film and how the backstory mentions the catalyst being a worldwide pandemic that lead to social distancing....blah blah blah. Totally narrative seeding given how the book was written over a decade ago and the movie came out a couple years before COVID.
Yeah, I'm familiar with both the book and movie. Though the moral of the ending of the book is not letting corpo-capitalism take over and remember to live outside the matrix, I mean Oasis.
Steven Spielberg is a pedophile.
Anecdotal but certainly not unique. Video games have removed children from physical activity and made them sedentary beings.
No. This is the same "video games cause violence" argument. They don't. Don't over indulge in them, and balance out your day and activities, especially for children with other physical and social interactions too.
Don't make video games the monster the left is trying to control for their own benefit and narrative. It's more than anecdotal.
You know what I see in New York and chicago? I see GTA San Andreas. I see violence without consequence. Don't tell me video games don't influence anything. That is absolute bullshit.
Let me guess, Harvard and Yale did the studies on video games and prove they're safe.
New York and Chicago were peaceful utopias until those gal’dern video games came around.
You know, man was violent and despicable to get other before video games. Before that, movies and TV was too violent.... and before that, we got book burnings.
There are far worst things going on in our society to blame collective than one medium of entertainment.
Why are you making a bad argument? I'd expect that kind of reaction from reddit.
Sitting in a chair most of the hours of the day keeps children and adults from physical activity. School and work are more forceful causes of sedentary habits. Video games are optional.
I mean.... you're not wrong. Lol.
You think everyone that works in this country sits at a desk? You think children can learn without reading? Pretty stupid comments bro.
Where did I make that claim?
Why did respond with a straw man and ad hominen instead of trying to understand my point?
I was taught that “assuming charity” on the part of the other person is what leads to good discussions. You just assumed that I’m stupid and assumed your interpretation of what I said is what I meant to say. It’s sad to see that behavior from a veteran user here.
A fair amount of games that done have voice acting in it still forces kids and adults to not only read but comprehend what they are reading.