So last week we talked about books; this week let's talk about video games. I'm reading a book right now about geeks and gamers, in which the author is exploring the various geek-worlds, such as D&D, LARPs, the SCA, and WoW, among others; he is trying to determine whether such games and fantastic pursuits are helpful, or harmful.
What's your opinion? We should focus on video games, as those are the most common and popular and well-known -- my book just mentioned a statistic that 65% of households and 97% of teenagers in America play at least one video game, so that seems pretty dang close to ubiquitous -- but if you have some insight into any other games, feel free to mention those as well.
Your question is this: are games, particularly video games, harmful? If so, how? Why?
If they are not harmful, are they helpful? If so, how? Why?
Any suggestions or other opinions (which game is the bestest ever, and why) are welcome, as well.
I know this topic is late, but try to get an answer on here by next Monday (Jan. 25) anyway. Thanks.
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lawl
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy playing video games. the only bad thing id have to say about them are that they can be addicting and they are really time consuming. i start playing a game and then i look at the clock and 3 hours have gone by... its crazy so i try to limit myself a certain amount of time on it so im not playing them all day. Some of my favorite games are all of the sims games, crash games and spyro games. i own a ps2 and a psp but i wish i had a new machine for gaming like an x box 360 or ps3. and i dont think video games are necessarily harmful. they can be helpful in ways to figure out strategies in the game or solve puzzles or whatever things like that.
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