video games are bad

[knight04]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said that forty-two percent of the M-rated games were bought by children under the age of thirteen and sixteen. In 2002 kids under seventeen purchased just only forty percent of the M-rated games. Studies reveal that sometimes the rating of the games is not rated right, so how can parents know which games are good for the kids? The answer is that they cannot rely on it instead what they have to do is pay more attention to their kids. One way that parents can be sure that the game their children are playing is rated good is to see HSPH; HSPH is web page where video games are rated. I believe that violent video games are not good for adolescence and for others.
Those who play games a lot are always saying that the reason why they play games is because it is for fun. Another reason why they decide to play games is because it takes them out of stress and it is also a habit for them, but they do not see the affects that it does to them. Well, there is a high percentage that the one who are going to play the video games are the young people (ninety percent of the boys and forty percent of the girls) and for sure the companies are well aware of that. This has many affect on the body creating problematic affects in the future, and in fact it can be fixed if only the game users can stop playing a lot.
The number one reason why companies invest in producing these games is to gain profits. Many times the games are being improved by using science to make it more attracting to consumers. Another method they use is to make it more accessible to consumers through cell phones to make consumers aware that games are not only for young adults and children. Although cell phone games are not as good as playing the real thing and it has fewer features and are less sophisticated, they provide the consumer with entertainment to beat boredom. Another method that companies are using is demography on the population which allows them to know how many people are going to buy their product. One effect that will reduce the game industry’s profitability is the government passing a new law that may reduce substantial sales growth, which by the way it already happened in California and as a result of that the video games industry filed law suits causing the law to be delayed.
Game users sometimes starve themselves becoming more addicted and affecting more their health. According to reports a person can only withstand a certain amount of hours and eventually their body system will not be able to withstand it any more. Another effect that this constant playing has on individuals is lack of sleeping which doesn’t allow them to perform well on certain things, such as work, and studying. Individuals are willing to use excessive amounts of caffeine such as coffee and sodas, over the counter medications, and tea. On the other hand, lack of sleep and obsession for doing the same activity repetitively affects the brain and other parts of the body that later may cause even more serious damages. Playing games does not allow the kids to develop their frontal lobe, which will help them to control their behaviors, memory, emotion, and learning. Kawashima put some kids to repeat one digit number and as a result it turns out that they use more of their brain than the one playing the games. While constantly playing video games might not require much of the brain, the fact is that some kids can become obesity because they are just eating but not doing enough exercising causing them to be over weight. A common problem with using medication is that it might not be healthy for the body causing even further damages. One can easily see if that person is not getting enough sleeping time by seeing that person’s eyes. In fact recent study by Dr. Sonya Brandy of the University of California and professor Karen Mathews at the University of Pittsburgh suggested that the violent games can be getaway drugs.
Addiction to the product is one of the number one reasons why individuals want to continue to play the game. Playing the game will take time and that will not allow the person to do other things that are important. Separation of group can be one effect. It is true that it will be fun but at what consequence will this lead to. The good thing about playing games is that it will help you have a better vision but in order for that to happen a huge amount of time has to be put to consideration. The funny thing is that users have to pay for a product that will not lead them to any good. I guess that it’s the consumer’s taste. Addicted users always want to play more, and cannot step away from their game for a long time.
Further, the media has a big impact on altering the population of what games are good or not. In fact, at least once a year they start to announce which video games are in high demand among consumers especially during Christmas times when lots of shoppers are seeking for the best products. For example, this week the news bruited that a new violent game was out there, and the game’s goal was to kill immigrants, drug dealers, and women for only points. The users who play these violent games start to act violent and changing the way that they think. In some cases the game users take it to a different level creating a lot of problems. People can easily start to imitate what they have seen in the games. For example, there was a game where the players were given points by how they execute the crimes. Other games such as GTA, Take-Two’s Grand Theft Auto III, and Hit and Run were given to one hundred male participants between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one and each of them having different effects. The one that was more negative than the others was GTA and when they play Grand Theft Auto they had a blood pressure while playing the game. Dr. Sonya Brandy says “Media violence exposure play role in the development of negative attitudes and behaviors related to health”.
Overall games are bad for the population, and can be more dangerous if advance technology is put to consideration. While there might not be businesses that care for those who get addicted to violent video games there are some who care of what it is happening to them, for example, the government. Web sites that rate the games should be more sophisticated on what games parents should buy for their kids, which will create a better environment for society. Although this will help, there are others ways that kids under seventeen get to play this game and that is by them buying them for themselves. As the teens starts to play this game constantly they start to focus more to it and stop focusing to other things that are more interesting. At some point affecting their health, and I am not just talking about teens because it also can affect adults.

[phoenix_fire]

I have seen too many friends get sucked into World of Warcraft and never come out again. One friend irrevocably screwed up his relationship with a really great girl. I know of countless others that have seriously destroyed their GPAs and honors status. It was enough to convince me never to start.

[Meliorative]

Hardcore psychological addiction. Funny how society doesn't view games and television as a drug, when there are people that seriously can't go one afternoon without watching 6 hours of television.

Vicarious...

[Lullaby Chainer]

Quote by: phoenix_fire I have seen too many friends get sucked into World of Warcraft and never come out again. One friend irrevocably screwed up his relationship with a really great girl. I know of countless others that have seriously destroyed their GPAs and honors status. It was enough to convince me never to start.

Ah... World of Warcraft.. great game.. good times..

[Osborn F Enready]

OMG....

IF you don't like video games, don't buy them.

[Lullaby Chainer]

Quote by: Osborn F Enready OMG.... IF you don't like video games, don't buy them.

I AGREE.

[phoenix_fire]

Well, many games are pretty innocuous. I tend to enjoy Super Smash Brothers. But, like most other things, people can get unhealthy addictions to them and the best way to quit is never to start. I play, but I try not to allot any significant portion of my time to such things.

[rez]

Quote by: knight04 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said that forty-two percent of the M-rated games were bought by children under the age of thirteen and sixteen. In 2002 kids under seventeen purchased just only forty percent of the M-rated games. Studies reveal that sometimes the rating of the games is not rated right, so how can parents know which games are good for the kids? The answer is that they cannot rely on it instead what they have to do is pay more attention to their kids. One way that parents can be sure that the game their children are playing is rated good is to see HSPH; HSPH is web page where video games are rated. I believe that violent video games are not good for adolescence and for others. Those who play games a lot are always saying that the reason why they play games is because it is for fun. Another reason why they decide to play games is because it takes them out of stress and it is also a habit for them, but they do not see the affects that it does to them. Well, there is a high percentage that the one who are going to play the video games are the young people (ninety percent of the boys and forty percent of the girls) and for sure the companies are well aware of that. This has many affect on the body creating problematic affects in the future, and in fact it can be fixed if only the game users can stop playing a lot. The number one reason why companies invest in producing these games is to gain profits. Many times the games are being improved by using science to make it more attracting to consumers. Another method they use is to make it more accessible to consumers through cell phones to make consumers aware that games are not only for young adults and children. Although cell phone games are not as good as playing the real thing and it has fewer features and are less sophisticated, they provide the consumer with entertainment to beat boredom. Another method that companies are using is demography on the population which allows them to know how many people are going to buy their product. One effect that will reduce the game industry’s profitability is the government passing a new law that may reduce substantial sales growth, which by the way it already happened in California and as a result of that the video games industry filed law suits causing the law to be delayed. Game users sometimes starve themselves becoming more addicted and affecting more their health. According to reports a person can only withstand a certain amount of hours and eventually their body system will not be able to withstand it any more. Another effect that this constant playing has on individuals is lack of sleeping which doesn’t allow them to perform well on certain things, such as work, and studying. Individuals are willing to use excessive amounts of caffeine such as coffee and sodas, over the counter medications, and tea. On the other hand, lack of sleep and obsession for doing the same activity repetitively affects the brain and other parts of the body that later may cause even more serious damages. Playing games does not allow the kids to develop their frontal lobe, which will help them to control their behaviors, memory, emotion, and learning. Kawashima put some kids to repeat one digit number and as a result it turns out that they use more of their brain than the one playing the games. While constantly playing video games might not require much of the brain, the fact is that some kids can become obesity because they are just eating but not doing enough exercising causing them to be over weight. A common problem with using medication is that it might not be healthy for the body causing even further damages. One can easily see if that person is not getting enough sleeping time by seeing that person’s eyes. In fact recent study by Dr. Sonya Brandy of the University of California and professor Karen Mathews at the University of Pittsburgh suggested that the violent games can be getaway drugs. Addiction to the product is one of the number one reasons why individuals want to continue to play the game. Playing the game will take time and that will not allow the person to do other things that are important. Separation of group can be one effect. It is true that it will be fun but at what consequence will this lead to. The good thing about playing games is that it will help you have a better vision but in order for that to happen a huge amount of time has to be put to consideration. The funny thing is that users have to pay for a product that will not lead them to any good. I guess that it’s the consumer’s taste. Addicted users always want to play more, and cannot step away from their game for a long time. Further, the media has a big impact on altering the population of what games are good or not. In fact, at least once a year they start to announce which video games are in high demand among consumers especially during Christmas times when lots of shoppers are seeking for the best products. For example, this week the news bruited that a new violent game was out there, and the game’s goal was to kill immigrants, drug dealers, and women for only points. The users who play these violent games start to act violent and changing the way that they think. In some cases the game users take it to a different level creating a lot of problems. People can easily start to imitate what they have seen in the games. For example, there was a game where the players were given points by how they execute the crimes. Other games such as GTA, Take-Two’s Grand Theft Auto III, and Hit and Run were given to one hundred male participants between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one and each of them having different effects. The one that was more negative than the others was GTA and when they play Grand Theft Auto they had a blood pressure while playing the game. Dr. Sonya Brandy says “Media violence exposure play role in the development of negative attitudes and behaviors related to health”. Overall games are bad for the population, and can be more dangerous if advance technology is put to consideration. While there might not be businesses that care for those who get addicted to violent video games there are some who care of what it is happening to them, for example, the government. Web sites that rate the games should be more sophisticated on what games parents should buy for their kids, which will create a better environment for society. Although this will help, there are others ways that kids under seventeen get to play this game and that is by them buying them for themselves. As the teens starts to play this game constantly they start to focus more to it and stop focusing to other things that are more interesting. At some point affecting their health, and I am not just talking about teens because it also can affect adults.

What about the people who engage in these games? The people who become interested in the content of actually shooting immagrants for points before even playing the game? Maybe you should consider this a thought crime and just arrest them right away without them ever having a chance of buying a game. Infact just take out the gaming industry because of their evil content and agendas.



Stop trying to create a perfect world; you are only doing the total opposite.

[Lullaby Chainer]

Quote by: phoenix_fire Well, many games are pretty innocuous. I tend to enjoy Super Smash Brothers. But, like most other things, people can get unhealthy addictions to them and the best way to quit is never to start. I play, but I try not to allot any significant portion of my time to such things.

How can you quit if you never started? O.o

[phoenix_fire]

Ah, that's the point. It's an old anti-smoking slogan.

[Lullaby Chainer]

Quote by: phoenix_fire Ah, that's the point. It's an old anti-smoking slogan.

Since when is illogicallness the point? O.o

aha.. Yeah I know. I was kidding.

[bugsbunny04]

Well, shit...

Playing too much video games killed my GPA.
Playing too much video games helped me gain 50 pounds
Playing too much video games dicked me socially.

Its playing TOO MUCH that gets you. Moderation is key.

[G. Adams]

Quote by: phoenix_fire I have seen too many friends get sucked into World of Warcraft and never come out again. One friend irrevocably screwed up his relationship with a really great girl. I know of countless others that have seriously destroyed their GPAs and honors status. It was enough to convince me never to start.

I know people who have made a fairly hefty sum of real money from playing MMORPG's. I know people who have met their girlfriends through MMORPG's. I learned how to read the Elder Futhark runes because of a MMORPG. It's not all bad, you just have to keep things in perspective.

[Lullaby Chainer]

Quote by: G. Adams I know people who have made a fairly hefty sum of real money from playing MMORPG's. I know people who have met their girlfriends through MMORPG's. I learned how to read the Elder Futhark runes because of a MMORPG. It's not all bad, you just have to keep things in perspective.

I learned how economy works in MMORPGS. ^^

I buy everything of a particular item on the market.. sell it all really high priced... monopolized!

I also learned about gambling with money... ._. it doesn't matter where it is, online or not, you are going to lose sooner or later... lol

[LetThereBe]

Quote by: phoenix_fire Well, many games are pretty innocuous. I tend to enjoy Super Smash Brothers. But, like most other things, people can get unhealthy addictions to them and the best way to quit is never to start. I play, but I try not to allot any significant portion of my time to such things.

I agree. The nature of some games creates more of an addiction than others.

and by the way, I would so own you at SSBM....

[Milton Bradley]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, the video game industry creates bad games, the movie industry creates bad movies, the television industry creates bad TV, but are we noticing a pattern here?


I personally think the stuff is created in some dark laboratory somewhere, and foisted upon the masses, and not the reverse claim that it is "demand" for bad entertainment that creates the proliferation of such mindless drivel.


Granted, certain demographics gravitate toward some of the really bad stuff, ( me being one of those that gravitates toward the more violent subject matter ) but that is to be expected in a population of this size. ( Hell, how many sociopaths live in the U.S. ? )


What should concern everybody is the absolute lack of competition, and the tendency to blame the audience for the production companies resulting "copycat syndrome". ( Copycat Syndrome ; the phenomenon where one channel has a succesful show, the other channels copy the formula of the already succesful show resulting in more of the same old crap. )

[phoenix_fire]

Quote by: LetThereBe I agree. The nature of some games creates more of an addiction than others. and by the way, I would so own you at SSBM....

I don't know...I play a vicious Link.

[Protostar]

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. You're telling me there is a world OUTSIDE of EveOnline?!?!? WHEN DID THIS EXPANSION COME OUT!!!

[Mr.Vicchio]

Video Games rule. Wife and I play WoW daily, I play Counter Strike Daily. We don't even have Cable TV anymore. Why just "watch" something to unwind. It's far better to get engaged and active when doing something.

The people that hate Video Games have blinders on, and look for silver bullets for all the ills of the world. I agree with the above, don't like em, don't buy em.

[Clarence]

Racing season started on saturday. I got fifth outta 40 cars in my class. Thank you Forza for helping me adapt from rear wheel drive to front wheel drive. Video games are an unreplaceable learning tool. DON'T LET CHILDREN PLAY GAMES THAT DESENSITIZE THEM TO VIOLENCE!! Maybe they shouldn't play games that teach them to drive wrecklessly, either. There's no replacement for adult supervision.

"Save it for the track, junior." I'll tell my sons