I'd believe that she'd react adversely after playing for FIFTEEN DAYS STRAIGHT, even allowing for school and food. Yeesh, where are her parents?!Quigglebert said:
hang on a minute, is this a strawman in the making
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It's entirely fair, sad that they can't mention the positives tho, such as gamers increasing their problem solving skills thru gaming, by applying their gaming skills to real world problems.
No, much better headlines to say 'gamers go a bit mental.'
It's a shame as the BBC is usually so much better than this. I expect more from them.
Hell as others have admitted to, I've had thoughts of wanting to cut the guy in front of me in half just for walking slowly, but I don't do it, and it's not related to playing Mortal Kombat. If it was, I'd do it in a more interesting way.
No, much better headlines to say 'gamers go a bit mental.'
It's a shame as the BBC is usually so much better than this. I expect more from them.
Hell as others have admitted to, I've had thoughts of wanting to cut the guy in front of me in half just for walking slowly, but I don't do it, and it's not related to playing Mortal Kombat. If it was, I'd do it in a more interesting way.
That article is so full of shit I can smell it from the next country over. Yeah, it is a strawman in the making.
I have friends who love Period dramas, and they equate everything to Jane Austen, "Oh, this object kind of looks like a fan, I feel just like Elizabeth Bennet!" I know guys who play a lot of golf, and they often find themselves absent mindedly practicing their golf swings, especially if they are holding a long thing.
Personally, yes, I have private jokes with my friends about good sniper positions and other game related stuff, but it is a harmless facet of human nature shared by everyone. No matter what your hobby is, you will spend a lot of your free time thinking about it. If that hobby is games it doesn't mean you're any more likely to shoot up a school.
Personally, yes, I have private jokes with my friends about good sniper positions and other game related stuff, but it is a harmless facet of human nature shared by everyone. No matter what your hobby is, you will spend a lot of your free time thinking about it. If that hobby is games it doesn't mean you're any more likely to shoot up a school.
They are baiting us (the gamer community), which is cheap for the BBC. Look, it is already on their most read page. Yes it is a strawman argument, and I don't think most of the responses are serious. But most of all, if people do replicate what they see without thinking - then it is they who have a problem, not the medium. Those same people would be effected by movies etc.
And it would be neat if you rub someone with a phoneix feather, they'd come back to life, but I dont think I would actually try to implement it.RT-Medic-with-shotgun said:
That said, the media has been and will continue to rip on video games. They want a reason to why kids misbehave and they figure "Well video games are full of adult content, so that must be why they act out of line." Yet the thing is this: KIDS SHOULDN'T BE PLAYING THOSE KIND OF GAMES TO BEGIN WITH. Sorry, but I get tired of hearing stories like this. I know this isn't directed soley at childern, but I thought I should make the point while I was along the path.
Whenever I draw, I always wish there was an Edit>Undo command for my paper and pencil. I guess that means being a digital artist makes you unable to tell the difference between reality and fantasy.
its called the Tetris Effect, its already a well known and well documented occurrence. But the effects are harmless and shortlived. i doubt it could ever cause a person to actually act out violently unless said person suffered from schizophrenia
for more info, http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheTetrisEffect
(and the more boring wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect )
for more info, http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheTetrisEffect
(and the more boring wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect )
That article doesn't really say much. Sure, people might have tried using a gravity gun to pick stuff up. But who can honestly tell me that, after having watched Star Wars, you didn't try picking up something with your mind? You know we've all done it! It doesn't mean that we're deluded enough to think that we actually can, or even try it every single day. Well. Most of us don't do that.
This article is silly. For the most part, they are trying to use people's fantasies as their evidence. Every damn person on the planet has a fantasy, an ideal self-image and a superior goal. Which, as impossible as they may be, we all strive for it. Games tend to offer us the attainment of our fantasy in means that do not have an impact on our real life. so of course we allow some sentiments to spill over, because it feels damn good, and if it's fun for an adult to pretend, then that kinda proves that society in a non-fun, and crappy place to live in already. Doesn't it?
This idea of game thought spilling into our real lives has been going on forever, literally thousands of years. Chief example? Religion. A "created world" that had becomes an all-consuming goal of idealistic self and surroundings by which requires the total immersion of a person's mind, body and soul into their objective. Pretty strong resemblance, I'd say. Does this mean we should give shit to religion because they cause bad behaviors sometimes? We've had more religious nuts bomb and massacre people in the name of religion in the past 30 years than there have been killers who have heard the term "video game" in the past 100 years.
It's an asinine thought that either video games OR religion or ANYTHING materialistic causes people to become more violent or murderous. People who are affected are those who are of weak mind, chemically imbalanced or just plain stupid who cannot create thoughts of their own. The true source of all this crap is bad child-rearing, hysteria and all those "save the children" idiots who banter on about "corrupting the fundamental values of..."
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Thank you for those who actually read this... you are a determined person XD
This idea of game thought spilling into our real lives has been going on forever, literally thousands of years. Chief example? Religion. A "created world" that had becomes an all-consuming goal of idealistic self and surroundings by which requires the total immersion of a person's mind, body and soul into their objective. Pretty strong resemblance, I'd say. Does this mean we should give shit to religion because they cause bad behaviors sometimes? We've had more religious nuts bomb and massacre people in the name of religion in the past 30 years than there have been killers who have heard the term "video game" in the past 100 years.
It's an asinine thought that either video games OR religion or ANYTHING materialistic causes people to become more violent or murderous. People who are affected are those who are of weak mind, chemically imbalanced or just plain stupid who cannot create thoughts of their own. The true source of all this crap is bad child-rearing, hysteria and all those "save the children" idiots who banter on about "corrupting the fundamental values of..."
End of rant
Thank you for those who actually read this... you are a determined person XD
As a cashier, I had a particularly awesome week once after an unusually grueling month-long Tetris obsession, having to make sure that every item fit the bag perfectly. Heh.Stall said:
I used to, for a good year or so, picture Tetris blocks when I closed my eyes. I was basically playing the game in my mind constantly.
I haven't read the article, but I feel like that is what an article SHOULD explain. For example, I sometimes picture just using a grenade launcher to blow a hole into a wall if I need to get to the other side because of Battlefield. That doesn't mean that I'm going to, only that the video game is making my imagination steer in a certain direction.