Video games also bring families together. Many people that find themselves “head of the house” play video games. Half of the parents in America play a video or computer game at least once a week. Another interesting fact is that the average video game player is 34 years old has been playing for at least 12 years. People all over the country play video games as a form of escapism. 35% of parents and 93% of their kids play at least 9 hours per month. That can bring a family closer because of the bonding time and they can break apart because of the light bill the parents have to pay. Critics may also say that parent are just buying games for their children and do not even know what they are buying for them. Although some parents buy games that are over their child’s age group, 97% of parents take an active role in what their child plays. The ESRB is a non-profit company that actually takes their own time to assign ratings to all games. Parents can just easily look on the back of the game and see what their child might play.
People really do not know that even colleges offer video game making as a profession. These people make tons of money and supply the human race with games that can actually help us. Video games can even create jobs for people. Many such as Yoshiki Okamoto (designer of “Street Fighter”), Scott Rogers (“creator of God of War”), and Ian Cummings (designer for NFL and NCAA games) have made a living and definitely enjoy making video games. People say the most common reasons why we should not play games. “Video games mess up our eyes” or even “games make us fat” but they are games that help our brains and body develop even better. People do not realize that this is a form of technology. It may not seem as useful but tons of people, not only in the United States of America, but nationally, everyday people are playing. If people look at video games like how they look at other things, we could be advanced and can even trade with other countries to help boost the economy. People should take a different view of games and they can also become better people.
If anyone wants to dicuss, feel free!
ReplyDeleteI think I'll take you up on that offer; you said in your blog that people who find themselves "head of the house" play video games. What exactly do you mean by this? Are you implying that video games motivate leadership in a family? If so how exactly can this be proven?
ReplyDeletei understand that some games can help children but a large percent of games encourage violence in some way shape or form. how is that helping?
ReplyDeletethat was a very good and factual blog. i just have one question. is there a limit on how long you should play video games? if so, do you know what it is?
ReplyDeleteI would not trust majority of .com websites for data. Also a gamer website will not post bad things about games. Also exactly how can video games boost the economy. Games are distributed all over the world, just as majority of products. America's number one selling car comes from Japan. Please elaborate on how it would help the economy. In addition you mention briefly about the health affects of games but never got into detail. Going straight off my dome here but video games have really took off at the end of generation X and led into our generation. Our generation has a major obesity problem. As for problems games create with vision, I blame the n64 for my terrible eye sight.
ReplyDelete@AnthonyTB - By "head of the house" I meant the leader of the house or the elder of the house. I was implying that no matter the age, most families play video games.
ReplyDelete@Rgardineer - Most games that are Rated E by the ESRB company can be good choices. I understand some video games are not the best for children but I brought up the point that 97% of parents have an active role in what their child plays which should prevent any games encouraging violence.
@Er-money327 - First off, thank you. Regarding your question, that is more opinion-based than factual. One might feel the need to be a game-head and play 24/7 or some may just play on the weekends. It just depends on that person's preference.
@Usafdar - You are right about ".com" websites not being the best sites for data. Also, there was not much articles that were not from game websites like this. Video games can help boost the economy because as you mentioned, our generation is really into video games. If more people major in video game designing, that could mean more games to sell to other countries. Maybe some people can even invest in video game companies. I did not make the best choice by mentioning the health affects because I had no real back up.
Everyone thanks for the critique.
Im sorry but video games will not help the economy my friend. Also there are just so much more important things to major in, invest in and simply pay attention to. Not going to go into details as this does not fit into biology but if I am not mistaken you are saying if video game companies grow even more that will help America's economy so just to let you know two out of the three richest companies in the world are American companies.
ReplyDeleteIt was just a thought. You never know; it could happen someday. You are right though.
ReplyDeleteWhat is escapism.
ReplyDeleteescapism is just a form of escaping your surroundings.
ReplyDeleteSo basically, video games have no negative impact at all?
ReplyDeleteI think 90% of people would rather buy Call of Duty than Sim City or Wii Fit. Anything can be bad for you if you abuse it or have too much of it.
ReplyDeleteI've also seen a magazene acticle about how action based video games improve your hand-eye cwordination and responce time.
ReplyDeletenice blog. video games help you with your hand and eye coordination and reflexes
ReplyDeleteAnother thing to add is that doctors use to play video games to exewrcise their hands. Using the controller will help train the dexterity and agility of their hands which will help in surgeries and stuff.
ReplyDeleteAlthough video games "may be good", you still can be a shut-in so it has both pros and cons.