Yesterday as i was watching my roommate, who will stay nameless to keep his pride in tact, was playing a kids video game and i had a realization that there was a lot of things to remember in the video game. For instance, what level had which puzzle pieces or how many times you had to attack an opponent to defeat him. I realized that video games can help people to stimulate their brain.
As i searched the internet for research on this subject i found this:
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/sep/27-oldsters-new-fountain-of-youth-video-games
This website describes an experiment that confirms my initial thoughts.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Video Games as a Scapegoat
In the Issues in Media book it gives an example of a kid named Warren Leblanc who murdered his friend in England and Leblanc's parents said it was because of a violent video game he had been playing. I do not believe that video games alone can be blamed for violence portrayed by kids. I believe, from what i have experienced as having played violent video games as a kid, that parents are the biggest factor in the behavior that kids inherite. If parents encourage violence or dont tell their kids that violence is bad then I believe the child will be more likely to copy the violence they see in video games.
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