Video Games Are A Big Deal... But Maybe Not In The Way You'd Expect
from the not-what-you-think,-necessarily dept
With it being E3 time (and there being no booth babes to ogle), it appears that lots of reporters are taking a look at the video gaming market. While some would have you believe that gamers are a small niche population of socially maladjusted youths, the truth (not surprisingly) is quite different. The latest study finds that 40% of adults are computer gamers... though, the largest segment fall under the "casual" gaming category, which, in the past has been called the bored housewives market. However, this highlights something that's important: video games aren't easily classified, and are often taking on new and different roles in people's lives. The NY Times is noting how video games like the Sims may be more appealing to kids than playing with a doll house (or watching TV). Meanwhile, others in the video game space are lamenting how little the actual world of gaming has changed over the last few years and are finally looking at ways to redefine what video gaming covers. So, while it's easy to try to pigeonhole video gamers as a certain class of people, it's becoming increasingly obvious that video gaming covers a wide variety of computer activities which is only likely to grow as gaming is used in new and different ways.
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Researchers make me laugh.
Stop researching negligable topics and put your brains to use somewhere beneficial to our society... like thinking up NEW GAME IDEAS! :D
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Remeber folks
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Booth Babe Ban
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You don't say.
Like billy said "Stop researching negligable topics and put your brains to use somewhere beneficial to our society... like thinking up NEW GAME IDEAS!"
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Recently suprised by this myself
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comment...
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Games: Food for the Soul
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New Research Project
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Huh. Who'da thunk?
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Re: Turns out, a lot of the skills you develop whe
--> Turns out that some people will believe anything they read or see on TV. Don't expect to gain valuable skills playing video games. Yes, video games are fun, and I'm an avid gammer in his 30s. However, what makes my gamming healthy is that I don't delude myself into thinking that it is anything but frivolous. You don't become a doctor by playing Mario brothers.
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Re: Re: Turns out, a lot of the skills you develop
Of course you dont. He's saying that his videogame skills helped him operate surgical equipment better. Not that he became a doctor because of videogames. Videogames helped my driving skills too BTW. So its not totally frivolous. Its better than sitting on your ass drinking and watching football like my dad always did. One time when I was younger my dad got mad because I was always on my computer so he yelled at me to go watch TV instead. Some people just dont get it.
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I really had hoped the video game industry wouldn't become politically correct.
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Internet Gaming
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video games is not for babies
my mom has 4 children
i can say that she use video games to have my baby brother sit and calm down for an hour or two (he's 'a bit' naugthy, actually)
i, myself, love playing video games too
although i aware of the dangers of this hobby, sometime i play a bit too much
vid-game is good for learning other language (my first language is not english and i learned MUCH by playing vid-game), growing aspirations to technology, reduce stress, and adding knowledge (anything like histoy, herbology, etc.)
children received the biggest effect of playing vid-game
they could be agressive, care for nothing else but playing vid-game, social problems, etc.
but my biggest fear to my baby brother is that someday he will get repetitive strain injury because he often play vid-game in the PC
even he's now a bit agressive --'
that's why i don't suggest vid-games for younger children
(even the ABC and 123 vid-game, don't let them play too much!)
maybe it's okay for the older ones, about 8+
but of course, it will be much better if their parents understand both the advantages and disadvantages
so they can control their children's playing better
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