When war meets video games
Have you ever wondered what it felt like to be on a battle field, in midst of gun fire and bomb shells to the left and the right of you? The only way to advance is to fight your way through, or die trying. The growing trend of war based video games, I believe, focuses greatly on trying to make them realistic. The fantasy of being in middle of a battle and the thrill of suspense at every turn makes war games that much more attractive to its audience. The ecstasy of the game and the risk of sitting on a couch, playing a video game provides much less threat compared to that of an interactive game that involves most of the components of a war game, games such as paint ball, laser tag. If these games weren’t as developed and realistic as they are today, many people definitely wouldn’t think twice about a flashy war game. The thrill of seeing things that might actually be viewed at battle front is exactly what most youth want; I suppose it’s the thrill of the unknown or rather, experiencing something new. Unfortunately, this exact thrill and ecstasy is what desensitizes our youth, and with the good of all the pleasures of war video games comes the bad.
In my opinion, war games or any violent video games are truly a waste of time, but then, I’m not a person that is really into video games. I believe their popular only because children these days (including many people I know) need mental stimulation every waking minute. Obviously this is a huge problem, as it is not just video games that does this, TV, music and practically every other revolutionary technology of the 20th and 21st century carry a certain charm that makes most, to all people want to be stimulated by it. War games are just a way to keep a person from entering bored. Today’s youth cannot apprehend the simplicities of the world, and so must resort to other types of stimulation.
posted by rose-n-jelly at
2:13 PM
3 Comments:
Hey Rasanjalie,
I agree that kids today only like war video games because of how realistic they are and because it is something new to experience and provides a thrill. But I do not agree that video games in general are only played because the people playing them need mental stimulation constantly. If this was true, then they would all go school crazy and read like mad. You are only mentally stimulated when you are learning and usually totally zoned out when you are playing video games.
People like video games because they are fun. They allow the gamer to experience something to a certain degree that they would not be able to otherwise.
-Brittany
"In my opinion, war games or any violent video games are truly a waste of time"
Yup, they are. I know.
War video games do and dont desensitize people. Depends on the type of person sometimes but not all the time. Some people play war video games because they like to be aggressive. 0thers dont because its just not their style, they prefer games that are not so violent. Its really depends on the type of person too but not all the time.
Like yourself,I'm not much of a gamer so I agree with you about war video games bein a waste. I don't get the whole excitement about war games. But in my point of view,I do like to play those shooting games ocassionally whenever I get the chance. But extreme war video games are things that kids these days should stop doing. There are other games besides these that are more better and actually healthier.Take other fitness clubs for example,they've made it more enjoyable for kids to exercise so that they can have fun and be healthy all at once.This is why some kids today are called potato couch.All they do is sit and watch T.V. and play video games.Good job =)
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