Comments on: Pros and Cons of Video Games

By: Heavy Metal Queen

Heavy Metal Queen — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:32:31 +0000

video games are fun but we gotta be careful about how much time we spend on them. get outside once in a while!

By: Barend

Barend — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:54:31 +0000

Haha, Like the “They are fun!” Because they are! Especially Xbox 360!

By: miles

miles — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:19:58 +0000

i luv video gamez but i cant always play them. i will play them all nite if theres no school the next day but thats it.

By: basketball

basketball — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:51:13 +0000

all video games are good but we all tend to ignore exercise! Its not like we cant do both

By: Alice 'Ali'

Alice 'Ali' — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:26:50 +0000

I’m 14 years old and I love video games. I own a Wii, Xbox 360, PS2 and a DS Lite. I’ve been called “addicted” by my mother but I highly disagree with her and think she may not understand the point when someone is addicted. I’m not one of those gamers who plays 24 hours a day without a break. That’s just ridiculous. But you know… I think there are advantages to tech like this. For example, I’ve learnt proper grammar from the internet and anime videos (anime is a style of art that can only genuinely be done by the Japanese. Ever seen Spirited Away? Well that’s anime. Or a masterpiece as I say.) have given me a big interest in Japan and am now taking Japanese lessons. I’m not fluent, but I’m getting there. Video games have also helped me develop a style of art, without Sly Raccoon, Spyro and other animal games I wouldn’t have gotten the inspiration to draw. Some people have liked my drawings so much that I got a random women asking me if she could have a rubbish drawing of a griffin I made on some post office stuff and asked me to sign it for her!

Also parents, let me just say.. Have you ever played a video game yourself? Properly? No? Well, why not step into a teenage gamer’s shoes and have a go at a game. Maybe you’ll see what’s so fun and interesting about it. If it’s your first time, try Sly Raccoon 1 on the PS2. If your child owns an Xbox 360, try Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise for a more relaxing and colorful game experience. If your child owns a Wii, why not try Animal Crossing: Let’s go to the City? It’s a very fun, relaxing game that anyone can enjoy. I think if adults and teenagers can understand each other on the concept of video games, we’d all be in a better ‘world’. Just remember, you need to find the right types of video game. Don’t play some dull war game or that World of Warcraft rubbish, try something with an animal as the main character. It’s great for first time gamers and is infact even more fun than a war game. By animal game, I’m not talking some Disney cute stuff. Or pet simulation (except Nintendogs is the only really good game for that) I’m talking action games. In it’s own way, I consider some video games art.

-Alice.

By: ajay cookie

ajay cookie — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:53:41 +0000

games are amazing, they got me my gf they helped my get over depression and they relieve stress

By: madison

madison — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:54:36 +0000

i love video games its like a adventure in a computer system

By: Chi Kho

Chi Kho — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:19:28 +0000

Hey guys im asian and a video game maker, they are really cool

By: nathaniel

nathaniel — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:44:48 +0000

video games are blamed for violence, language, and drug use but what about the many TV shows, movie, and music all should be blamed for it because they are easily accessible.

By: perplexed

perplexed — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 05:50:51 +0000

Video games and I have are in a very dramatic love-hate relationship. I do enjoy them immensely and i have for a good part of my life, but when i reflect on all the time that i have spent gawking at a television screen, it begins to repulse me. I sometimes think about it as this: a video game system, whatever it may be (360, ps3, wii, PC, ect.) is a machine, the use of which enables the user to escape from the physical world and enter a much different, usually much more fast-paced, world. It is a truly unique experience to be able to enter the interactive world that somebody else has created, and it is an enlightening experience to be thrust into a new world, its like embracing a piece of art and becoming one with it. But in all of that time that i have spent exploring other worlds, the more i have missed out on the physical world I inhabit. I am so blessed to be able to play video games, to type on this keyboard, and to have a roof over my head. So why should I throw such a blessed life away by abusing it through video games. I know this response is pretty unconventional in a thread like this, but if you had the patience to read this, my name is eddy jordan, and this problem is very real in my life.