Mr.FoodMonster
10-02-2006, 06:28 PM
This is a nightline-ish program from over the pond that talks about gaming addiction. I think it's a very intresting watch, and suggest it to all of you.
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-game-addiction-documentary
With that said, here are my thoughts....
These parents need to actually spend time with their children. It's very apparent in the case with the 6 year old that the mother just dosn't feel like parenting, by saying that just letting him play games is 'easy.' That case in particular seems to be, basically, focusing in on what happens to a child when he is improperly parented. Also, about the case where the guy killed himself and the mother blamed videogames, that's just lunacy. If his personality was changing, he didn't want to talk to anyone, including his mother, how do you know videogames had anything to do with it? It seemed like the guy was just depressed and was gaming so he could shut himself off to the world, not that he became depressed and killed himself because all he did was game.
I think in these highlighted cases, they very obviously need to cut down on the amount of gaming they do. Anyone can see that. Spending that much time dedicated to one thing other than schooling or your job or sleeping clearly has a problem, no matter what they are spending time on.
The guy they interviewed at the end of the second clip, and the start of the third, was the most level-headed of them all, and I agree with pretty much everything he said.
Also, a nice little way to throw off the statistics in this doc. is that they took 15 days, weekends or holidays off of school, as the 15 days. They were not consecutive days, but specific ones. I think that if they were to do a straight 15 day streak, the time spent wouldn't be nearly as high.
So, what are your thoughts? Do you think this documentary accurately showed an increasing problem, or do you think videogame addiction is BS?
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-game-addiction-documentary
With that said, here are my thoughts....
These parents need to actually spend time with their children. It's very apparent in the case with the 6 year old that the mother just dosn't feel like parenting, by saying that just letting him play games is 'easy.' That case in particular seems to be, basically, focusing in on what happens to a child when he is improperly parented. Also, about the case where the guy killed himself and the mother blamed videogames, that's just lunacy. If his personality was changing, he didn't want to talk to anyone, including his mother, how do you know videogames had anything to do with it? It seemed like the guy was just depressed and was gaming so he could shut himself off to the world, not that he became depressed and killed himself because all he did was game.
I think in these highlighted cases, they very obviously need to cut down on the amount of gaming they do. Anyone can see that. Spending that much time dedicated to one thing other than schooling or your job or sleeping clearly has a problem, no matter what they are spending time on.
The guy they interviewed at the end of the second clip, and the start of the third, was the most level-headed of them all, and I agree with pretty much everything he said.
Also, a nice little way to throw off the statistics in this doc. is that they took 15 days, weekends or holidays off of school, as the 15 days. They were not consecutive days, but specific ones. I think that if they were to do a straight 15 day streak, the time spent wouldn't be nearly as high.
So, what are your thoughts? Do you think this documentary accurately showed an increasing problem, or do you think videogame addiction is BS?