The boys over at Penny Arcade! have been making their take on this New York Post Article expressing outrage over some violent and anti social content in a video game. What I can’t help thinking though is that the people objecting to video games are missing the point about the harm they are causing. The real harm is in the addictive properties that many video games exhibit for a large proportion of those that play them.
When I look at the amount of time that myself and others spend playing games over and above simple recreation and them multiply that by the number of people playing, some who are very young, the impact on our society in terms of personal productivity and development is staggering. Maybe the people who like to get up in arms about the content should have a look at ways to help people who waste too much time, somehow I think that would be more help.
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The boys over at Penny Arcade! have been making their take on this New York Post Article expressing outrage over some violent and anti social content in a video game. What I can’t help thinking though is that the people objecting to video games are missing the point about the harm they are causing. The real harm is in the addictive properties that many video games exhibit for a large proportion of those that play them.
When I look at the amount of time that myself and others spend playing games over and above simple recreation and them multiply that by the number of people playing, some who are very young, the impact on our society in terms of personal productivity and development is staggering. Maybe the people who like to get up in arms about the content should have a look at ways to help people who waste too much time, somehow I think that would be more help.
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