Playing Video Games "Definitely" Doesn't Harm Children

[Obveron]

I wouldn't let young kids playing GTA. but Video Games in general help to excercise many components of the brain. There is a great deal of neurological evidence that supports the theory that regular excercising of the brain can lead to long term improvements to various brain functions.

 

[osaka35]

Violent games, can and will affect a young child mold-able mind, and since parents shouldn't allow 5 or 7 year old children to play those games, a study about them would be pointless.

You should tell OP that. That's my point exactly.

 

[Kalker3]

You should tell OP that. That's my point exactly.

The title says children, not adults, children should play stuff suitable to them, by violent games, I mean FPS, GoW, and any other game with gore.

 

[osaka35]

I'm insinuating nothing - not once have I brought up the classification of content - you have.....

This subject pops up whenever we hear of school shootings or terrorist attacks committed by young perpetrators - it's often stressed that they "played video games". Some call that a relevant fact regarding the cases, others call it shifting blame.

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So what does this study change?...it's certainly a step towards proving what gaming enthusiasts have been saying for ages...they don't do any harm.​

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As far as your other block quotes, yes...what you said was reiterating what I said. Not sure how that counts as me lacking reading comprehension when you just reword what I said.

My point of contention is you using school shootings and terrorist attacks as the counterpoint to this study. In those situations, they always talk about VIOLENT video games and their impact. So using that as a counterpoint insinuates that this study has something to say on the matter of violent video games. It doesn't. You agreed with me and insulted me at the same time.

The only point of contention we have is that you said you insinuated nothing. You did, though probably by accident. It's cool, it's just misleading.

The title says children, not adults, children should play stuff suitable to them, by violent games, I mean FPS, GoW, and any other game with gore.

yeah....you sound like you're trying to correct me on something, but we're in complete agreement.

 

[Foxi4]

As far as your other block quotes, yes...what you said was reiterating what I said. Not sure how that counts as me lacking reading comprehension when you just reword what I said.​

My point of contention is you using school shootings and terrorist attacks as the counterpoint to this study. In those situations, they always talk about VIOLENT video games and their impact. So using that as a counterpoint insinuates that this study has something to say on the matter of violent video games. It doesn't. You agreed with me and insulted me at the same time.

The only point of contention we have is that you said you insinuated nothing. You did, though probably by accident. It's cool, it's just misleading.

yeah....you sound like you're trying to correct me on something, but we're in complete agreement.

Fair enough, thank you for elaborating, now I understand what you mean. I didn't plan to come across like that when writing, so just to be clear, kids should play games appropriate to them.

I was actually touching upon the idea that I heard many times from absolute die-hard anti-gamers, namely that playing games makes children develop a difficulty in establishing the difference beween what is real and what is virtual, teaching them that people have multiple "lives" and they "respawn" so it's okay to harm others and other such innane drivel.

 

[Kalker3]

yeah....you sound like you're trying to correct me on something, but we're in complete agreement.

Sorry 'bout that, it's been a long day and I didn't sleep well.

 

[Qtis]

Hmm.. Don't know about you peeps, but I for one have seen video games as educational in many ways. Most of my friends speak perfect (or close to) English and most of them play video games. I sure as hell can say that they don't manage as well due to the education or motivation (not saying it's bad in Finland, just saying the talking and accent part is due to other things).

Games can affect people in many ways just as any other activity. Some people may be traumatized by a stranger taking their hand and screaming in joy that they finally got a job after 20 years of unemployment. Some people may be traumatized by their Pikachu being knocked out in a virtual battle.

 

[BORTZ]

I guess there is a new "game" in town that teens are playing. The media claims it spawn from GTA, but I dont really know. Its called "Knockout" where you target an unsuspecting pedestrian with a punch to the back of the head. The object is to see if you can knock someone out with your raw physical strength. I just thought I would alert readers here.

 

[FAST6191]

I guess there is a new "game" in town that teens are playing. The media claims it spawn from GTA, but I dont really know. Its called "Knockout" where you target an unsuspecting pedestrian with a punch to the back of the head. The object is to see if you can knock someone out with your raw physical strength. I just thought I would alert readers here.

Such things have happened in various forms over the years. For a slightly more distant one look up "happy slapping".

 

[DS1]

They waste a whole lot of time though, wish I'd spent it doing something else, like learning a useful skill. I did teach myself Japanese, but go figure that the language is absolutely useless for anything but playing video games.

 

[Gemuzuki]

I know a kid who gets to play shooting games like Call of Duty: Ghosts demo or battlefield 3 because his dad has those on his ps3.
He has mainly toy guns, or small plastic knives, he also has normal toys, like BayBlades or balls but i rarely see him playing with those.

The kid is not aggressive, mostly he just points the toy gun at random people in house, or keeps a pirate sword with him using his shirt to hold it.
Sometimes it does worry me a bit, it is not like he plays them every day (the parents only let him play in the weekend and sometimes he also plays non aggressive games) but that he gets interested so deep so easily :/.

If atleast if he knows what is good and what is bad, all should go well.
I guess some kids can handle video games better than others.

 

[Duo8]

I know a kid who gets to play shooting games like Call of Duty: Ghosts demo or battlefield 3 because his dad has those on his ps3.
He has mainly toy guns, or small plastic knives, he also has normal toys, like BayBlades or balls but i rarely see him playing with those.

The kid is not aggressive, mostly he just points the toy gun at random people in house, or keeps a pirate sword with him using his shirt to hold it.
Sometimes it does worry me a bit, it is not like he plays them every day (the parents only let him play in the weekend and sometimes he also plays non aggressive games) but that he gets interested so deep so easily :/.

If atleast if he knows what is good and what is bad, all should go well.
I guess some kids can handle video games better than others.

He'll be fine I have a friend who acts like that too.