Video Games! talk

I'm going to give a talk about: are video games good or bad for us?

          So, good or bad? There are lots of opinions about this controversial theme, it has not been proved though if video games "played with moderation" are have negative effects on people. I believe if there is a good control from authorities (as parents and restrictions from the government) there should be no problem with gaming addiction. According to professor Griffiths there are lots of positives from playing video games; therapeutically, educationally, increasing self-esteem and increasing hand-eye coordination. 

         
            "When you have done really well in a game, you feel good, and that raises one's self-esteem."
Plus video games are wonderful distractions, if you had a bad day at school playing video games helps you forget about everything, focus on something else away from troubles.

        That's the point in which authorities have to show up. Games addiction usually shows up at school. It's ok that a kid comes after class and play for an hour a video games, it's like his break. But parents must not aloud him to continue playing without studying, reading or doing any duty he must.

       As told before, there is no trouble when people play video games with moderation, but what happens when no one can control them? Addiction. That's one of the worst problems with video games today, they are ment to be addictive, so they'll sell the product, but a kid that play a game and has no restrictions will become, unconsciously, addicted.

      When do we know someone is addicted to video games? Some symptoms are:
-Preoccupation: unusual preoccupations with the game or computer when he's away from it.
-Lack of control: unable to control the amount of time he spends in the computer or console.
-Loss of time: the person may sit down may start playing for just some minutes and completely looses track of time and suddenly several hours has passed.
-Hiding from negative or uncomfortable feeling or situations: some people use video games addiction to "hide" from troubles.

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Video Games

The task this week is to create an oral presentation about Video Games, and to make a reflection with the movie watched in class "Play".

Subtopic: How can we recognize we are not in a video game?
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Sources:
Video games addiction symtoms

What is reality?

Debate about: Are video games good or bad for childrens?
Are video games good for us?

Advertising

“Advertising is everywhere you look, whether it is in the newspaper you pick up daily or on that billboard you see while driving down the highway. Some people may say that they are not in fact influenced by the advertising that is thrown at them each day, and that they do not fall into it, but everyone does.”

What is advertising?  Well, they are the way people is convinced to buy or do something, they are the technique used by companies to sell their product. And I must say they work, ads are all around us, you can't avoid advertising, in our society the love of buying (consumerism) is almost a sickness, people go to buy as a hobby. So, if you watch all day products that have techniques to make you wish to have them, next time you go to the shopping you'll feel you need those things, and that also happens with food market. Ads are ment to trick the consumers mind.Is this good or bad for us (consumers)? This is not an easy question. If there is a new product people has  to know somehow it exists, so in those cases ads shows us new things, but usually those new things ain't totally new products like (exaggerated example) a new spaceship coming to the market, though they offer you the same trash with new name and one difference with the last product, as cellphones. That makes you want to get the "new and cool stuff", and that is what I believe is not good for people because of the ignorance and stereotypes they follow.