Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Summary: Computer Games






In the article "Your Teen and Video Games: How to Set Limits", author Kate Kelly discusses that computer games do have benefits to children but children shouldn’t let computer games control their life. She supports this claim by explaining that children like playing video games because of brilliant special effects, interesting assignment and so on and parents worry about video games because of the violence in game might influence children. Furthermore, she explains that the advantage of children to play computer games like intellectual growth and eye-hand coordination developing. Finally, she points out the importance of let children set limitsto control playing video games which apportion of their time.




In the article  "Teens and video games: How much is too much?" , the author Becky Oskin demonstrate a series of new which prove that sitting at a computer or console for days for computer games isn't healthy for anyone and it causes even dead. Furthermore, he points that gaming displaces after-school academic activities such as homework and reading. Otherwise, violent content in video games is more difficult for parents to control.
And violent video games increase the aggressive behavior in teens. The behaviors are hurtful offenses like teasing, name-calling, rumor-spreading and fist fights. The truth of the matter is that most people can handle this media, but for some people with a select predisposition, these people might be a little more aggressive.
Finally, he makes a conclusion that any media is supposed to engage us emotionally, and video games are a form of media, a form of art even.

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