You might be able to. If so, congratulations. I could not.
You’re right. There are video games that are more “educational,” e.g. the Civilization series, and so on.
But they are addictive in ways that other experiences and other media tend not to be. That was why I focused on desserts as the analogy.
So here’s a more robust version of the analogy: There are many types of…
I could not have said it better myself. Video games are designed (once accidentally, now intentionally) to maximize neurotransmitter responses in ways that non-VG activities have a tough time competing with. It’s similar to online pornography vs. real life intimacy.
Of course there is a spectrum of how people respond,…
Wait... is there a face under all that pancake?
You’re right, of course. How foolish of me to not realize that I don’t actually care about my kids.
Thank you, internet rando!
I’ve been playing video games for near on 40 years. They are not new, and from personal experience, yes they are addictive. The WHO has recognized this already, and the APA is preparing to in the next edition of the DSM.
I am not saying that video games are intrinsically bad, or that they should be eliminated for…
The main thing for me is I can easily observe the difference in stimulation levels with video games vs. reading, building, playing outside. It’s like I can see the dopamine coursing through their brains, and then they have a difficult time transitioning away from the gaming activity. It puts my own childhood in…
Do you know try to never fail at, each and every day? I try to never fail to refrain from being a judgmental asshole to complete fucking strangers on the internet.
Now you’re insulting my parents.
You’re really on a shitty take roll today.
You should try to stop judging others and try to stop feeling it necessary to communicate those judgments publicly. You know nothing about me, about my children, about my parents. You are not invited to offer judgments about them.
It’s a necessarily “incomplete statement” because it refers to my experience alone. I love video games, and I played too many of them as a kid. I got worse grades than I could have, went to a lesser college than I could have, and have had diminished career prospects as a result. As such, I treat them with caution with…
If your reply is directed at me, I don’t know on what basis you could accuse me of being some sort of lazy parent who is unfairly maligning video games in order to excuse my deficiencies. It’s ignorant and insulting.
I play with my kids all the time. We build Legos, we play with trains, we go to the park, we watch…
I grew up playing video games, from Atari 2600 on up.
I wish I had played fewer of them as a kid.
As such, it really gives me the heebie jeebies when I see a kid zonked out in front of an iPad or Switch instead of interacting with the people around them.
I know that there are games that can be played together with…
I am trying to understand “vile idiot.”
Like, I get it if you think that her positions on issues are wrong, and that you therefore have a better understanding of the world. But I don’t see it as reasonable to claim idiocy on her part. She is, by all reasonable measures, a very competent person who is good at many…
All of the power generation concerns would be moot if politicians and environmentalists would just pull their heads out of their asses and advocate for a nuclear grid as a transitional solution towards renewables.
Oh, believe me, I know. It’s been staining our riverside for years now.
Touche.
I think a Metroid destroyed her waist, and she is about to collapse into a heap.
I’d really like to know why the hell they’re smearing the city of Chicago by putting behind that human shitstain.
Until we get this one, I’m not interested.