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Title: Are Video Games Good or Bad


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Are Video Games Good or Bad?
  • You may find the following Website useful
  • http//www.time.com/time
  • Use advanced search with these key words -video
    games

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Time Magazine Articles
  • Read these two articles from the Intranet Group
    Documents.
  • 1) Are video games that bad?
  • 2) Learning to love Zelda
  • (May 10, 1999 Volume 153 No.18)

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Discussion Topics
  • Go to the Discussion Forum (http//skhtst99form6.i
    ntranets.com) to choose one of the following
    discussion topics and discuss classmates by
    uploading your ideas.

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  • Discussion Topic 1
  • Should we ban the sale of
  • violent video games to teenagers
  • under 18 years old?

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Discussion Topic 2
  • Do video games influence your daily life?

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Discussion Topic 3
  • Discuss the pros of video games.

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Discussion Topic 4
  • Discuss the pros of video games.

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Discussion Topic 5
  • If you were parents, what limits should you set
    to stop your kids from being addicted to video
    games, especially the violent ones?

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Pros of Video Games
  • 1. They are relaxing, almost meditative.
  • 2. They work out the gamers twitchy reflexes.

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3. Video Games Boost Economy
  • a) The electronic games industry posted sales of
    5.5 billion in the US in 1998.
  • b) Video games were the second-most popular home
    entertainment after TV.

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4) Playing video games can make you smarter
  • a) You have to learn how to solve problems fast,
    testing hypotheses and decoding puzzles.
  • b) Patricia Greenfield, a psychology professor at
    UCLA found that there was a positive correlation
    between video games and intelligence.
  • c) Greenfields research attributes an increase
    in worldwide non-verbal IQ.

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Non-verbal IQ
  • Spatial skills
  • the use of icons for problem solving
  • the ability to understand things from multiple
    viewpoints

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  • 5) Moderately violent video games might even be
    beneficial, helping girls learn how to compete in
    an aggressive world.

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Parents Views
  • 6) Parents would rather have their children and
    their peers playing video games than be out
    roaming the streets.

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Cons of Video Games
  • 1) Violent Content
  • Nearly one third of the top 100 video-console
    games for the first quarter of 1999 had at least
    some sort of violent content.
  • 2) Bloody Titles Most Popular
  • Among video and computer games, bloody titles
    like Quake and Golden Eye 007 rank consistently
    among the most popular.

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Most Popular Video Games
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3. Graphically violent games desensitize
children to violence
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  • Help break down the natural inhibitions against
    killing

Doom
Quake
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  • 4. Violent video games prepare kids to kill and
    even teach them to enjoy the experience.

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5. Video games are addictive
  • Psychologists say some players of intense video
    games show symptoms similar to those induced by
    drug taking or other pleasurable activities.

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6. They gobble up time better spent on homework,
sports and other outdoor activities.
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7. Video games jeopardize our social skills.
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Limits parents should set
  • Rule One
  • Know what your kid is playing.
  • Rule Two
  • Allow generous playtime when the game is new,
    preferably during a school vacation.

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Rule Three
  • Set strict time limits

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Rule Four
  • If you can stand it, play the game with your
    child.

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Your Writing Task
  • Whether video games are good or bad has always
    aroused controversies. They mesmerize children,
    yet they frighten parents. Write an article in
    your school magazine to discuss your own views on
    video games. Give your article a title.
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