Month: January 2015

The entertainment of video games may make your children addicted, but is that really worse than them causing trouble elsewhere? Video games have pros that overshadow the cons by a mile. The main reason to play a video game is to have fun. They will keep the occupant busy having fun so they don’t complain about being bored with nothing to do, it may also stop your children from getting involved in bad situations and causing mischief as they are occupied with this alternative hobby. Depending on the game, they can also be educational. Your kids may learn new things through the game, whether it would be educational or in the form of new skills. A personal example I have of this I have experienced is an educational gain. Through the game Pokemon, I learned the meaning of the word fissure, which I used in school, rewarding me in a compliment from my teacher. If they worked hard enough, and were willing to invest some money in, your children could be earning a living from playing games by recording videos and uploading them to YouTube for example. This could perhaps tempt even you parents to give video gaming a go! Making money from playing video games, Lord Sugar would be impressed.

Even with those benefits, you may still try to argue for the abolition of video games, but that would just be your jealousy speaking; jealousy of the new generation who can spend their childhoods enjoying these games. Most people would say that too much fun and too much time spent on video games could lead to addiction, which is correct to be fair, however this also depends on the parenting or discipline the child has or is receiving. If the parenting is strict or the child is very limited then they will be less prone to addiction, unlike someone who is not disciplined or has parents who are not very strict, who will tend to succumb to addiction more.

People may also say that attempting to turn uploading to YouTube into a job is not a very good route to go down for a job because of the high and still increasing amount of competition in that sector, which would lower the chance of being noticed and building a fan-base/being successful there. This depends on how serious the person takes it and how much work is put into it. If the videos were of great quality and are entertaining, people will want to watch your videos and the person will start to get more views and subscribers.

A game’s influence on your child depends on a few factors; The type of game, their awareness between real life and fiction and again, their parenting/discipline. If the game is a violent, crime based game like grand theft auto for example, your child could potentially be badly influenced by it if they haven’t been taught to distinguish between fiction and real life, which you parents should be responsible for doing. If you have a game that’s the complete opposite of that, something like Nintendogs for example. the only influence I see the game taking on someone is to make them want a dog, which I guess could be a nightmare for you parents!

Whether or not a violent influence is gained from a violent game depends on the player’s awareness between fiction and reality. If this awareness is at a low level, they might think that killing someone and hiding until some imaginary stars disappear would make the police forget about them is a real possibility when in fact it is not. If this awareness is high, they would understand that robbing a bank, killing a lot of law enforcers and then hiding in a tunnel until they are forgotten is not likely to be successful.

Their parenting will determine whether any negative impacts actually happen. For example, if there was a 10 year old and his/her parents gave them access to an 18 age-rated game like grand theft auto, they could be prone to falling under the game’s bad influence. This is because they are very young and may not be mature enough to understand or distinguish between real life and a video game. There would be no bad influence if his/her parents bought them games that were appropriate for their age. Therefore parents are clearly a big factor that affects whether the negative effects of video games actually affect a person.

In my concluded opinion, video games are an overall benefit to children if they and you are able to deal with the negative impacts effectively, which aren’t very hard to deal with. You parents could also give your children an occasional kick up the backside to discipline and teach them. Video games are obviously fun and make use of your children’s time to prevent boredom and trouble-making. Video games can also lead to a career path.

It is a humid night, which is unusual considering this time of year. All the ordinary people are retired to their homes, regaining their energy for the next long day ahead of them. Only the brave, the careless and the evil beings prowled in the darkness, searching for entertainment or their next victim.

Fear flowed through London at late times. The evil presences were not to be messed with as they were lethal. At night it was their city, ran by them, the equivalent of a dictatorship. If you disagreed with their views or attempted to rebel, you would be executed at the click of a finger. These occasions would be rare, as not many people dared to challenge the unknown. The cloaking mist transformed the streets into a maze, a shroud concealing the contents of London. The only noises that could be heard were shouts and screams that originated from nothingness.

If you were looking for a healthy way to exercise, a midnight jog would suit you just right, assuming you survived. The pollution flung around in the daytime has less presence at the late hours, as the majority of Londoners are cramped in their safe-havens browsing the internet, the doom our society has fallen into. Inhale the midnight air and feel relief as your lungs take in an untainted sample of oxygen. It could be the last bit of atmosphere you ever experience, so enjoy it. Your daring run sets you into a paranoid state as you are aware of the deadly environment you’re pacing through. You’re staring down every street and peering around every corner on your toes as an understandable precaution, turning your head towards any slight sound. Before you know it, you’re sprinting at full speed after performing a u-turn, heading home. You hop into bed in anticipation for the morning, where you can go about your business in a safer environment, with the evil being vacant.

The morning is a cold one, different from the earlier warm temperature. Your mood has improved due to surviving the daring feat of venturing out into the darkness. Now that it was an early time of day, your guard could be lowered and you could enjoy a less stressful existence for the day. You’re not the only one taking advantage of the safety of daytime. People have flooded the streets and the shops are struggling to cope. The traffic is shooting out pollution into the air, resembling the worst fireworks ever in celebration of the day. Shouts of pain have been exchanged with shouts of irritation, excitement and joy all stirred into one pot. The overpopulated streets of London could be mistaken for a third world country. Even if you decided to jog in the day instead of the night, it probably would not have been possibly anyway, considering the people on the streets are packed like sardines. This is when fear levels are at rock bottom. The population is the most relaxed at this time, but the relaxation gradually decreases as the darkness of the late night approaches. The fear does the opposite to the relaxation, this cycle repeats and repeats and repeats and will do so for all eternity.