The Hall of Fire

You gravely underestimate me then yovargas. I do care. So if I read you correct, the thug nature of the game had nothing to do with these amazing gaming advances that could have been made with any subject matter. You give credit where credit is due. Fine. Why continue to defend that which threatens ...

So is this thread is only for people who agree with the thoughts of the originator or who will be cowed and swayed by their arguments? Lets all hope not. Eruname With all due respect and no malice intended, allow me to tell you my Pet Peeve of the Month ---- it is people who post on message boards g...

Angel One can certainly not play the games but still observe the effect they have upon others such as my kids, students and others. I may not play the games but I do not live in a cave nor am I blind, deaf and dumb. ;) You talk about helping people with addictive personalities but that is the tip of...

a knowledges of ones true self is indeed a positive thing

yovargas

there are different ways to act upon this ... you describe the actions of individuals... what about acting upon it as a society?

Eruname said that perhaps we are all doomed. i certainly hope not. We could be if we all just throw up our hands and say there is nothing that can really be done. I do think that many are allowing themselves to be boxed into the corner labeled DOING NOTHING. Everybody seems to agree that some kids s...

Alatar Instead of myself coming down from the mountain with the answers written in stone, I thought a better approach would be asking and listening. I have stated that I am not a gamer. Many of you are. Even though I do not share your passions, I do respect you as people, parents and citizens of the...

Alatar what I am asking is simple. If we can agree that there are some people who are indeed harmed by video games and the present system seems powerless to prevent it, what do we as a society do about it? The present system has the components you suggest.... voluntary and personal restraints, paren...

Alatar asks Again, nobody is saying that it's healthy to spend 5 hours a night gaming to the exclusion of all else. Nobody is arguing that, so I fail to see why it keeps being brought up in the discussion. The question was "Are Video Games Harmful". They are not. two quick points about thi...

The Angel made this point And to this argument I would respond that when folk play video games, they are learning and practicing the skills involved with how to think. That statement is true. But you could also say the same thing for almost any mental activity which requires the burning of brain cel...

Anthriel
if you are right.... what do we then do with that information in the area of video games ... or any other area for that matter?

Jnyusa Your story about your childrens school, its safety issues and the condition of the library is probably typical of many big city high schools. My own experience was teaching at a Detroit high school for 23 years (10 previous years in a middle school). There were two full time Detroit police of...

yovargas said While I don't see games as any worse or better than most recreational activities , they do have a tendency to suck you on for eons at a time. If your kid lacks the self-control to stop from playing 60 hours a week, then yeah, restrict their time. I dunno, an hour or two? Obesity among ...

Jude... I do agree with much of what you say. Probably where it hits the fan is defining the amounts of time that are acceptable to spend on purely entertaining and unbeneficial things. What has happened in the last few decades is that the balance between beneficial activity and selfish indulgence h...

I did find this Star Wars in 2005 Best Sellers List Posted By Mark on January 15, 2006 Star Wars features heavily in the US best sellers list for 2005, according to The NPD Group. The top 10 sellers for the year includes three Star Wars titles alone (not including PC): 1. Madden NFL 2006 (PS2) 2. Po...

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serious question that I cannot seem to google.... I just get lots of ads and non-useful information.

What would be the top ten video games sold by age category? Do you know where I can find this information? thanks.

Excellent post Athrabeth ... some really good stuff there. You sound like a wonderful teacher ..... much of what you wrote made me smile.

yovargas If are you saying that living in a father absent home has a greater impact upon boys than it does girls you could be correct. I imagine there is a stack of research out there on such a topic. If you are serious and want to pursue it, it might advance the discussion here if you did some rese...

To dismiss the serious findings of a group like the APA because they may not have kept up with the latest quirk of the deepest inner circles of the gaming community is not the wisest move anyone could make. Please read the post I made repeating what they found in several studies of gaming. I found i...

And in whatever way fatherlessness impacts girls, it certainly cannot be positive.

yovargas obviously, you have studied this matter far deeply and in far more detail than the members of the American Psychological Association have done. And your superior education and credentials in the field render their professional opinion into worthless dust. As has been said here before by oth...