Impact of games in society

Social isolation

Some gamers would rather complete a level or rank up rather than go outside into the fresh air I remember one of my mates who skipped loads of school and never came out because he wanted to complete the ranks on call of duty.

Separation from reality

Sometimes people use games to get out of the real world because a game is like a dream were you are in control and everything can go how you want it which makes you happy as humans like to be in control but in the real world it is hard to do that so gaming is the only answer, but what happens when it goes too far and some people start thinking life is a game and they struggle to tell fiction from non-fiction. There was a case were a kid killed his parents here is part of the story ”Daniel Petric, 17, claimed he didn’t understand that people don’t re-spawn in real life. He shot and killed his mother, and severely wounded his father back in 2007. The parents forbid him from playing Halo 3 and as a result they ended up dead”. If you want to read the full story here is the link: http://liti4.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/kid-couldnt-tell-the-difference-between-re-spawn-and-reality/

Education

Some games have puzzles and quests were you have to use your brain to work them out which can help you develop your concentration skills which will help you in education because “concentration is the key to success” as my teacher use to say.

Benefits

The benefits from gaming is that it improves your concentration as we’ve talked about briefly also it can improve your hand eye coordination which helps with reactions to things such as my teacher was on about somebody who turned out the way of a crash because he had good hand eye coordination which improved his reaction and his reaction time, so that improved reaction time could save your life.

Future impact of games

The future impact of games can basically draw our future as we see all this technology like flying cars, space ships etc. which we could make a reality so these vehicles and technology from a game could become a reality sometime in our future as we are influenced by what we see and read.

 



Competitiveness

competitiveness and peer pressure also link into games as a lot of people are in clans which if you don't know what that is its a group of people fighting for there name and to be the best group on that game or games so they always want better people which makes more people train on games to become better at what they do, which can also lead to the leader trying to force people to do what they want and go on when they want also people want to fit in so they also want to get involved in this as well.

 

 

 

Fun

A lot of people like to just play for fun or to kill time which is a more healthier way of gaming because you are not addicted to beating peoples scores or letting games stop you from having a social life your just enjoying yourself and passing the time, playing games just for fun is probably the easiest way also its what keeps you happy when your bored because no one likes to be bored.