Do you feel that gaming in general is beneficial or harmful to a person?

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IMO gaming is wonderful...it enhances hand eye cordination, is a way to entertain one's self, etc., but at times it can be costly as well as frustrating since you don't have time to do it..
 
As with any form of entertainment, it's perfectly fine in moderation. You most certainly can have too much of a good thing.
 
I think the overwhelming response on this site will that it is good!

Personally, I say it's good for you, but in my circles anyway, gaming is still considered more of a waste of time than say, watching TV, which nowadays is almost completely useless (except for a few great shows like 24, alias, and the shield).
 
Ledhed is right.

Remember we only have so much time... so if you play games all the time and dont have a girl or a social life then maybe u need to cut down..

Likewise if you spend all your time neglecting school, and you spend your time having fun drinking and macking with girls...then you end up like that guy in here who had a .75 gpa.

Im sure u already know these things, as most of us do...its just people don't tend to know how much is too much for them.
 
Gaming provides a good source of entertainment and competition but overall I think its bad for the lack of exercise and stress. Also people need to see the sun and breathe some fresh air :) .
 
[quote name='chickenhawk']I think the overwhelming response on this site will that it is good!

Personally, I say it's good for you, but in my circles anyway, gaming is still considered more of a waste of time than say, watching TV, which nowadays is almost completely useless (except for a few great shows like 24, alias, and the shield).[/quote]

Yes, that's what I'm especting is a mostly positive feedback, but thank you for declaring my disposition in a better manner and iterating how I feel on the topic. Bleh, I dont' know what has come over me, I normally am I able to speak better. Must be the weather. :?
 
When I was four years old, my parents bought my older brother an NES. I loved it. I would make my mother read every word in the games. Eventually, she got tired of reading them to me, and I had to learn to read. It didn't take long, and I could read at a third grade level at age four! So, I guess games were very beneficial.
 
In general, it's neither.
It can add positively or negatively to someone's life.
It can indeed enhance coordination, problem solving skills, reading ability, etc.
It can detract from like when people spend too much time or money on it. But that is a function of the person, I believe, not the hobby itself [some people have addictive personalities, if it weren't gaming it might be baseball cards, alcohol, DVD's, drugs, almost anything.] Or when some 10 year old kid's dumbass parents let him play GTA or Manhunt.
Gaming can turn that idiot box, that vast wasteland, of a television set into a family-bonding experience [last time my parents came to visit, we played Culdcept and Hot Shots Golf Fore, and my dad actually like Ratchet and Clank.]
Making time to game is like anything else, you have to set your priorities and manage your time wisely. I love to play video games, but I rarely if ever play when my son [he's 2] is up and about--my game will always be there, but he's only 2 today.
Gaming is a lot better than a lot of hobbies, and perhaps not as good in some ways as others. For instance, tonight I'm going to go play softball with my city league, then come home and play some video games. Variety is the spice of life, as they say.
 
In general, it's neither.
It can add positively or negatively to someone's life.
It can indeed enhance coordination, problem solving skills, reading ability, etc.
It can detract from like when people spend too much time or money on it. But that is a function of the person, I believe, not the hobby itself [some people have addictive personalities, if it weren't gaming it might be baseball cards, alcohol, DVD's, drugs, almost anything.] Or when some 10 year old kid's dumbass parents let him play GTA or Manhunt.
Gaming can turn that idiot box, that vast wasteland, of a television set into a family-bonding experience [last time my parents came to visit, we played Culdcept and Hot Shots Golf Fore, and my dad actually like Ratchet and Clank.]
Making time to game is like anything else, you have to set your priorities and manage your time wisely. I love to play video games, but I rarely if ever play when my son [he's 2] is up and about--my game will always be there, but he's only 2 today.
Gaming is a lot better than a lot of hobbies, and perhaps not as good in some ways as others. For instance, tonight I'm going to go play softball with my city league, then come home and play some video games. Variety is the spice of life, as they say.

Sorry for the double post; is there a way to delete one of them?
 
[quote name='Rig']When I was four years old, my parents bought my older brother an NES. I loved it. I would make my mother read every word in the games. Eventually, she got tired of reading them to me, and I had to learn to read. It didn't take long, and I could read at a third grade level at age four! So, I guess games were very beneficial.[/quote] I watched a lot of anime when I was younger, and with all the subs etc i would blaze through material etc.

Its sorta like that for rpgs...in addition to hand eye cordination from other games. When I play rpgs, I keep fast fowarding throught the text but i manage to read all of it.
 
I've actually read that, while little children should not be watching much tv [and kids under 2 or so, watching none], it's very beneficial to turn on captions or subtitles when they do watch tv, they learn to match the words to the text and that helps their reading skills.

Games are getting a lot better at being physical or interactive. Xbox Live, PS2 Online, make it easy to interact with other gamers, and games like DDR, Eyetoy, Karaoke Revolution, and those new baseball/tennis set-top boxes are helping to make gaming more mainstream, fun for anyone, and active.
 
i'm sure a lot of people should be saying it beneficial being on a game site.. but IMO i think it's good. i remember my cousins from asia was staying at my house and we were playing super mario bro. on nes and you know how you jump onto the flagpole.. i taught them numbers that way not too bad.

and hey DDR c'mon definatly good for your health from sweating if you played hard and long enough. but then everything has it's bad side like games are pricy and could drain your money and be time consuiming or if you're too addictive make you antisocial (maybe just a poor assumption) but anyways. some games got a some good vocabulary you can learn from reading too.. so overall mainly benefical
 
I will never forget my dad's words when i was playing culdcept last week: "You're playing too many video games, just watch some TV" let's compare:

Video Games allow for a lot of involvement, while TV is next to none.
Video Games can be a social activity, what with all the multiplayer games, or even discussing single player stuff.
Video games allow people to use their creativity to imagine the world. TV projects it to you
There is no fear factor in video games

I think that u get my point.

As for my gaming success stories: when i was in kindergarden my brother got a playstation, and i asked my mom to get a subscription of EGM with it. What started off as looking at pictures soon became reading the captions, followed by short articles. By 2nd grade (the IOWA standerdized testing) my reading level was 7th grade.

Around 3rd grade i completely gave up allowing my parents to buy me video games, and instead started saving my money. I was really limited for a little while, and now ive got really good money management skills (of course everyone at this site must be good at that)

Plus right now i started really basic programming with Game Maker 5.0. I'm not that great at it, but what im learning is helping out with my Geometry.
 
Like everything else in the world gaming has its good and bad. Bad in yes that it can drain time and money away from more important things. Good in yes that it can improve reading hand eye coordination, etc. But to me personally gaming has more good than bad going for it. But that is a very biased opinion.
 
[quote name='Ledhed']As with any form of entertainment, it's perfectly fine in moderation. You most certainly can have too much of a good thing.[/quote]
I concur.
 
Anything that is taken to an extreme is harmful to a person. As long as it is not eating into things in your personal life such as your work, your self-esteem, or relationship with your significant (or if you play too much insignificant) other then it's not really a problem.

I love videogames, but in the end it is just entertainment. Too much candy is not good for you ;)
 
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