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“Get off that damn machine” my mum usually yells at me after around 2 hours of non-stop usage.
Claiming its not good for your health, she says I should be outside, playing football or hanging out with friends. True, I guess I should, but I don’t, well, not much. I just have to knock that annoying Fox into the abyss (yes, I still play Smash Brothers!) one more time!
Alas. Playing videogames is not all that bad. Sure it can lead to unhealthiness, but, it can also improve your reactions.
The main reaction it tunes up is hand-to-eye. This means that when you see something your hands and fingers can see it and move to it or from it quicker than usual. This can be particularly helpful when playing a ball game like football or cricket, in which you need to use your hands, and your fingers, to catch or stop a fast-flying ball.
You don’t realise this is happening, but one sign of increasing reactions is when you get better at a game. You learn the controls better, and need to be quick to pull them off.
One type of game especially: Fighting and beat ‘em ups. You must be quick to react to what your TV screen tells you, and press the right buttons to attack back or to counter or whatever.
Though, depending what game you are playing, it can also improve your foot-to-eye reactions as well. Games like Time Crisis that require you to duck and hide behind boxes via the use of a peddle. There’s also that arcade dancing game, as well as racing games like GT (that is if you use peddles for your acceleration and braking) can be included as well.
So I don’t see videogames as a completely unhealthy thing, and, when the gaming industry booms as it should do soon when the GBA, GC, and Xbox are released, I will be playing on consoles for longer than ever before.
Thanks for reading,
Swish
Claiming its not good for your health, she says I should be outside, playing football or hanging out with friends. True, I guess I should, but I don’t, well, not much. I just have to knock that annoying Fox into the abyss (yes, I still play Smash Brothers!) one more time!
Alas. Playing videogames is not all that bad. Sure it can lead to unhealthiness, but, it can also improve your reactions.
The main reaction it tunes up is hand-to-eye. This means that when you see something your hands and fingers can see it and move to it or from it quicker than usual. This can be particularly helpful when playing a ball game like football or cricket, in which you need to use your hands, and your fingers, to catch or stop a fast-flying ball.
You don’t realise this is happening, but one sign of increasing reactions is when you get better at a game. You learn the controls better, and need to be quick to pull them off.
One type of game especially: Fighting and beat ‘em ups. You must be quick to react to what your TV screen tells you, and press the right buttons to attack back or to counter or whatever.
Though, depending what game you are playing, it can also improve your foot-to-eye reactions as well. Games like Time Crisis that require you to duck and hide behind boxes via the use of a peddle. There’s also that arcade dancing game, as well as racing games like GT (that is if you use peddles for your acceleration and braking) can be included as well.
So I don’t see videogames as a completely unhealthy thing, and, when the gaming industry booms as it should do soon when the GBA, GC, and Xbox are released, I will be playing on consoles for longer than ever before.
Thanks for reading,
Swish
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Have you had any psychotic episodes?
And I manage my rage quite well.
I do get a lot of headaches though.
But I think it's mainly the voices fighting for space that cause that.
I do get a lot of headaches though.
But I think it's mainly the voices fighting for space that cause that.
Have you got a stress ball? I think you need one.
I almost broke my dog playing Tomb Raider 3.
I couldnt get out of the underwater mirror room and almost visited my wrath upon my stupid fat ginger dog.
Does that count?
I couldnt get out of the underwater mirror room and almost visited my wrath upon my stupid fat ginger dog.
Does that count?
I have a really bad knee because I got hit in the knee with a hockey stick but no injuries due to playing computer games.
I smoke and all my friends think I'm cool and adult.
People smoke though they know the risks.
It's a hypothetical question though, and could never be answered as we know it not to be true.
It's a hypothetical question though, and could never be answered as we know it not to be true.
Hmmmm... would we all be playing games if it gave us the chance of lung cancer, or brain tumours?
To be honest I couldn't give a damn if it's good for you or not. It's fun!
Bonus wrote:
> To be fair, I have more problems with my knees through walking than
> I do with my wrists caused by computer games!!
Apparently not... 0 hrs a week every week for five years is apparently compairable to walking a good few miles a day (I think its about 10-12 or something... I dunno, its been a long time since I read the article)... Due to the different structure of the legs (which are designed to take the weight, pressure and various speed movements)
And young guys have
> more than one damaging hobby to their wrists!!
Wow... 10 hrs a week every week for 5 years... girls man... there not a myth :P
> To be fair, I have more problems with my knees through walking than
> I do with my wrists caused by computer games!!
Apparently not... 0 hrs a week every week for five years is apparently compairable to walking a good few miles a day (I think its about 10-12 or something... I dunno, its been a long time since I read the article)... Due to the different structure of the legs (which are designed to take the weight, pressure and various speed movements)
And young guys have
> more than one damaging hobby to their wrists!!
Wow... 10 hrs a week every week for 5 years... girls man... there not a myth :P
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