I thought today's class was interesting because, not being much of a gamer myself, I could really see how much video games impact kids/teens. I tend limit my video game use to a couple games of FIFA, Mario Kart and NFL Blitz. Honestly, I think it may be that fact that I am not very good at any other game and lack the patience to learn are the biggest reasons why I stray away from them. According to class, I am in the mere 10% of the guys within my age group that do not play first person shooter games. I was actually not very surprised because most of my friends spend hours of their day obsessing over reaching a certain number of kills or gaining experience to earn a higher rank, but I don't blame them, passes the time I suppose.
What I really took from class is how much people believe they learn from playing these games. I sear I would be rich if I had a nickel every time someone told me they were the best FIFA player ever, I would be filthy rich. The truth is games should be recreational and I just do not think something as realistic as war should be portrayed as a game. I can understand people of age enjoying the game, but unfortunately children are being exposed to the game and are becoming accustomed to the violence of war before they can really critically understand the concept of what war brings. It is a shame that children have gone from Super Mario to Super Soldiers.
Lets bring back the good ol days:
What if the army recruited Sonic the Hedgehog and then there was an army of hedgehogs that were super fast :OOOOOOO
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