2011年1月10日 星期一

Video Games Can Be Helpful to College Students

Summary:

According to the report, even thought video games may let students ignore their studies; it plays a major and positive role for college student’s social intercourse. This study was based on the Pew Internet and American Life Project which divided the video games into two parts, including through the personal computer and video-game console.
Steve Jones, a supervisor of this researcher, claims that play video game wouldn’t influence other activities for this generational college student. Because it has been accompanied them since they were in the kindergarten, it already been blended with their daily life. This study shows that one in five college students regard video games could help them build friendship and sixty percent students feel it is good for diversion, which was based on more than 1,100 college students.
Besides, this research also demonstrates difference on gender. Women play computer games more than men, but less than men when play console games. This variation may result in different game’s style. Console games are usually more boisterous and rigid gender characters which is less lure to women. And men consider games as something that they expect to do it, but it just cheats the time for women.
But games seem to disturb study time; there are a third of students admit that they had been played games during class. However, researchers point that most of students still assign appropriate time on their studies. Although new games are constantly on the market, it is necessary for everyone knows how to make appropriate arrangements on fictitious and real world.

Reflexion:

Video games are a new way of entertainment in the modern world. Thanks to new technology have been emerged; there are several types of games which lead people into virtual world. More and more people enjoy playing video games during their free time. In the games, you can do anything what you can’t do in the human community, including marry with stranger, kill monsters even be a billionaire overnight. That’s why lots of people indulge in the on-lone games.
However, except adults, there are many children who are addicted to playing videogames. If children can’t restrain themselves from video games, they will be badly affected by video games. For example, some video games may mislead children with wrong information. Many scenes in games are not based on real life. Most action, melee, or narrow escapes which are showed in games are impossible to perform in reality. Some common scenes in games are not real, too. For an instance, in the games, players always need to take all the ammo of a pistol just kill a single person; shooting oil barrels or cars causes massive explosions. These may mislead children’s knowledge and they may hurt themselves while doing the same things. Besides, these games often contain violence and filthy language that are not suitable for children. Children’s behavior may be influenced by the content of video games without being aware of it.
Playing games is not a harmful thing. But it is necessary to choose games which correspond with one’s age and help for their development of mind. No matter what kinds of games, it is just a tool of pastime and you still need come back to real society.

1 則留言:

  1. I think there is little spelling issue in your article. For example, in the first paragraph and the first line, it will be much better if you revise “even thought” into “even though”. Except this mistake, I agree with your response that videos are indeed a new way of entertainment in the modern world. We can spare our leisure time to play games and this way will let us become joyful in the all day. Therefore, video games are really a good invention in this modern generation. However, parents are always worried that their children would indulge in playing those games and have no attention on their subjects. They think video games will harm children’s future if children keep on playing so they do not allow children to play video games. However, in my opinion, video games actually can not harm children’s future if parents can teach their children how to arrange their time to give playing part. Why do I say that? I want to share my experience with you to prove that. There was a big exam coming, but my classmates in high school made it a rule to go to café internet to play online games. After the exam is over, guess how their grades are. They all have high grades. Why don’t they fail to the exam? Because they understand how to arrange their time to study, and they think if they consider everything is okay, they would play games to release the pressures. To sum up, playing games are not a bad hobby if you know how to control time.

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