Scaffhausen, Joanna. "Violent Video Games' Effect on the Teen Brain" abc.com. 29 November 2006.
At a meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Indiana University School of Medicine researchers told 44 teenagers to play either a violent or non-violent video game for 30 minutes. Afterward, they used a MRI to study the kids' brains while they performed different tasks. The results showed increased activity in the region of the brain that controls emotional arousal, as well as decreased activity in the self-control area of the brain in the teens who had been playing the violent game.
I think that video games, especially violent ones, have a negative effect on the brain of teenagers that play them. Studies have been done to show that a male teen had a higher level of impatience and violent tendencies after playing a violent video games for a half hour than before he started. So just think, all these young teenagers playing video games that are grotesquely violent for up to 5 hours a day, to what level does this effect have on them? And they are our future leaders? I'm scared to think of what is going to happen.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Could You Play a Video Game for 40 Hours Straight?
Smith, Mike. "Man plays Grand Theft Auto IV for 40 Hours, Breaks Record." Plugged In. 21 October, 2009.
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/man-plays-grand-theft-auto-iv-for-40-hours-breaks-record/1365827
Chirantan Patnaik, a common equities trader from India, set a goal to beat the Guinness Record for the longest consecutive hours spent playing a video game. He accomplished his goal at 40 hours with only 4 ten minute breaks. Chirantan spent days maybe even weeks running, excercising and doing yoga preparing for his big moment(or two). He explains that what kept him alert and fit for his game of Grand Theft Auto IV was eating dates and avoiding coffee altogether. Chirantan says that this isn't the end for his marathon gaming, he will challenge his record by reaching 48 hours.
I know video games can be fun sometimes, and they are a great way to bond with some male friends, but I can't imagine wasting two whole days playing them. There is so many more productive things to do with those days, but instead Chirantan wanted to break a record that will soon be forgotten. It is a shame that young men and women are wasting so much time in front of that tv playing video games, which most are violent and involve heavy swearing. If we could get all those video gamers to offer their services to the local soup kitchen or even finish that homework assignment.
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/man-plays-grand-theft-auto-iv-for-40-hours-breaks-record/1365827
Chirantan Patnaik, a common equities trader from India, set a goal to beat the Guinness Record for the longest consecutive hours spent playing a video game. He accomplished his goal at 40 hours with only 4 ten minute breaks. Chirantan spent days maybe even weeks running, excercising and doing yoga preparing for his big moment(or two). He explains that what kept him alert and fit for his game of Grand Theft Auto IV was eating dates and avoiding coffee altogether. Chirantan says that this isn't the end for his marathon gaming, he will challenge his record by reaching 48 hours.
I know video games can be fun sometimes, and they are a great way to bond with some male friends, but I can't imagine wasting two whole days playing them. There is so many more productive things to do with those days, but instead Chirantan wanted to break a record that will soon be forgotten. It is a shame that young men and women are wasting so much time in front of that tv playing video games, which most are violent and involve heavy swearing. If we could get all those video gamers to offer their services to the local soup kitchen or even finish that homework assignment.
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