| Something I found out | Conclusion |
| National Institute on the Media and Family talk about how first person games can encourage players to lose sight of what’s real and what’s not. | What they say is a good point – it made me think how easy it is for people to cross the line between virtuality and reality. |
| Scientist and psychologist both said that studies show links between game violence and real life violence and that the links are obvious in more than one country | It’s interesting to think that it’s something that occurs in lots of countries. Even though I’d like to think it’s not true, I guess I have to believe it. I’m wondering whether there’s any good NZ research. |
| University researchers talk about lots of brain benefits | I was pleased to learn that there is some actual evidence that video games can be beneficial to children’s learning because video games get such a lot of bad press. |
| Health experts talk about lots of health effects like obesity. | It would often be difficult to prove a link between game playing and these health effects. Surely you’d have to play a lot to suffer these problems. |
| Lots of sources suggest that many game players spend far too much time playing computer games. | My recommendation would be to play video games in moderation only. I think parents have to monitor game playing better too. |
Published on: 11 Jan 2011
