Man dies playing video game

[Celtic_Emperor]

Vlad is right. It's the obsession and the flight from reality that pushes one over the edge. We used to hear these sort of things about the Dungeons and Dragons board game years ago. And think of all the chess players who have gone barking mad in the last century and a half. Games are not the only siren song leading some people astray from their wits. Trekkies and celebrity stalkers are a related phenomenon. And religious fanatics.
A good, rounded education is probably the best defense you can give a kid. And I don't mean just the classroom; expose him to the world in all its variety from the very cradle...music, art, literature, sport, craft, religion, work, and play. It's when a person has essentially nothing in his head that one seductive idea can penetrate and then expand to fill all the available space.

Very well said. Many would argue that getting or trying to get your kid into too many hobbies and/or activities just to keep them busy is a bad thing (as it may cause them fatique and a mental/emotional/psycological burn-out because they feel pressured into these things, not to mention that it may be keeping them from personally growing in a way they feel comfortable with). And while that is just as much true as this topic is, its these games that are deceptively consuming. And its ironic, well, not so much ironic as it is sad, because on tv, cartoons, commericials, and even other video games they seem to be glorifying or making light of the fact people are hooked on video games like its their fix and the parents in these things are just like "oh well!", like its ok to allow their children to become warped and introverted like that.

Its like these people that make these commericials and such are acknowledging the problem is there and then laughing at it. Thats sad. Thats like laughing at this kid for pulling the trigger and blowing his brains out and laughing at the mother because now she's left without a son.

 

[Ignatz]

No, of course, you don't want to overwhelm any kid with activities. Just see that he or she grows up aware of the full scope of the world and human endeavor.

And to fend off in advance any outrage that might be occasioned by my disparagement of Trekkies in the previous post, I was using the term in its pathological sense. Every sane and sensible Star Trek fan I've ever known has disclaimed the tag of "Trekkie."

 

[Hungarian21]

Don't mock it, BuddyBob!
I just had a really really bad game of Tetris...

*sob!*
Goodbye cruel pixelated world!
*jumps out window*

:weird: NOOOOO :grind_tee *grabs ness's leg half-way out the window* DONT DO IT! (damn, ur heavy :sharp_tee). (And your feet smell too!:dead: )THE WORLD ISN'T THAT CRUEL! :snob: THINK ABOUT PIZZA-HUT! 🙄 no, wait, maybe he disslikes pizza...THINK ABOUT TICKLING!!!! 😀

 

[CoopXLR]

This sort of reminds me of an old story about a video game programmer who lost his mind during the making of a game. I don't remember if he died or what but, the rumor had something to do with a teddy bear. The most recent explanation is that while working on a port of Capcom's Strider for one of the old 16-bit systems, he had to put in a lot of overtime because Capcom wanted the game to be perfect. He had no one to help out and somewhere along the way he just flipped out and his only comfort was a teddy bear. Suposedly in one of the Street Fighter Alpha games, you can see Strider Hiryu in a stage background toss a teddy bear up in the air and then catch it. It's suposed to be in memory of that poor programer. It's never been confirmed but, it sounds really sad when you think about the teddy bear and all. 🙁

 

[AphxA1]

The positive aspects of online games

1) Teaches kids sharing.
2) Teaches self respect and respect for others.
3) Teaches online etiquete which transfers over to online forums.
4) Teaches people to work together to accomplish a common goal.
5) Brings people together that feel isolated.
6) Theraputic for people who are consistantly angry and may feel the need to kill something. ^^

 

[Hungarian21]

The positive aspects of online games

1) Teaches kids sharing.
2) Teaches self respect and respect for others.
3) Teaches online etiquete which transfers over to online forums.
4) Teaches people to work together to accomplish a common goal.
5) Brings people together that feel isolated.
6) Theraputic for people who are consistantly angry and may feel the need to kill something. ^^

Answers to ur points:
1. Does teach sharing :nerd:
2. also teaches respect. :nerd:
3. I dunno, I sadly didnt play online yet, though I would love to try :happy:
4. YES :happy:
5. ????? :wooha: Might be true, but I dont get it
6. LIKE TEACHERS 😀

Negatives: I cant say any, I also am a game geek 😎

 

[morgandee]

EXAMPLE PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

1) Teaches kids sharing.
guy: hehehe hey u can hav my armor teehee and +190 sword
girl: hehehe thx ^^;;;
guy: (ehehehe cyber time)

2) Teaches self respect and respect for others.
girl: help me this guy is insulting me and calling me a fake girl on the internet
guy: ill save u FAIR MAIDEN. u r obviously relly a girl and he is a sexless loser
girl: thx u i respect a guy hu is chivilrass ^_^
guy: 🙂 and i respect myself 4 bing taht way!!! hehe

3) Teaches online etiquete which transfers over to online forums.
moderator: if you don't fucking stop trolling i am going to BAN you
yesman: yes sir i am sorry 🙁
troll2: lol wussy *banned*
moderator: STOP THIS FIGHTING

4) Teaches people to work together to accomplish a common goal.
guy: hey you guys go out there and assault the dragon and i will prepare the main laser
guy2: okay
guy3: main laser wtf??????
guy4: yeah what main laser
guy: just do it i got u all coverd
guy5: ok teamwork men lets get 2 it
guy6: hehe ill go last as paceman

5) Brings people together that feel isolated.
guy: i fel like comiting suicide someone hug me (pref a girl plz)
girl: :-( *huggles*
guy: hehe asl

6) Theraputic for people who are consistantly angry and may feel the need to kill something. ^^
guy: CRAWLING IN MY SKIN
guy: THESE WOUNDS THEY NOT HEAL
guy2: FIGHT THE POWER.,,, BUSH BRINGS DOWN DA MIDDLE MAN
guy3: down w/ da system fuking governemt telling me i cant dl pono