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Latest post Tue, Sep 16 2008 11:13 AM by pisacaballo. 0 replies.
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pisacaballo  +  566647 Tue, 16 Sep 08 11:13 AM
I had to write an article about video games and I would like to expose my article.
I dont want nobody to do my homework I just want to know if it needs corrections or if there is something bad expressed.

Here it is

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Do you love computer games or hate them? Whatever your point of view, you are not alone!
Such games tend to bring about extreme reactions in people, and there is little middle background. Why is it? Let’s find out.

“Shakespeare… who is him?  Can you give me back my Nintendo? I have to defeat the final boss, if not earth will collapse”.

This is a typical answer of a twelve year old child from London. What do they have? What makes them so attractive? “Easy” says Takeshi Kaku an expert in video games who works in sony one of the biggest companies worldwide regarding video games. “They offer a world of fantasy, a world where you can do the impossible and become the king of your kingdom, of course it might vary depending on the game, you can’t compare the minesweeper with the new Prince of Persia 2. Instead of classifying games, I always find interesting to classify players who are the most important issue when doing a game. In general terms I find two kinds of players, one which plays just for fun and after he finishes playing nothing happens, and other which takes part of the game, if the game allows him to do so, and think or even dream despite not being playing. Besides I have always thought that games are tools to extend our imagination further away than we do in our normal life and at the same time have fun.”
Takeshi also explained that although games improve visual, mathematical, reading, artistic, and social skills they can become a double edge sword if used in excess.

“Another D I shouldn’t have played until 4 am?”
Games are extraordinary they recreate different scenarios and show wonderful 3D landscapes, but they won’t feed you and only few live out of them. Low grades, headaches and insomnia are symptoms of gamers that cannot leave their consoles even for sleep. An very example of this happens in Korea where people gather in what they call “game camps” and they stay a week or even months without leaving the camp which is isolated from the rest of the world!!  

“I broke with my boyfriend; he prefers staying with her than me?”
Now women have new rivals and some of their names are Resident Evil 4, Warcraft 3, and Call of Duty 4. Today men seem to be more attracted by video games than women, and why is it that men play much more than women? Perhaps is just the social and cultural background we live or because women are not welcome in men groups of gamers for prejudice.

All in all, video games are a new way of entertainment whose complexity makes them more challenging than normal games, but as everything in life it has its drawbacks when it becomes addictive.

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