First Person Shooter

Provide an outline of what the video is about 

This video is about a father and son who have a problem, the son plays to many video games and they are distracting him from his school work and he is spending less time with him and the rest of the family. The main game the son is addicted to is a game called counter strike, a game on the pc. This game is basically a team based online shooter where two teams will start one team of terrorists and one of counter terrorists they will them fight until they eliminate each other or the terrorists plant a bomb.

The father has tried many things to stop the son from playing so many games but it is no use because his son will just go to a friend’s house or to an internet gaming room. The father then talks to his sons friends parents and realises they have the same problem with their sons. The father decides to find out more about the games so when his son decides to enter a contest with his friends he decides to take them all himself. They do pretty well but don’t win the competition.

After this the father decides to do some more investigating and goes to e3 the largest gaming expo on the planet. He talks to some of the game designers and they are all the same, they all say that the games aren’t harmful and that they are harmless fun. He decides to go to the source of the game and go to the designer, he realises that he is just a nice person who wanted to give people fun. By the end of the video the son has dropped out of school and is playing more games and the father has felt like he has lost the battle. 

What would you have done if you were the parents?

 

I would have mad it so that when he finished he would be allowed to play the games and when he did really good at school I would buy him games or better computers.

 

Is it a concern that video game addiction might happen to you or someone you know.

Explain.

 

Not really because they can’t damage your health or your body, it is a very harmless addiction compared to others.

 

In your opinion are video games addictive and dangerous. Discuss.
Some issues and further questions I raised after the video:

 

Some students might escape into the gaming world but this can also be a good thin co they can relax and then return to the work later. The reason the aren’t many girls is because most games are aimed at boys and there are very rarely games aimed at girls. Games don’t make people angry, they probably does the complete opposite and gives the player a way to release their anger making them a friendlier person. Games can stop students from doing their homework but it could also give them a break from it then they will be refreshed to do a better job.