It’s true to say that forty years ago this month Ralph Baer (a German-born inventor who
fled to America from fascist Germany) and Bill Harrison built and played the first home-video game.
Sure thing videogames turn 40! These prominent figures created the world’s first television video game hardware. Actually, it was on 15 May, 1967, when the first tv video game took place.
Does this mean that this invention made a revolution? There is no doubt that people play. What is a game? It’s a simple way to imitate a real life!
I’ll take ya back like Galaga and AtariI was falling into junk like Pitfall Harry
My Life was game over thats when Christ saved me
so now its bonus round ever since then he changed me
it was scary how my life was run over like frogger
i was down to one life and didn’t have another
but now i’m super like the mario brothers
pulling stunts off like tony hawk pro skater
Having said that, it is important to remember that video games are currently everywhere. It’s something common all of us do or tried.
Probably, if you want to play video games, all you need is a monitor. TV sets, PCs, iPods are used in various ways. These gadgets have everything you need to play a game and relax.
Pros and Cons
- age differences. Although some people feel that some video games have content that may not be suitable for children. Some video games are for kids. Some aren’t. Just as with movies and TV shows, computer and video games on the market today are created for players of differing ages and maturity levels.
- online-enabled games. Perhaps, you should take into consideration while playing on the web the fact that the internet is garbage where mods can alter game content. Some mods can contain viruses or spy-ware. Think it over!
- side effects. Agression and violence. It is said that playing violent video games like Doom, Wolfenstein 3D or Mortal Combat can increase aggressive thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Don’t get me wrong, researches claim! Dr. Anderson said: “We found that students who reported playing more violent video games in junior and high school engaged in more aggressive behaviour. We also found that amount of time spent playing video games in the past was associated with lower academic grades in college.”
- dual existence. Very seldom, but it can happen to you. There are two possible results. First one is when you play and something draw you away. You turn your attention to that or those thing. That’s normal! But if you can’t switch over to something from real world, you will stay in game reaality forever. Split personality?!
Probably. Don’t be so desperate. Cheer up!
- you become smarter. The Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology states that “video gamers consistently outperform their non-playing peers in a series of tricky mental tests”. Believe it or not? Up to you! Everything should be within reasonable limits.
- addiction and obsession. What is a difference between drug addiction and playing video games? Roxanne Richardson says “I’d rather my son take a more proactive, less habitual drug like cocaine, than lick himself away and play video games”. World is going mad.
Movies (TV shows) vs. Video Games
Perhaps the most important point, however, is that movies’ plots sometimes are based on video games, and vice versa.
“The Warriors,” a film-based video game that isn’t a complete waste of your time and money. By the way it happens seldom enough, when you play a film-based game.
Needless to say, films based on video games tend to to carry with them a reputation of being lower budgeted b-movies and rarely receive the appreciation of either critics or the fans of the games on which they are based. Among them are Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Avalon, Stay Alive, Alone in the dark, Doom. As is often the case when some films are good and others are crappy ones.
And what about TV show “Lost“ as video game?
“Lost is the first television program that owes its soul to video games. Remember the feeling you got the first time you tried a treasure hunt? For fans willing to “game” the show, it’s the same thrill.
Unlike traditionally passive television shows, which expect viewers to zone out in a couch-potato haze, Lost, which returns with new episodes Wednesday night, has embedded clues throughout. It’s these recurring tidbits and the patterns they form that make Lost the first show to resemble a video game”, writes “The Seattle Times”.
Basically, you see that television, interactive video games, and the web can be xcellent sources of education and entertainment for all ages, young and old alike. Of course, too much plugged-in time can have unhealthy side effects.
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