It is my opinion, based only on what I have seen, that kids that grow up playing videogames complemented with outside activity would be smarter then the same kids that watched TV instead of videogames.

This might be fairly obvious to you, or maybe not.

But I think its worth discrussing.

go!

[Edited on May 24, 2006 at 2:30 PM. Reason : r]

5/24/2006 2:26:26 PM

They also have a higher chance of becoming a socially inept nerd.

5/24/2006 2:28:00 PM

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"complemented with outside activity "

5/24/2006 2:29:14 PM

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"kids that grow up playing videogames complemented with outside activity would be smarted then the same kids that watched TV instead of videogames."

poor beu never had a gameboy

[Edited on May 24, 2006 at 2:31 PM. Reason : *]

5/24/2006 2:29:44 PM

I never took a typing class

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5/24/2006 2:30:19 PM

affect /= effect

5/24/2006 2:31:50 PM

you are definitely not qualified to make a judgement like this evidently

[Edited on May 24, 2006 at 2:33 PM. Reason : .]

5/24/2006 2:32:55 PM

it is more interactive so you'd think it would be true, but who knows.

5/24/2006 3:27:13 PM

totally depends on the type of individual.

i disagree in that TV presents more beneficial information than video games. if you have a sharp memory, then watching good programs on TV can be very educational in the long run.

5/24/2006 4:00:01 PM

playing video games improves hand/eye coordination.... as far as being "smarter", it would depend on what games and what tv shows i guess

5/24/2006 4:08:01 PM

Video games are NOT good for children in ANY way. Electronic interactive products are a large reason behind the massive sway of children with ADD/ADHD in the past 15-20 years.

Before puberty a kid should be limited to an hour or two a day playing video games or on electronic video devices in general (yes this includes television, the internet and general computer use).

There are MUCH better ways to develop fine motor control and eye-hand coordination than through video games.

Electronic games that do not rely on visual displays are actually much more suitable (aka bop-it, Simon, leapfrog products etc) and beneficial for skills training.

If anyone is actually interested in this, I have a shit ton of journal articles and studies done on this and similar areas stuffed away somewhere from project research this past semester.

[Edited on May 24, 2006 at 4:16 PM. Reason : .]

5/24/2006 4:14:40 PM

I think playing the final fanatasy series back in the day (starting age 12 or so) helped my reading and vocab a little bit.

5/24/2006 4:35:36 PM

Reading a book would have done more good and less bad.

5/24/2006 4:53:29 PM

i still like BobbyDigital's answer hahaha cause i'm a nerd but i'm not socially inept

5/24/2006 5:55:12 PM

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"affect /= effect"

Noen ... mind posting this links? Be curios what the different viewpoints are on the matter.

[Edited on May 24, 2006 at 6:19 PM. Reason : .]

5/24/2006 6:18:41 PM

i think i'll be 40 and i'll still be playing something like doom 15 or shit like that

5/24/2006 6:19:34 PM

while it's possible that video games might make some kids more intelligent, I'd say it's also just as likely that the smartest and often nerdiest kids are more inclined to play games, often because of their lack of social skills, rather than the games making them smart

5/24/2006 6:39:47 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7986309503803248571

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5/24/2006 6:48:10 PM

yeah... if that were my kid, he woulda gotten his ass beat after 5 seconds

5/24/2006 7:36:52 PM

Frikkin brat. Kids these days ain't got no manners

At first I thought that link would be NINTENDO SIXTY FOUR

5/24/2006 8:27:37 PM

THATS BULLSHIT

5/25/2006 12:30:41 AM

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"They also have a higher chance of becoming a socially inept nerd. "

5/25/2006 5:32:18 AM

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"Video games are NOT good for children in ANY way. Electronic interactive products are a large reason behind the massive sway of children with ADD/ADHD in the past 15-20 years. "

haha, oh really?

edit: oh i just read your conclusion - you did a school project on it, well i guess that makes you the expert then... nevermind the raging fucking controversy amongst scientists!! LOL silly scientists - if only they had contacted your professor and read your paper they could move on to more worthwhile arguments. o well, BACK TO ARGUING ROFL!11 GO!

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 7:53 AM. Reason : s]

5/25/2006 7:50:55 AM

somebody reads digg

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1779820,00.html

5/25/2006 8:14:51 AM

^^Shit for brains, I didn't do a paper, I did a project.

I LOVE how you can strawman your way into an argument.

I shouldn't say they aren't good "at all". Rather that for every positive trait, skill or learning process that gaming helps, there are better ways to learn the same skills outside video games, without the inherent risks and drawbacks of video entertainment.

It's not an issue of does it or doesn't it, its an issue of is this the best way or even a good way to teach these skills. And the answer to that, from every study I've read, has been no. They've all found that the basic skills learned from gaming can be achieved through real world interaction as well or better.

5/25/2006 9:21:11 AM

There was something in Time about 6-8 years back about a study that concluded RPGs greatly improve logical thinking and thinking from multiple points of view. Like hell if I could find that article now, though.

5/25/2006 9:21:45 AM

Because board games haven't done that for decades. Or maybe organized sport for oh, centuries.

5/25/2006 9:22:45 AM

I learned everything from tv growing up. My parents wouldn't let me have a video game until first grade or so and even then it was like 2 hours of tetris on a gameboy a week. Eventually I saved enough for a genesis and kept going from there. However, I loved, and still do, watching educational things, so I think it largely depends on the content of the games you're playing and tv you're watching. Who remember's gizmos and gadgets, where in the world is carmen sandiego, etc? Those games were fun as hell and educational.

5/25/2006 9:40:04 AM

^Haha my roommate saved up for a Genesis but wasn't able to get any games for it for like a month after he got it. So he had a Genesis but it just sat there.

5/25/2006 11:09:24 AM

Kids have been hyperactive since the dawn of man, just now since we have drugs we want to classify it as something and throw drugs at it instead of beating our children cause that is more pleasant to parents.

Don't be your kids friend, be a parent. Beat your kids.

5/25/2006 11:19:31 AM

^

5/25/2006 1:45:01 PM

i learned mulitples of seven by playing tecmo super bowl

for real

5/25/2006 1:47:51 PM

^^^Yes, but the carry-over of hyperactivity/ADD to adulthood and post-adolescence is retarded in the video generation.

5/25/2006 2:51:05 PM