[glocK_94]

Come on. Playing for hours doesn't make you an antisocial geek. Don't you remember spending night on your Amstrad/Atari or anything you had. The trouble starts when you give up real life for games. But I guess kids who do that already have a problem. Might be their parents, might be themselves but games just reveal it.
Anyway, maybe the Wii will make them move and lose some weight.

[Lost Soul]

maybe the Wii will make them move and lose some weight.

lol now that would be impressive, the only games that ive ever seen really help a kid sweat is that dancing game with the dance mat

[LLXX]

Lost Soul, on Nov 23 2006, 08:06 PM, said:

maybe the Wii will make them move and lose some weight.

lol now that would be impressive, the only games that ive ever seen really help a kid sweat is that dancing game with the dance mat

http://en.wikipedia....ance_Revolution

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As exercise
Many news outlets have reported how playing DDR can be good aerobic exercise; some regular players have reported weight loss of 10–50 pounds (5–20 kg). In one example, a player found that including DDR in her day-to-day life resulted in a loss of 95 pounds.[1]It is argued, however, that the cases of significant weight loss have all been stories where a significantly overweight player loses a few pounds, and then becomes motivated to take action to lose weight, including dieting and regular gym attendance. Although reports of weight loss have not been scientifically measured, a handful of schools use DDR as a physical education activity, and in Norway, DDR has even been registered as an official sport.

[ripken204]

glocK_94, on Nov 23 2006, 05:53 PM, said:

Come on. Playing for hours doesn't make you an antisocial geek. Don't you remember spending night on your Amstrad/Atari or anything you had. The trouble starts when you give up real life for games. But I guess kids who do that already have a problem. Might be their parents, might be themselves but games just reveal it.
Anyway, maybe the Wii will make them move and lose some weight.

ya spending a night. not every night

[glocK_94]

ripken204, on Nov 24 2006, 05:24 AM, said:

ya spending a night. not every night

Well, guess your right but I really think this is more a symptom than the illness.

LLXX, on Nov 24 2006, 03:58 AM, said:

in Norway, DDR has even been registered as an official sport.

Ok. Those here who are parents, you know what to buy your kids now !

[jcarle]

I have no qualms with Dance Dance Revolution, I think that was a brilliant idea. You can spend a lot of energy and keep in good shape playing that for a long time. You're not sitting on your arse in couch drinking cola and eating chips while you're playing DDR.

[jcarle]

Also... kids hooked on video games... whatever do you mean?

*points to his son*

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Number of downloads: 20

[Zxian]

Go little guy... beat up your dad!!! (You are training him, right? )

[Lost Soul]

Zxian, on Nov 24 2006, 05:36 PM, said:

Go little guy... beat up your dad!!! (You are training him, right? )

lol he does have a serious look of concentration,, he's gonna be a master gamer some day

[cluberti]

Personally, I think there's nothing wrong with gaming (hey, I was part of the famicom generation - that thing was sweet in my teenage years). However, most of us as kids had parents that would force us outside to play with other kids or our siblings (or both) most days after school and all summer (to our benefit, physically and socially). Gaming was a treat that we did for an hour or two when we were doing well in school, weren't in trouble, etc., not a way of life as it has become today, and I see it in my two teenage nephews (and starting in my brother's kids) where it's OK to play video games all day in lieu of playing outside with friends. Again, gaming itself isn't bad, but too much of anything is a bad thing (especially if it hinders social and physical development, which gaming in place of playing at the park or in the street/driveway with friends and siblings certainly does over time). And in my opinion, that DOES fall on the parents (most kids will do whatever they're allowed to do by their parent(s)). Just my two pence.

[mark]

@ripken204- Almost everything that has been written in this thread is true, accurate and some good points have been made. Your observation is real. Games are so well 'written' that they are addicting to some and that includes adults. I know one person whose parent (making them my age) that went bankrupt due to addiction. And don't even get me started on parents that allow or don't monitor what their kids watch on VH1 or MTV.

DL

[ripken204]

vh1 and mtv sucks
bring back the mtv of 20 yrs ago!

thx for you agreement. i guess that games are made to be addicting. i saw this kid crying the other day b/c his dad wouldnt get him a video game.... he was 10.

[Camarade_Tux]

A 10 yo boy cries for anything.
Also, if you want the mtv of 20 years ago, you'll also need the musicians and groups of 20 years ago.

I've been a lot fatter than I am now (>80kgs at 16 or so).
I slimmed down to less than 70kgs but now I'm 74kgs (I think). I never played video games a lot but I was fat.
The thing that made me slim was maybe The Matrix. This probably sound strange but it was funny to see them do all these moves and this made me realize I just couldn't move or handle anything; I was really weak and I simply couldn't stand this.
In fact, I now realize I had no reason to move. In today's world, everything can be done without harass. But now I appreciate being able to do fast everything I want.

[prx984]

@ripken, tell me about it. my brother cried and screamed when i got a gameboy advance my parents didn't give in and buy him one, they said he had to be like me in order to get one (i had a job at the time, so i payed for it myself). ill tell ya, that was the biggest waste of money i ever spent, i used it for like 2 months, then i just got bored of it (at that time, my bro had gotten one for christmas, so i couldn't give it to him) its now just sitting in my top dresser drawer with my gameboy pocket that i got when i was 8. (i got the advance when i was 13)

to this day, i don't play video games. the games i do like, are games that require thought and strategy, like puzzles and stuff like that. i really like tetris and that marble maze game that comes with the Xbox 360 (my brother is getting one this christmas, so i got to test his out to make sure it was working)

im so sick of my brothers games, his stupid computer games are killing my bandwidth on the internet. i can't upload or download anything because of them im considering blocking internet to his computer, or at least limiting his use of the bandwidth, but i dont know how to do that.

i don't watch much tv either, so i can't comment on the VH1 stuff.

im not overly obese, but i could stand to lose a few (which i hope to accomplish when i start working at combined air in the next year or so)

just as long as people know that there is a difference between real life and virtual reality, im ok with people playing games. but they have to realize, there's also more to life than games.

@camrade_tux, just noticed your spam poison signature, thats a really good idea. i think i'll have to get one of them

This post has been edited by Cygnus: 25 November 2006 - 02:03 PM