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Gatsby wrote:

aqualung wrote:

Gatsby wrote:

Video games are distractions I don't think kids in general cannot handle right. They aren't really productive and are overall unnecessary. I think legitimately educational ones are nice, though, because they aren't a complete waste. Complete-wastes of distractions don't do any good, I'd think, to a developing mind

Adults have reason for wanting distractions

Video games can teach you problem solving skills :III

Eh, sometimes, but usually not in a way that will ever apply to anything someone is going to use in their life.

And I don't think you start up a video game thinking "LOL im gonna take this knowledge from this game and applly it to reel lif lol"

I found this article you may want to look at it :0

Gatsby wrote:

aqualung wrote:

Gatsby wrote:

Eh, sometimes, but usually not in a way that will ever apply to anything someone is going to use in their life.

And I don't think you start up a video game thinking "LOL im gonna take this knowledge from this game and applly it to reel lif lol"

I found this article you may want to look at it :0

Nop

:0(

One thing I think ESRB always gets wrong is Halo.

Y cant i use [img] tag 

Gatsby wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Gatsby wrote:

Yes

Care to explain? 

Video games are distractions I don't think kids in general cannot handle right. They aren't really productive and are overall unnecessary. I think legitimately educational ones are nice, though, because they aren't a complete waste. Complete-wastes of distractions don't do any good, I'd think, to a developing mind

Adults have reason for wanting distractions

Music, books, movies, board games, and pretty much everything is a distraction that is often unproductive. I think kids have just enough reason for wanting distractions than adults.

Gatsby wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Gatsby wrote:

Video games are distractions I don't think kids in general cannot handle right. They aren't really productive and are overall unnecessary. I think legitimately educational ones are nice, though, because they aren't a complete waste. Complete-wastes of distractions don't do any good, I'd think, to a developing mind

Adults have reason for wanting distractions

Music, books, movies, board games, and pretty much everything is a distraction that is often unproductive. I think kids have just enough reason for wanting distractions than adults.

Books are infinitely more productive, movies are okay, music/art things are expressive
Board games depends but some are thought-provoking and decent. Puzzle games I'm fine with to an extent

Most video games just aren't anything

1. Saying that books are "infinitely more productive" is a generalisation. Explain.
2. How so? They require less activity than video games.
3. Yeah... but so is building structures in games like Minecraft

Saying that they 'just aren't anything' is crazy. Sure, maybe you don't have a taste for them but that doesn't mean that you should want to ban them for everyone. Video games can be artistic, educational, and expressive as well. TRAUMA is a great example of something that is ways is all three. And it's "productive" too.

veggieman001 wrote:

Gatsby wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Music, books, movies, board games, and pretty much everything is a distraction that is often unproductive. I think kids have just enough reason for wanting distractions than adults.

Books are infinitely more productive, movies are okay, music/art things are expressive
Board games depends but some are thought-provoking and decent. Puzzle games I'm fine with to an extent

Most video games just aren't anything

1. Saying that books are "infinitely more productive" is a generalisation. Explain.
2. How so? They require less activity than video games.
3. Yeah... but so is building structures in games like Minecraft

Saying that they 'just aren't anything' is crazy. Sure, maybe you don't have a taste for them but that doesn't mean that you should want to ban them for everyone. Video games can be artistic, educational, and expressive as well. TRAUMA is a great example of something that is ways is all three. And it's "productive" too.

Agreed.
Games can be VERY educational, and require a lot of brain power.

PaperMario123 wrote:

I'm also with you guys on the SSBB rating thing. It should be E10. If only Nintendo left out the blood on the hand. Then ESRB might go lighter on them (doubt it, though), and they'd get more sales, meaning more money, meaning better games for the 3DS.

It was almost rated M because of Snake being included in the game, so they stripped him of his guns and gave him his explosives and rocket launchers.

Battlefield is meant to portray a very real battle experience, and war is not rated T. :p
It is brutally graphic, and has a lot of M language, and I think it undoubtedly merits it's rating.

MaxTill wrote:

Nñnnmnnooooooooo

bananaman114 wrote:

MaxTill wrote:

Portal / Portal 2 Should be rated http://www.esrb.org/images/ec-symbol.gif

no!
Have you played Test Chamber 16 in Portal?
Have you LOOKED BEHIND YOU when you got shot?
lol
and uh
Portal 2 contained signifiicant violence

Chamber 16 was fine

Did you notice the blood
DO YOU WANT YOUR THREE YEAR OLD LOOKING AT THAT.

MaxTill wrote:

Y cant i use [url](I believe you meant [img]) tag 

Because no one answered this for you, I'll tell you.

The image tags were disabled because of a massive troll attack on Misc. There are a lot of topics involving it. Go ask questions there.

MaxTill wrote:

Chamber 16 was fine

I shake my head at you, sir.

Last edited by PaperMario123 (2012-01-05 22:47:50)

PaperMario123 wrote:

MaxTill wrote:

Y cant i use [url](I believe you meant [url]) tag 

Because no one answered this for you, I'll tell you.

The image tags were disabled because of a massive troll attack on Misc. There are a lot of topics involving it. Go ask questions there.

MaxTill wrote:

Chamber 16 was fine

I shake my head at you, sir.

I never got dot by a turret. Is that a yes or a no?