Why Video Games Can Be a Good Thing, From a Mom's Perspective

It's always interesting to hear different viewpoints on things like this. I agree, there are benefits to video games....like anything else, moderation and supervision go a long way in assuring that it remains a good thing. :)

It's really awesome to hear that more girls are getting into gaming! I completely agree about the creativity and problem solving, those really are huge benefits of playing. The fitness games are also great! Thanks for posting.

Ps where can I get that coffee table? haha

As a 52 single Man that had NO videos games while growing up, I abhor them but since I think with my heart and try to keep my horizons broad, I thought I would read this article as an introduction to the authors work and because it was just about the only article that wasn't about her baby, besides the bar one and I stopped drinking ten years ago.

First of all well written, to the point and broken up well for easy reading, good start. Since I really don't agree with playing video games or watching TV for that matter, I won't bore you with my perspective, suffice to say I can easily find more interesting real things to do to fill up my days.

It seems you have found your niche which is important on HPs however I would like to see you branch out more and get creative, we readers don't have a variety of topics to choose from. You're a talented writer, spread your wings and fly, take a chance and share some other topics you enjoy, with us.

I would be interested to learn why you chose to follow me, have you seen a UFO recently, been abducted by Aliens and taken to their home world or do you just love a good conspiracy?

You mention that you have a creative side, so use your awesome writing skills to share this creative side with us. I would like to know if your child displays any abilities that might indicate they are special beyond the norm. Or if you could design a video game how would it work, what would it be called and what would the story teach us?

Thanks for sharing your insight on video games with us, although it hasn't changed my mind it has given me a fresh perspective to ponder.

I actually started making/programming computer games when I was about ten years old and was totally addicted then when I reached about 30 I lost interest in playing games because I didn't feel like I was getting anything useful out of it any more. However, studies have shown that certain games can indeed be very beneficial for certain things such as hand-to-eye co-ordination, improving eyesight and a lot more. However, I have also written here at Hubpages about how such technology can also be problematic and cause 'Nature Deficit Disorder' or lead people into becoming more narcissistic. I suppose it's the same with anything really though, it's all about having a healthy balance.

Yes, living in Harmony with nature is where video games do the most damage to humanity but I would agree with the author that it may condone violence it certainly doesn't trigger it.

It certainly is an interesting topic and I can see some benefits, even though I suspect it does limit our children's ability to develop their own imagination skills, as do videos.

Obviously I prefer a good book.

Yep, I also prefer a good (non-fiction) book these days. Either that or a video documentary.

What most people don't get, is it is all fiction from the Bible to text books, it is all 'His Story'. Even language was conceived of to control how we think and what we think, because we talk how we think and think how we talk.

Let's take the word Evil, everyone has their own interpretation of the word but what if we spell it backwards, then what does it mean to us 'Live', which in essence is the exact opposite.

No matter what we 'Believe' I prefer the word accept, because to believe was actually designed to make one accept a falsehood, allow me to explain.

The Word BE LIE VE can be broken down into two words and a suffix, Be; describes a person or thing that exists, Lie; describes a falsehood or deception, Ve, is a suffix meaning the state of or action of.

So when we tell ourselves we believe something we are in essence accepting the existence of a falsehood or deception. Think about all the times you have said to yourself I believe this or that. What we should really train ourselves to do is either say I know or don't know.

Every single thought we have had in our lives, has already been thought of by a million people, a million times throughout the millions of years we have lived on this planet, nothing is new.

So what is imagination but being able to draw from the one consciousness we have all created. Consider that we are God and that by 'worshipping' a being greater than ourselves we misplace our own power.

When you consider these concepts you begin to understand why making videos/games and introducing symbolism into them keeps us permanently locked into another's agenda. Subliminal imagery in film, movies, TV, videos, games, phones, computers is the key to manipulating the masses without them even knowing about.

Even our own language, remember the quote in the Bible and I paraphrase "Let us (plural) go down to 'Earth' and confuse their language." Most people think it was about creating many different languages all over the planet for different races but was it? Even our own language is designed to confuse us.

Why would a single God refer to themselves as 'Us'?

Pay attention to the Illuminati symbolism even in the most 'safest' of your children's video games and you will understand how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Ah yes, all very true but in actual fact it's a lot easier to manipulate the masses and to control minds through written words (i.e. books) than it is through videos, images, games, etc. In fact, linguistics is probably the most important part of Ericksonian/covert/conversational hypnosis - it relies very heavily on linguistics (NLP -Neuro Linguistic Programming) and any book could be manipulating you subconsciously with the use of embedded commands, presuppositions, generalizations and distortions but there's no way of knowing. Check out "the meta model" in NLP (which has been labelled as pseudo-science because it can be used highly effectively as a means of mind control) - as the saying goes, the pen is mightier than the sword.

* also check out "the Milton model"