Discusion ~ Impact of game players

Computer games offer the chance for players to be able to do things, they wouldn’t necessarily do in real life. For example, in GTA, you can freely steel cars, now you wouldn’t go around steeling a car every time you see something else you like.

I feel strongly that computer games have no effect on people, making them more violent. However there are cases that have been linked to violence from video games.

Video games can make you more isolated in some ways, but in other ways not. They can give you common ground with someone, and something to discuss on the day after, they can remind you of good memories playing on a video game with friends, they can make you isolated in that your not socialising in the normal sense.

Networked video games can make you more social amongst your already made friends, or social groups. This is probably the best way to play games, and I am a huge fan of online gaming.