game design 11

the expectation is that you write at least 400 words about this video

Here are the discussion points I wrote on the board before the video:

1) Provide an outline of what the video is about

2) What would you have done if you were the parents?

3) Is it a concern that video game addiction might happen to you or someone you know. Explain.

4) In your opinion are video games addictive and dangerous. Discuss.
Some issues and further questions I raised after the video:

• Do schools students avoid difficult problems by escaping to video game playing?
• Do video games present a distorted view of what war is like – "war is a game, happiness is a digital bomb"
• How come only 3-4 players out of 1000 at the Counter Strike tournament were girls?
• Does playing violent video games make some young people violent, like the boy who looked daggers at his mum and threw the coffee table across the room when she switched off his game?
• Does the rating system stop young people playing M and MA rated gemes? Is that a worry?
• Is Lt Col David Grossman correct to say that video games trained a young American student to kill in a school yard?
• Have you heard of Aristotle and Plato? What did they say about violence in media 2000 years ago?
• If good game play is the main thing you want (not violence) then why did some students laugh at me when I suggested substituting numbers for bullets in a shooter game?
• Do video games stop students from doing homework?
• Does the older generation understand the younger generation? EXplain.