A world where video games are encouraged rather than frowned upon- do you wish to live in this type of world? Our recent lecture informing on the benefits of video games seems to be the answer to every gamers prayers. Imagine a normal mother/son interaction now: The son's mother informs him it is time to start his homework and the video game must be turned off. He has already spent two hours gaming today and that is far too much time for any young boy to be playing such nonsense. The boy proceeds to start his homework.
Now imagine this scenario if the boy was equip with the world hunger/hours spent playing video games ratio. The son's mother informs him it is time to start his homework and the video game must be turned off. The son responds, "If I'm going to solve world hunger, I have to play 10,000 hours of video games before I turn 21. I have a lot of work to do. Please leave me alone."
The lecture was convincing that video games might be the answer to our world problems. But it really just seems too good to be true. Video games are recreational and entertaining so how can something so fun solve problems? Eating taco bell doesn't help you lose weight. Get it? Let's go ahead and say video games can solve world hunger. Imagine how disconnected our world will become. Conversations, interactions, coffee dates, texting, social media, phone conversations, and voicemails will all become a thing of the past. Everyone will be racing to complete those 10,000 hours of gaming before their 21st birthday in order to have a shot at solving world hunger. A more disconnected world created through good intentions: is it really worth it?
No comments:
Post a Comment