Wii Shall Overcome

Ever since class on Monday I’ve been thinking about how and if video games will really fix the problems we have in the world. Maybe it’s hard for me to grasp this concept because I have many other things I’d rather be doing than spending hours playing video games. Jane’s plan especially after watching TED is very well thought and could possibly work if put to action in my opinion. But I just have one concern, while were focusing on the positive note of video games, many hours that she mentioned is spent on games that have a negative influence on young people. For example although this game isn’t prevalent now, grand theft auto showed violence, sex, and vulgar language. In my opinion games like this will not be the reason that we solve the world’s problems in the upcoming years. It’s amazing of me to think that there once was a time that we never even had computers and that it was unheard of. Now to think of the world without computers is absurd.  Technology advances every day and now it’s something that may be considered a need in a many cases. To me I haven’t really decided if this is healthy that we are so consumed by something that was once so miniscule or if it a miracle that we humans have created something that is so large and is needed for many things in today’s world. This article definitely challenges the brain and makes you think and reconsider many things. It makes people realize that as it may seem that nothing is changing in our world but every day we are advancing in technology and soon can possibly be searching for solutions from a video game that we once used simply for pleasure.