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Friday, October 13, 2006

World of Warcraft Addict

My term paper will be about "Addiction to technology", this entry will be only an introduction since video games are also media to the young people of today.

As you can see in the video there is living proof that teenagers from all over the globe are hooked on online video games that are so addictive that they just keep on playing on and on for hours. Games like Ragnarok, World of Warcraft and DoTA are only a few of the games that millions are playing today.

I personally have seen it's effects on people since my old classmates would play the whole day straight. By word of mouth they would share their online adventures to their other friends and they in turn get hooked up to the game too. I myself tried the online game of Ragnarok but my attention span lasted 10 seconds into the game. In other words, I wasn't interested at all.

My brothers (aged 11 and 8) are hooked on to games on their DS (Nintendo Dual Screen) that have games that can keep you going like Metroid Prime Hunters and games even like MarioKart. But don't get me wrong, it's not only the internet and the DS but Playstations and X-boxs all around the world keep boys and girls at home and not playing outdoors.

These things have effects on people and they may be physical and mental. There is a man in China who killed himself because he wanted to live so bad in a fantasy world after playing 36 hours straight. Another Korean played more than 50 hours and died because of exhaustion. People tend to play for minutes that lead to hours and hours everyday.

This has become a sickness in the world and it is hard to get out of the cycle. Teenagers should realize just how dangerous this sickness is, and its effects on the principles on violence is astounding. We should all come to realize one wy or another where we are on this and prevent it form happening to your brother, cousin, or son.


~ { 3:10 PM }
aiming for the sky above;