In the Game

Poll: 4 in 10 adults play electronic games

Well, it is finally happening. The kids that played video games in the 80's are growing up and still playing games as adults. The problem is, now they are playing on the internet.

Valente, a 29-year-old graphic artist from York, Pa., said
she devotes about 30 hours a week in vast online worlds and spent more than
$1,500 on games last year.
"I watch less and less TV. I turn it on and the
shows are just idiotic," Valente said. "When I play the games, I actually look
through the character's eyes. I actually become the character."

I am not the biggest fan of these online multiplayer games. I feel that they are impersonal, and do not allow for real human contact. Also they cost a lot of money. The positive aspects of these games are that sometimes they allow for a way out of reality for those who have a lot of stress in their lives. However when the person becomes the game is when it gets dangerous.

Dangerous in the sense that they spend more time with online friends than they do real people. Maybe the world is changing, and this is going to be the new type of game for the next generation. We had Mario and Sonic, they have online worlds.