SP OOPS! Magazine
I just got this free book from SP, and quite a few stories is very interesting,
But here's one that I wanna type out for other people to see,
Especially to gamers, including me, to see and take note.
REMINDER : All words comes from SP OOPS! Magazine, and none of it is mine
'You Gotta Get A Life'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWBfLOZ2CjQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YerslyzsOpc
Check out these 2 videos. One of them shows an American who literally freaks out when he realises his mother cancelled his World of Warcraft (WoW) account. For those of you who don't know what WoW is, it's basically an online game which gamers have to pay a monthly subscription fee to play. People who play WoW tend to coop themselves up, hours at a time just to play the game so that money spent is worth it.
And althought the video above features an American boy, such erratic behaviour because of gaming is not uncommon in Singapore. Just go to any computer LAN shop in your neighbourhood, and count the number of arguments that occer in an hour. You'll be surprised.
Electronic gaming is a fairly new industry. The first games were created only in the 1970s, and back in those days, the games can be finished in one day so it wasn't easy to get addicted. It's only in recent years that gamers are developing an insatiable addiction for electronic gaming. More and more massive multiplayer online games, or as gamers would call them MMO, are sprouting up and gamers devote their entire free time to such games.
Why do gamers devote such time and effort into such games? To become the best in the game, of course! It's sad to think that people actually find joy in being successful in something where you sit behind a computer screen and do, with no financial reward whatsoever. In fact, you incur extra electrical costs so you're actually spending money.
Not only that, many gamers devote so much time to gaming that they sometime neglect their friends and family. Cases where boyfriends choose to play a game instead of meeting his girlfriend are not uncommon. Virtual relationships with virtual friends can never replace a true friendship and neither can it replace the warmth of a family.
(I'll skip the CURES part, it's common sense)
It's common to see people engrossed playing Sony PSPs and Nintendo DS while travelling on public transport. There's nothing wrong with gaming when you're using it to pass time. Heck, a game now and then when you're bored is perfectly fine. But when gaming becomes your life's objective, then there is a problem. Cure it while you're still young. 'Cuz there's still time.
But here's one that I wanna type out for other people to see,
Especially to gamers, including me, to see and take note.
REMINDER : All words comes from SP OOPS! Magazine, and none of it is mine
'You Gotta Get A Life'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWBfLOZ2CjQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YerslyzsOpc
Check out these 2 videos. One of them shows an American who literally freaks out when he realises his mother cancelled his World of Warcraft (WoW) account. For those of you who don't know what WoW is, it's basically an online game which gamers have to pay a monthly subscription fee to play. People who play WoW tend to coop themselves up, hours at a time just to play the game so that money spent is worth it.
And althought the video above features an American boy, such erratic behaviour because of gaming is not uncommon in Singapore. Just go to any computer LAN shop in your neighbourhood, and count the number of arguments that occer in an hour. You'll be surprised.
Electronic gaming is a fairly new industry. The first games were created only in the 1970s, and back in those days, the games can be finished in one day so it wasn't easy to get addicted. It's only in recent years that gamers are developing an insatiable addiction for electronic gaming. More and more massive multiplayer online games, or as gamers would call them MMO, are sprouting up and gamers devote their entire free time to such games.
Why do gamers devote such time and effort into such games? To become the best in the game, of course! It's sad to think that people actually find joy in being successful in something where you sit behind a computer screen and do, with no financial reward whatsoever. In fact, you incur extra electrical costs so you're actually spending money.
Not only that, many gamers devote so much time to gaming that they sometime neglect their friends and family. Cases where boyfriends choose to play a game instead of meeting his girlfriend are not uncommon. Virtual relationships with virtual friends can never replace a true friendship and neither can it replace the warmth of a family.
(I'll skip the CURES part, it's common sense)
It's common to see people engrossed playing Sony PSPs and Nintendo DS while travelling on public transport. There's nothing wrong with gaming when you're using it to pass time. Heck, a game now and then when you're bored is perfectly fine. But when gaming becomes your life's objective, then there is a problem. Cure it while you're still young. 'Cuz there's still time.
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