First, video game production is an exciting, sophisticated, complex
industry that involves every kind of expert. Video games are highly creative
which is what draws the audience to them in the first place. Someone who
doesn’t like doing homework is ‘sure as hell’ not going to sit down in front of
some video console unless they really want to. Video games open up whole new
worlds that gamers can step into. Video games are highly instructive allowing
the gamer to experience events or contemplate them in a dimension out of harms
way.
I am a Dad, soccer coach and work in the entertainment industry.
Julien Pierre (10), Sebastien (13) and I have been playing for a while
now but every time we buy a new adventure game (Uncharted 3, Assassin’s Creeds)
the phenomena recurs. We sit together in front of that TV screen for hours,
cheering for one another, sharing the remote control, exchanging turns,
commenting on level difficulties or on graphics quality. Triggered by the
amount of energy and passion even mom will join the party.
It is true that most times after dinner we gradually migrate to
different individual activities, TV, iPad, Iphone, PC. It’s not hard to misinterpret
such moments as evidence that technology has become an alienating force in the
contemporary home. I remember watching black and white TV programs with my
parents, we all had
conversations during the commercials, even if it was just to say, “Wasn’t that
stupid?” Then again, the popularity of television led to decades of ‘experts’
questioning its negative impact. There is nothing passive about video gaming
and it is nothing like ‘watching TV’. I haven’t got an avatar yet but I’m working
on it and there are several of the ten top video games on our list.
Christophe
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