Video games affect on psychological Heath

[Julian gabriel]

First off I am not saying that video games are harmful, I just think it’s an interesting topic since reality is similar in many ways to a video game, and for various other reasons.
         Most of the most popular video games seem to be about harming the none player characters in the game. GTA 5 is about being a criminal, Assassins creed is about assassinating people, call of duty is about shooting people and so on. I wonder if the craving to play games like this is born of a craving for violence which is suppressed in everyday life in order to maintain a functioning society.

what affect do you think games like this would have on a developing mind? 

 

Edited May 6, 2021 by Julian gabriel

[Osaid]

I don't think it has much of an affect, at least in my experience. I played plenty of violent games when I was young and it didn't really make me violent or anything, I'm the exact opposite.

I think the only way it would affect someone like that is if the person already had issues and the video game provided an ideology that helped encourage those issues to grow. Most people realize that it is just a video game and that everything displayed wouldn't fly in real life.

Otherwise, when it comes to the addictive aspect, I think video games are like eating cake or drinking alcohol. It has potential for bad and also good. Enjoy in moderation.

14 hours ago, Julian gabriel said:

I wonder if the craving to play games like this is born of a craving for violence which is suppressed in everyday life in order to maintain a functioning society.

I think most people play for the mechanics and plot, not strictly for violence. People usually don't rate games based on how violent they are. The thing with FPS games is that you somehow have to make the game make sense in regards to it being an FPS (First Person Shooter), and generally the idea that comes to mind with that genre is that you shoot things/people, so it is hard to not have it be somewhat violent.

I'm sure there are video games that cater to people who like more violent things, but I think it is a niche thing and doesn't necessarily apply to popular violent games such as COD and Assassin's Creed. There probably is a group of people out there who crave violence, and they would enjoy games related to that. We have boxing as a sport after all. But, I don't think most people are focusing on the degree of violence when they pick out a game like COD.

I think the much bigger problem with video games is how addictive it can be, rather than how violent it is.

[Lyubov]

it's not such a big problem but I agree that the rating system should be respected and little kids don't need to be playing violent games. fantasy is an important and healthy part of the human experience. it's fine for people to explore fantasy through video games. it's fun and a way to experience stuff in a safe way that otherwise wouldn't be safe. I think it comes down to moderation. some people just get totally addicted to fantasy when they need more of a balance.

[Moksha]

Violence in video games is not the issue. Addiction to video games, even Farm Town on Facebook (which my mom played daily), is the issue, since any form of addiction is ultimately egoic.

[Julian gabriel]

@Moksha agreed thank u.