Although gaming with friends and going to conventions can be fun, staying at home and playing games with family brings enjoyment too. Seeing mother and father’s reactions to a game can cause children to laugh and have fun. Now that board games and puzzles have been made obsolete, video games were bound to target family fun. Many games have been created specifically for families to enjoy.
One way to tell if a game is appropriate for family fun would involve looking at the game’s rating. The Progress & Freedom Foundation, a liberal think tank in Washington, calculated that over 80% of most popular video and computer games of the past five years were rated “E” for everyone or “T” for teen (Visscher). From this information, one can assume that they should not have a problem finding a game to play, but a game rated “E” would probably have a better outcome. One popular family game is the colorful game Splatoon. This game is a non-violent alternative to shooting games, for it puts players against each other …show more content…
An example of one of these outcomes the brain activity and healthiness of an adolescent when it plays a video game. Play in childhood provides the first impulse in the development of a healthy life, both physically and psychologically (Marengo). However, one must play the correct games to stimulate this brain activity. The most common games fall under the categories of educational and brain games.
Adolescents need ways to gain knowledge, for without knowledge they could find themselves in many tricky situation. Children must learn this knowledge in ways suited for them. Some children can listen and learn, while others watch and learn, but there are some who can do neither. These children are kinesthetic learners, people who learn by physically doing. These individuals have a harder time prospering in a traditional classroom setting (Petche). For these types of children, teachers sometimes turn to video
One way to tell if a game is appropriate for family fun would involve looking at the game’s rating. The Progress & Freedom Foundation, a liberal think tank in Washington, calculated that over 80% of most popular video and computer games of the past five years were rated “E” for everyone or “T” for teen (Visscher). From this information, one can assume that they should not have a problem finding a game to play, but a game rated “E” would probably have a better outcome. One popular family game is the colorful game Splatoon. This game is a non-violent alternative to shooting games, for it puts players against each other …show more content…
An example of one of these outcomes the brain activity and healthiness of an adolescent when it plays a video game. Play in childhood provides the first impulse in the development of a healthy life, both physically and psychologically (Marengo). However, one must play the correct games to stimulate this brain activity. The most common games fall under the categories of educational and brain games.
Adolescents need ways to gain knowledge, for without knowledge they could find themselves in many tricky situation. Children must learn this knowledge in ways suited for them. Some children can listen and learn, while others watch and learn, but there are some who can do neither. These children are kinesthetic learners, people who learn by physically doing. These individuals have a harder time prospering in a traditional classroom setting (Petche). For these types of children, teachers sometimes turn to video