This document discusses definitions, types, effects, and solutions regarding video games. It defines video games as electronic games involving human interaction through a user interface. It describes three main types: casual games which are easy to access and understand; serious games designed to convey information or learning; and educational games which educate to improve the person. The effects of video game addiction discussed are preoccupation, health problems like backaches and eyestrain, and suffering relationships. Solutions proposed are engaging in activities like sports teams, taking proper rest, and maintaining good communication with partners.
1. Name: Muhammad Iqbal Ikhram
Student ID: B1400987
Subject: MCH 106 Info Tech,Mass Media and Society
2. Definitions of Videogame
A video game is an electronic game that involves human
interaction with a user interface to generate visual
feedback on a video device.
3. Type of Video Game
Casual games
Casual games derive their name from their ease of
accessibility, simple to understand gameplay and quick
to grasp rule sets.
Example:
Crazy Frog Racer, Shrek: Super Party, Spice World
4. Serious games
Serious games are games that are designed primarily to
convey information or a learning experience of some
sort to the player. Some serious games may even fail to
qualify as a video game in the traditional sense of the
term
Example:
Darfur is Dying , Finding Zoe, and In The Balance
5. Educational games
Educational game is not different with serious game
but the purpose based on the title to educate people to
be better person than before. Video game can to be
alternative for people absorb the lesson
Example:
Driving test software
Interactive geometry software
Language learning software
6. The effect of video game
Preoccupation
A video game addiction can be harmful if your child is
unable or unwilling to participate in any interests or
extracurricular activities other than gaming. The On-
Line Gamers Anonymous website notes that it may be
a sign of an addiction if your child is constantly
thinking about his next video game session, devising
ways to get back to the game, abandoning former
hobbies that don’t relate to video games or declining
social events with personal interaction because he's
spending time discussing video games on the Internet.
9. Health Problems
If your child spends all of his free time playing video
games and skips meals or loses sleep because of
excessive game play, a video game addiction can
negatively impact his health. Children who spend
more than two hours a day in front of a television or
video games in lieu of participating in physical activity
may suffer from childhood obesity. In addition, the
University of Texas at Dallas notes that the addiction
can lead to such medical issues as backaches,
headaches, eyestrain and carpal tunnel syndrome--
pain and numbness that your child may feel in his
wrists, hands, shoulders and elbows.
10. Some health problems example by addicted to playing
videogames:
Backaches Eyestrain Carple tunnel syndrome
11. Suffering Relationships
Relationships with friends and family members
may suffer if your child is spending more time
gaming than he is talking to or going out with
loved ones. The On-Line Gamers Anonymous
website notes that gaming may be negatively
affecting your child's life if he only wants to talk
about video games, lies to cover up the amount of
time he spends playing, and argues with you over
his excessive gaming.
12.
13. Solution for this problem
Doing some activities:
If you dont have any job or something to do,will be
better for you doing some activities especially will give
positive effects. It will be makes you far from
preoccupation and you can be better person. For
example: Join the football team,study club,music club
or organization. Beside you get some extra
knowledge,you can achieve something from that.
18. More rest,dont distract your resting time:
This is the crucial one,becuase this is influence your
health. If you cant control your sleeping time it will be
fatal for you. Make sure you sleep at the exact time,8
hours its very proportional sleeping to recharge our
energy and make us more productive. Believe it or
not,our sleeping habit influence our work. So,stop it
playing game too much until dawn and take a rest
earlier.
20. Make good communication with your partner:
Yes,the problem of suffering relationship is lack of
communication between each other. One of the all
factors is our partner always looking their game than
their partner. Tell to your partner that playing game
more than normal time is not good for them and it is
makes them losing attention for you. That is good way
to start the conversation while you make a better
communication for your partner. Believe me,if you can
realize them,they can give attention for you again.
22. In conclusion:
We know there are advantage and disadvantage of
using video games as our entertainment but remember
always take the good one of that. Dont make it as
problem in our life.