Role playing Games are spiritual Risk, Who knew?

[Archaea]

http://mormontimes.com/WC_education.php?id=1921

This bs peddled to Mormon masses is truly amazing. I only stumble upon this through reading the Snews looking for BYU sports news.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by Archaea

http://mormontimes.com/WC_education.php?id=1921

This bs peddled to Mormon masses is truly amazing. I only stumble upon this through reading the Snews looking for BYU sports news.

So now it is World of Warcraft that is to blame for teenage woes? I remember in the not so distant past that Marilyn Manson was the root of all evil. When I was growing up, it was Ozzy Ozbourne.

when my son gets older, I will simply pay some hot teenage woman to come to our house and tell him that excessive video game playing will prevent him from making out with chicks.

That should be more persuasive than any conference talk on the subject.

[exUte]

Originally Posted by Archaea

http://mormontimes.com/WC_education.php?id=1921

This bs peddled to Mormon masses is truly amazing. I only stumble upon this through reading the Snews looking for BYU sports news.

http://mormontimes.com/WC_education.php?id=3625

Extermination doesn't mean death? So I call in the exterminator to spray our house for pests, I can't expect the spray to kill the pests?

I guess the message was misunderstood by those who did kill the saints.

Who came up with mormontimes anyway?

[SoCalCoug]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

when my son gets older, I will simply pay some hot teenage woman to come to our house and tell him that excessive video game playing will prevent him from making out with chicks.

Will she charge you extra for that?

[Sleeping in EQ]

Most professors of computer science have had exactly zero training in assessing "addiction." But he's smart to use that language because Mormons have a way of lapping that stuff up.

There can be unhealthy video game use (and the reason I know this is that I've read the research and teach a class on video games and virtuality), but role playing itself is often healthy. The research suggests that teenagers playing Dungeons & Dragons, for example, often benefit from increased creativity, work well in groups, are goal oriented, and socialize well in adulthood (which shouldn't surprise, as role playing games have a strong rehearsal element to them). Yes, there is the stereotype of the undateable male working at the comic book store in the mall, but that's the exception.

In retrospect, warnings from the pulpit about D&D being from Satan seem absurd.

[Solon]

Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

In retrospect, warnings from the pulpit about D&D being from Satan seem absurd.

I remember these warnings about Dungeons and Dragons. According to my parents, playing warlock or whatever (I've never played) invited the devil into your home. Every once in awhile, someone at church would tell a story about throwing the game out into the trash can, only to have it re-assemble itself overnight, presumably the work of dark forces.

In retrospect, my parents' prohibitions against this game were probably divinely inspired. Playing that game as a youngster is flirting with a lifetime of comic-book, sci-fi geekiness. Some get out, sure. But many don't.

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

Most professors of computer science have had exactly zero training in assessing "addiction." But he's smart to use that language because Mormons have a way of lapping that stuff up.

There can be unhealthy video game use (and the reason I know this is that I've read the research and teach a class on video games and virtuality), but role playing itself is often healthy. The research suggests that teenagers playing Dungeons & Dragons, for example, often benefit from increased creativity, work well in groups, are goal oriented, and socialize well in adulthood (which shouldn't surprise, as role playing games have a strong rehearsal element to them). Yes, there is the stereotype of the undateable male working at the comic book store in the mall, but that's the exception.

In retrospect, warnings from the pulpit about D&D being from Satan seem absurd.

video games light up the same part of your brain as crack/cocaine, according to one prominent neuroscientist, Daniel Amen.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

video games light up the same part of your brain as crack/cocaine, according to one prominent neuroscientist, Daniel Amen.

the pleasure center? God forbid we do anything that gives us pleasure. Man is that he might have suckiness.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

video games light up the same part of your brain as crack/cocaine, according to one prominent neuroscientist, Daniel Amen.

So does Chuck E Cheese.

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

the pleasure center? God forbid we do anything that gives us pleasure. Man is that he might have suckiness.

no, not the pleasure center, some other area.