'video Games Make Kids Fat, Violent'

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  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    Been said. No one listens. They're nothing but attention grabbers nowadays.
  • TrevelyanTrevelyan Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14834Members
    edited March 2004
    i think getting old makes you stupid *points at link*

    /me F4s out of discussion

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+Mar 3 2004, 12:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Mar 3 2004, 12:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> at least ours improves reflexes and requires thinking. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Television can be intelligent as well, not all of it is the latest reality show. Programs can make you think.

    Stereotypes are bad. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I enjoy the history channel, Tech TV, Some natural geograpic (some nature channel... not sure what it is yet), and for some insanity i watch adult swim every night (cept friday <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) religiously. TV has nothing else for me.
  • voogruvoogru Naturally Modified (ex. NS programmer) Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1827Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    Gaming makes you fat?

    You know, If you saw me in real life, I'm probably the most skinny person you will ever meet, 110 pounds and 5'11.
  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    It <b>has</b> been proved that gaming does increase your reflexes drastically, along with improving object recognition.

    Also, what about Dance Dance Revolution? I have a metal DDR pad and DDRMAX2 at home. I know I gorge myself with pizza, potato chips, and soft drinks while playing it. Arcade developers are coming out with games that use either larger physical buttons or clever sensor placement to actually get you to move for the game.

    Newer games, like Far Cry, have AI that actually does make you really think about what to do. And I like RPGs and puzzle games as much as the next fat homocidal anti-social maniac.
  • StarchyStarchy Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15727Members, Constellation
    edited March 2004
    America makes kids fat...
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Starchy+Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Starchy @ Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> America makes kids fat...
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    smartest thing said in this thread yet =P

    I'm one of the most hardcore gamers around, and I'm a really skinny tree-hugging hippie.
  • XiileXiile Join Date: 2003-02-22 Member: 13818Members
    edited March 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Starchy+Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Starchy @ Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> America makes kids fat...
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    Yeah, I agree with you even though I live in America. There's so many fat people at the school I go to, at least 75% of them.

    Except for the fact that I'm 14 years old and 100 Lbs.

    But I hate trees, cause I live in the middle of a forest (I'm in a development type of thing)and its the only thing you EVER see <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> (take that Disco! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> )

    EDIT: Oh and Transmission I recently tested my reaction time and it measured .09 seconds first try...
  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    edited March 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->With a gun in one hand wearing a moomoo<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    ROFL.

    Classic. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    <b>Edit:</b> Oh, and I disagree heartily that video games make people fat.

    I spent my whole summer working and lifting weights after work. When I got home I'd play NS all night long, wake up at 10ish, go to work and repeat the whole process over again. I was in good shape over the summer, but school has deteriorated the amount of time I have to work out and still earn money. So if we're going to make conclusions like that, school has made me out of shape again.

    I say we burn down the schools. <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • StarchyStarchy Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15727Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-XeroSlayer+Mar 3 2004, 03:35 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (XeroSlayer @ Mar 3 2004, 03:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Starchy+Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Starchy @ Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> America makes kids fat...
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    But I hate trees, cause I live in the middle of a forest (I'm in a development type of thing)and its the only thing you EVER see (take that Disco! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
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    o_O! Oh really, any fat people on your 'development type thing' ? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • StarchyStarchy Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15727Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-DiscoZombie+Mar 3 2004, 03:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Mar 3 2004, 03:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Starchy+Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Starchy @ Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> America makes kids fat...
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    smartest thing said in this thread yet =P

    I'm one of the most hardcore gamers around, and I'm a really skinny tree-hugging hippie. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Same....I think <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-dr.d+Mar 1 2004, 06:13 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (dr.d @ Mar 1 2004, 06:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Here's a horrible social experiment, ok everyone

    A.) Name 10 US presidents

    B.) Name 10 junk food products. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    In all fairness there are only 43 presidents, while there's hundreds of junkfoods. I'm sure if there were 4300 presidents, people would be able to name more of them.

    And honestly, everyone (in the US) who doesn't know the famous presidents - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, (maybe Truman, although he's a bit more obscure), John Kennedy and the current Dubbya - should be deported to a country they do know the leaders of (and depedning on their age they should also know Clinton, Bush Sr., Reagan and Nixon). If they don't know any country's leaders...then they get to be dropped off in the middle of the ocean...because the ocean doesn't have leaders.

    Then, for junk food, you could just pick a type of junkfood and get 10.

    Name 10 candybars...
    Name 10 potato chip types...
    Name 10 Little Debbie snacks (pretty sure there's at least 10)...
    Name 10 Sodas...
    et cetera



    In all honesty, I play video games because there's nothing else to do. I'd be watching TV if I weren't...and that's worse than anything for your metabolism.

    The only way someone's going to convince me video games make people fat, cause violence or cause death in any other way is with long, in-depth, unbiased studes. Video games haven't been around long enough for any of those (especially in their modern form).

    Oh no!!!! the blinking red seeweed is going to touch my blocky yellow sub....kill kill killl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    ...bah. Although, I'm pretty sure I had an atari game where you sold stuff and were running out of a mall or something.
  • dr_ddr_d Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14979Members
    Like I said this is a blitz from corporate media to try to keep adults (35+) from playing video games.

    Honestly I'm sure if most of America didn't believe in this stigma over games so many more adults would be playing games instead of watching TV.

    Plus I never liked TV, comercials always seem so demeaning to me, it's like "hey you're going to watch something you don't want to for 3 minutes just because you're too lazy to change the channel, but even if you do every other station is running the same thing."

    There's something wrong with a 30 minute program having 16 minutes of comercials.
  • MrMojoMrMojo Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9882Members, Constellation
    America caused all my problems. I'm suing <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    Video games let me shoot at myself with a shotgun, tell about it on IRC, catch the bullets, spin the shotgun around, and fire it back at the person who tried to shish-kebab my head.
  • XiileXiile Join Date: 2003-02-22 Member: 13818Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Starchy+Mar 3 2004, 05:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Starchy @ Mar 3 2004, 05:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-XeroSlayer+Mar 3 2004, 03:35 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (XeroSlayer @ Mar 3 2004, 03:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Starchy+Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Starchy @ Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> America makes kids fat...
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    But I hate trees, cause I live in the middle of a forest (I'm in a development type of thing)and its the only thing you EVER see (take that Disco! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
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    o_O! Oh really, any fat people on your 'development type thing' ? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    How did you guess! Right up the road! XD
  • FailSafeFailSafe Join Date: 2004-03-02 Member: 27040Members, Constellation
    Well, I say McDonalds makes kids and adults fat. And because there are many more fast food places around in America, then yeah, America DOES make people fat. It's also the fact that Coke, Pepsi, and other soda drinks, are full of empty calories. It's the horse steriods they put in those hamburgers I say!

    And anyways, blaming the gaming industry for making kids fat is like blaming the fish for the huge s*** that the dog made on the brand new couch.

    [off topic]Has anyone else noticed that the gorge is overweight too? Is that symbolism from the NS team or what? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> [/off topic]
  • NavckNavck Join Date: 2004-02-11 Member: 26424Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-dr.d+Mar 1 2004, 07:13 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (dr.d @ Mar 1 2004, 07:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Actually I think at this point corporations are more worried about losing TV ratings to video games because it is a lot harder to run endless amounts of comercials on your copy of FF-X or Halo.


    PS once video games start to have comercials I am moving....




    ....to the moon.


    On a horrible side note I have actually heard attempts to implement comercials into MMORPGs such as EverQuest

    *Entering Loading Zone*

    Enjoy Pepsi

    /me pukes.



    Here's a horrible social experiment, ok everyone

    A.) Name 10 US presidents

    B.) Name 10 junk food products. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Social experiment/?

    A1:President Bush, the one in office
    A2:President Clinton, he did a bad thing
    A3:President George W Bush, daddy of the current one
    And the rest are the ones you commonly known in education
    Wow, looks like I'm not into history. Is that wrong. No

    Junkfood
    B1:Hamburger
    B2:Soda
    B3:Frys
    B4:Chicken Nuggets
    *Starts swearing for not knowning junk food well*
    See, I don't eat fatty junk.

    Reporter:Lets make millions by calling gamers insane physco murders and make the gamers suffer and make mental hospitals own them.
    Reporter 2(drunk):Duhhhh surrzzz buddyzz

    They're in it for money and to have their name published. They'll do about anything in lies to get their name

    Reporter:This young man appears to be a insane murder, bla bla bla
    And the rest is about his past, but he hasn't done anything, he got in a few fights with "thugs" trying to rob him
    Now people look at him and go:NOOOO HES GONA KILL US ALLL RUNNNN
    Because they read the newspaper.
    Reporter:So what if I ruined his life, no one knows except him and his personal friends, now I'm FAMOUS!! *Does dance*

    Then probly this happens
    Person:*Murders reporter*
    Reporter 2:HEY I CAN MAKE TONS OF MONEY AND BE FAMOUS FOR THIS STORY AND BE PROMOTED AT LAST BECAUSE OF HIS DEATH!!! *Makes story about murder and gets published and is happy for rest of life due to that person murdered the reporter*

    Really, its not 105% out of 100% its the games fault. Its more of the person who pushes pressure on then gamers.

    And its the people who don't say it right, but even if they do, reporters mess it up.
    Reporter:Why do you play violent bloody games
    My good response:Its a game, hey, I have replica guns, am I going to go become a crazy murder because its fun to kill? NO. Its a game, you get points for shooting aliens, maybe just a "fake" person. I have never wanted to harm a person, but I would rather harm my self if I had that feeling.

    Reporter published:He says its a game and has many toy guns and target, but its not a human target. He then says he rather would hurt him self. Now see how those games made him want to sudicide

    Me:*Is **** off and punchs him in the face later when he comes back quite happy*

    Reporter 2:DEAR PEOPLE HATE THIS PERSON NOW DUE TO HIS VIOLENT ACTION AND LIE OF WHAT HE SAID

    Me:I SAID RATHER NOT SUDICIDE OR ANYTHING
    Reporter 2:YOU VIOLENT HULK INSANO GAHHH!!!
    Reporter 2 publishes another story ruining my life

    What was said above was fake, but that is an example of reporters

    And unluckly a ctrl alt del online isn't up(comic) which they had a nice and funny example of what they mean of fear caused by reporters
    They ruin your life for their gain. Its just the world

    Remember, if the story isn't DRAMATIC enough, it doesn't make it in
  • StarchyStarchy Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15727Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-XeroSlayer+Mar 3 2004, 10:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (XeroSlayer @ Mar 3 2004, 10:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Starchy+Mar 3 2004, 05:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Starchy @ Mar 3 2004, 05:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-XeroSlayer+Mar 3 2004, 03:35 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (XeroSlayer @ Mar 3 2004, 03:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Starchy+Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Starchy @ Mar 3 2004, 02:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> America makes kids fat...
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    But I hate trees, cause I live in the middle of a forest (I'm in a development type of thing)and its the only thing you EVER see (take that Disco! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
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    o_O! Oh really, any fat people on your 'development type thing' ? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    How did you guess! Right up the road! XD <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    hehe.. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • StarchyStarchy Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15727Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Sirus+Mar 2 2004, 12:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sirus @ Mar 2 2004, 12:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Here's a horrible social experiment, ok everyone



    B.) Name 10 junk food products. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    Ruffles
    Lays
    Hostess thingys
    Baby Ruth


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