New computer games are being designed that are more complicated and realistic than ever before. Games that require more dexterity and quick thinking. The most popular of these are Role Playing Games. You are what you play and some of these games are actually quite good in preparing game players for possible employment. Some other games place the harsh realities of life in such a nonchalant attitude that the mind can no longer tell good from bad, or at least what is acceptable behavior and what is not. When someone lives a life of constant anger in their real every day environment and then escapes to a fantasy world that has the same atmosphere, anger will be the norm.
Aside from the more and more realistic sports computer games, the most popular games are games of violence like games of war , fantasy role playing, and criminal gang activity.
Kids, teens, and preppies are most likely not going to use their gaming experience from War Games, like Call to Duty II and most adventure role playing games, to commit the same violence in the real world. Games like Grand Theft Auto however have no real practical application in the real world except to disrespect authority, learn criminal tactics, and commit random act of violence on women and innocent people. Games like Grand Theft Auto plant the seed that you can profit from robbing and doing drugs and advance your position in your gang.
The Fantasy Role Playing Games may have too much graphic violence, but for the most part you can mentally leave the game behind you when you quit the game, unlike games like Grand Theft Auto where those thoughts are more represented in the daily news. Fantasy Role Playing Games require more creativity to advance and allow for strategic thought. War games also require more intelligent and strategic thought like those based on games like chess.
War Games also have a real practical application in that it trains the young for the future of real military. There are more unmanned aircraft being used and more robotics being used that incorporate the same principles as the war games. Even the aircraft simulators for the computer can help teach you how to fly a plane.
Nothing good comes from games like Grand Theft Auto.
