Author Topic: Are video games sinful? (Read 4045 times)

Charlemagne · « **Reply #15 on:** December 31, 2014, 09:07:16 AM »

Agreed, BTNYC. I didn't mean to imply that they were intrinsically sinful. We allow our children to play them, but they're monitored and have time limits.

BTNYC · « **Reply #16 on:** December 31, 2014, 09:18:15 AM »

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Agreed, BTNYC. I didn't mean to imply that they were intrinsically sinful. We allow our children to play them, but they're monitored and have time limits.

Same here. On the occasions when I play, I allow my eldest son (age six) to join me. There are times when he becomes over-frustrated (and, left unsupervised, would easily become as angry as you described yourself becoming as a youngster) and that's when I know it's time to walk away. But I find it has improved his hand-eye coordination and also provides a good opportunity to teach him what it means to be a good loser.

Graham · « **Reply #17 on:** December 31, 2014, 01:04:33 PM »

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[...] provides a good opportunity to teach him what it means to be a good loser.

I take it you never let him beat you.

BTNYC · « **Reply #18 on:** January 02, 2015, 09:22:20 AM »

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[...] provides a good opportunity to teach him what it means to be a good loser.

I take it you never let him beat you.

Well, it's not so much that since the games we play are not directly competitive (we're talking very old, very simple things like Pac Man and Space Invaders). But he sees that I am (obviously) more competant in my gameplay than he is. This fact sometimes causes him to become frustrated (as it does when his attempts at drawing don't look as realistic as mine), and it then becomes my duty to teach him to channel that frustration into a determination to persevere and improve (obviously I'm referring more specifically to drawing than to video games here) and not to simply give in to frustration and quit.