Why do parents hate video games?
I don't play video games that much and when I do it's mainly just to relax and talk to my friends. I do have a life other than games and all of my friends on Xbox I know in real life. I hardly play during the week but on weekends when I'm not busy I'll be playing from 10 PM to 1 AM. When my mom notices I'm playing she always makes a comment like "oh of course you are playing those games." Like I said it's just a hobby and I use it to talk to my school friends. The thing that gets me is that my brother and her watch TV for hours and hours. I don't understand her generation's logic. The games I play are either social games with my friends (COD or NBA) or historically based story games (AC). That's MUCH better than mindlessly sitting in front if the TV doing and learning nothing. She also is no longer allowing me to buy games now, even with my own money! I can understand she wants me to save for college but she won't even let me use gift cards! She hates games! Could someone give me some insight on this messed up logic?
Why do parents hate Video Games?
This mainly applys to my father. I don't get why he hates games. He has no reason other than I'm not playing in the streets of my Apartment. He had the NES, Atari, Gameboy, Koleco, Koleco Vision, Play Station 1-2, and the original Mac (where you could play those old Floppy Disk games). He also had a cool Transformer watch and pacman game watch. What do I have you may ask. Well I have a crap PC (that's broken), a 3DS (that my mom bought me), Xbox One (that's at my moms and bought me), and the ******* Wii U (that's at my dads (also so my dad has a reason to let me go amiibo hunting)). if you look at that the most inappropriate thing on a 3DS or Wii U is the binding of Issac. So what's his deal? He rarely did sports when he was my age. Please help meh.
Why do parents hate video games.?
Last night I left from school at 9:20 arrived home at 10:00 took a shower played my Xbox from about 10:30 to 1:00 AM with my girlfriend. My dad got up to turn off my little brother's TV.Then comes in my room and shuts off my TV and tells me to turn off my Xbox. I was not talking loud because I have turtle beach headphones which are very sensitive to sound I have no need to be yelling or shouting. I wake up this morning and find my father took my Xbox. Now I do have a job I went to work from 6:00 AM until 2:00 PM today work everyday aside from Mondays and Wednesday when I have school. Why is my father OK with me watching TV rather than play a video game. TV rots your brain way more than a video game would with TV or movies you just sit there brain dead watching people do crap like all my dad watches is this true blood crap on HBO or some other stuff on there, or he'll watch football stuff like that. Video games there are actually problems you have to solve I can say some video games like gears of war my favorite game is a little crazy but I'm 18 i can handle it but there are a lot of other games i like to play which require some thinking rather than just sitting there in a daze. People waste just as much time watching TV as playing a game they are both sources of entertainment. He also throws it in my face that he bought me this Xbox over 6 years ago I can't stand it. I can always go buy a new Xbox but what for. I should so he can't take it from me any longer. Can someone tell me why parents hate games so much, and what should I do buy a new Xbox or what because I already buy all of my games for it and pay for Xbox live.
My parents hate video games?
Sorry to hear that. There is a lot of misunderstanding around games and gamers (and a lot of stereotypes) that people can buy into. Truth is that they are more interactive than sitting watching TV or reading a book. They can be highly social, have in depth lore, good puzzle solving, or just be a load of fun.
Why do parents and the media hate video games?
I know that parents and the media have had something to blame from each generation, for example, in the 60's it was comic books, 70's it was television, 80's it was heavy metal music, 90's-2000's video games. But why video games, is that what is to blame in this generation, will we have something to blame in the next generation? When it comes to the media, I see this more with conservative based news, I don't really see the liberals basing video games that much. But everyone knows that conservative news sources are always one sided anyway, take Fox news for example.
Why do parents hate video games and not tv?
I get that people shouldn't be playing 4+ hours of xbox a day but i play 2 hours everyday and that's it. I asked for an xbox for christmas, they got me one and it seems that the longer i have the xbox, the angrier they get. They don't care if i watch tv for hours but they get angry when i even play the xbox for a little bit. I get my homework done, i get my chores done (and there definitely is not only a couple of those) and yet they still get mad. I like to play sports, I do bowling and i like ultimate Frisbee (but i can't play it because no one likes it at my school) and i can't exactly go outside and do fun things and activities because they are "afraid of the people on the streets nowadays". What should i do? Hell, i even love to read. I, even with my homework and 2 hours of xbox and school and sleep, manage to read between 2 and 4 hours a day. They can't blame me for not trying to do other stuff. Sorry for rambling. Any info would be nice! Thanks!
Why do parents hate video games and computers?
I'm 15. I play first chair french horn, get As in all of my subjects, and am on a swim team. I use the computer and play video games a ton of the time though... I play M games like Dead Island and Saint's Row... and I'm not a violent person... but it seems media, my school and many parents HATE computers. My parents are fine with it. I'm a healthy and smart person. It's fun and many games teach you new things... so why do people hate violent video games and computers?
Why do parents hate anime and video games for?
People tend to be hostile towards anything outside their realm of familiarity, and this is especially true of older people, who are more set in their ways and less receptive to new ideas. There are good evolutionary reasons why this is the case, but now we live in a world that is changing too fast for our ideas to keep up. As a result, every new generation has some new things they adopt into their culture that older generations don't like. In the 1920s it was jazz and radio and so on, in the 1950s it was rock music and television, in the 1960s and 1970s it was drugs and hippie counterculture, the 1980s had rap and punk/goth style, and now in the 1990s and 2000s we have stuff like computer games and anime shuffled into that role. And as your generation ages, those younger than you will soon find something new that you won't like either. It's not clear that there's any real 'cure' for this. It's really deeply ingrained in human psychology. That said, if you just want to keep your parents off your back, it might work to remind them about the things they liked when they were young that weren't accepted by the adults around them at that time. Because they had stuff like that, for sure. Some people are open-minded enough that even if they won't accept new things, they can at least see the parallel and respect your preferences.