Are eating challenges a sin?
Ok so im a catholic and i just kinda thought of this. Ya know how at restuarants sometimes there is like... a spicy wing challenge, or giant steak challenge, or hotdog eating contest. Perfect example would be MAN VS. FOOD! good tv show. So anyway, ive heard of gluttony. I love God, and im not like.. praising the food or anything! i also run and im pretty skinny. I have never once thought of overeating as a sin!!! I never feel bad or anything! So theres a giant pizza challenge in my area and me and a friend wanna do it. By the time im done, ill probly have a stomach ache im sure, but it does not change my feelings about God or my faith. So is this seriously a sin??? Cause this really sounds crazy! I wanna have fun and eat a giant pizza! and still be a follower of God. I'm probly doin this challenge no matter what cause in my heart i feel no shame in it, and i still feel the same in respect to my faith. S does anyone wanna put their view on this?? Thanks!
Oh noes! you died! the Devil challenges you for your soul, what is your chosen instrument/game/weapon?
I choose Pikachu!
Is gaming better than watching tv?
From a health standpoint, gaming is better than watching TV. Obviously neither are going to do much for your physical health, excluding things like Kinect and Wii motion games. But while watching TV is a passive activity, something you can switch your brain off for, gaming requires thinking, problem solving, rationalizing and focus. Multiple studies point to some pretty surprising benefits of gaming. One study, published in the American Journal of Play(1), found that action games in particular cause long-term improvement in perception, attention, memory and decision making. Another study published by the American Psychological Association(2) found that even violent first-person shooters can greatly improve spacial reasoning skills. While "better" is entirely subjective, games offer more health benefits, promote creativity and social behavior, and of course, provide hours of entertainment for the gamer. So I'd have to say that yes, gaming is better than watching tv. 1-Cognitive Benefits of Playing Video Games 2-Video Games Play May Provide Learning, Health, Social Benefits, Review Finds Further reading- 9 Ways Video Games Can Actually Be Good For You
How do game shows afford to pay contestants?
Your question offers a way to easily see the insight of how television works as a business. Game shows, like other programs, have costs to produce the programs - they have to pay for sets, cameras, talent (the hosts), and also prizes to contestants. Some of the non-money prizes, such as luggage, vacations, or cars is not purchased by the show's producers at full cost, but comes at a discounted rate or even free as publicity from the manufacturer (usually called promotional consideration in the show's closing credits). A cruise line could give away one cruise cabin to a game show in return for that show mentioning which cruise line is providing this great prize. It's great advertising for the prize's company. But what about the money the shows give out? That comes from the show's budget. They figure out how much money the show is likely to give out over the course of the season (and sometimes buy insurance to cover the chance that they have to give out way way more). The producers get revenue for the show from the networks that buy the shows to broadcast. The networks pay for shows to broadcast by selling advertising time to companies who want to promote their goods or services. So, in the end, game show winners get some of the money that TV advertisers pay to the networks, who pay the show producers, who then pay the game show winners. Just in the same way that the actors, and crew of a show get paid. Shows that have higher ratings can afford to pay out bigger jackpots, but usually make the games challenging enough that only a small number of people can win the biggest jackpots (like $1 million). However, there is a branch of the IRS that makes sure that game show winners pay their taxes on game show winnings. There is also a government group that makes sure that game shows are done fairly (that there is no cheating) - the movie "Quiz Show" is a dramatization of a case in the early days of television when a game show was rigged to get higher ratings, and the government investigated that the game was rigged. In the end, television is a business. It makes money. Its customers are the companies that buy advertising. Its product is an audience of viewers to be advertised to, while they watch programming provided by studios. This is why shows get canceled if not enough of the right demographics of viewers watch the shows.