What is virtual reality and what should it be?

Virtual reality is exactly what it says it is, it's a form reality but virtual or computerized, though lately it has been hyped up quite a lot, it is still in it's very early stages and in development. From what we've seen so far though it looks to very much change the very face of the computer world as well as parts that most would think it wouldn't effect.

Virtual reality even in it's early stages has shown to have the potential to do some serious good in the would in many ways other than increasing your gamer score. It has show to have applications in the medical industry to help better train doctors and nurses without the serious risk of losing a patient, or training soldiers to better survive battle by fighting in a simulation and increasing their survival chances in a real battle.

The future of virtual reality is blurry and unknown at this time but what is certain is that is coming and coming fast so we need to expect it and be prepared for some big changes in the world.

Game "Addiction"

Game "addiction" as so many people are calling it now, is unfortunately a real and growing problem in the gaming world, but first before we get into that area I'll talk about what game addiction actually is.

The word addiction means to have an uncontrollable craving for a substance you inject, inhale or how ever you can get into you, making the term game addiction moot.
Yes you have cravings to get back into a game and level up and make your character all the more stronger but the word "addiction" doesn't apply here, so we'll call it "a sever love of video games" for now.

Now this is a serious problem in the world and it does affect people's lives in a shockingly negative way and does have long term after effects such as anxiety, depression and other rather negative mental health issues. They effect diet as well but I personally don't think that's as big a problem as depression and anxiety, so we'll stick to these fun topics for now.

When a person plays games in order to escape your reality then it is a problem and will lead to more problems and more and more, there aren't many ways we know of as yet to combat this issue, it's mainly up to the player to overcome this problem, but there is support for these people and people that care for them that I'm sure will help them.

In the near future at the rate of this problem is going, ways to professionally combat this issue further will appear it's is simply a matter of time.

-Lloyd Clasby

Violence in the world of games.

What makes a game too violent? Is it when there is simply too many deaths and guns? Is it when the motivation behind the violence makes it too much? Or is it when angry parents (over baring mothers) and large religious organizations say "it's too much".
This is a subject that has been plaguing the game industry and their developers since the early days of gaming.

On one side we have a massive amounts of people claiming violent video games cause violence and even to go as far as to claim they are used to train to use guns and ways to kill people, none of these claims have been proven to be true, in fact the have been proven wrong multiple times by countless studdies.

The studies into wether or not games cause violence have shown that games do quite the opisate and lower violence and the aggression people feel every day.

There is a fine line between real violence and video game violence, our brains are wired to tell the difference, no matter how "realistic" game violence is, we as people will be able to look at it and think "that's not real".