Stereotypes Involved In Video Games

Based on research it shows that most people who are involved in athletics are happier and have a better life stlye. Research also shows that people who sit playing video games all day are not as athletic and sometimes tend to develop bad skills. But have you ever thought about videogames being good for you? Role-playing games. These types of games are when kids act out a video game in real life. Most people, when they hear that, they think what if the game has guns in it? I do not want my kid involved in something that could get them killed. Children and teens are creative and they will use their imagination a lot. I think that role-playing games are diverting because they understand how school can still be fun, they will develop new friendships, and they will learn to be creative.

First off, parents need to be more open minded about this kind of stuff. These days parents are only concerned

about how they kid(s) is doing in school and if they are keep their academics and out of school life balanced. Sometimes these things can be hard for parents to understand because they didn't have these things growing up. But have you ever thought about in role-playing games they could use water guns instead of actual guns. Water guns are so much safer than real guns. For example, the game killer. In an article based off of this game it states, ¨Killer, the last-man standing game of water-pistol ambush, has become a key-end-of-the-year-ritual in several New York City high schools.¨ This piece of evidence already shows that they are not using actual guns, and that it is a game with water-pistols. So stating that high schools already do this and nobody's getting hurt than it proves that it is a diverting game for children to be playing.

Second reason why these types of games are diverting and safe to be playing is because they are celebrating with their friends. After the game is over and there's only one team standing, that team goes out and has dinner together. For this matter, the team is celebrating a win that they just had. In the article ¨High-Jinks: Shoot-out,¨ there is a piece of evidence that states, ¨Since the start of the game, the twelfth grader had been sleeping on futons in a couple of vans borrowed from their parents, the better to pull off a stoop-side ambush and avoid being ambushed themselves.¨ According to this piece of evidence is shows that the kids are having fun in vans and futons and bonding while waiting for their next attack to happen. By the kids letting them do this, it's giving them an opportunity to make new friendships, and get to know the other members of their team.

Thirdly, role-playing games can be fun because the kids and teenagers will learn how to use their creative skills in different ways than in art class, or for a group project.

Sometimes by kids playing video games online it will give them an idea like this. Maybe they were being creative and wanted to have fun, and put the game ¨Killer¨ into real life. By the kids doing this it helps them get an understanding of how the world is not boring all the time, and how they can sometimes have fun. During the game they are saying that they would really suggest playing this just for how creative their kids have become ever since this ritual has started. In an article based on this game it says, ¨The first week kicked off with the upperclassman´s swift massacre of the less disciplined freshman teams.¨ This evidence supports my claim of, how students are using their imagination/creativity because normally groups would go for their friends or people the same age, but by the seniors going for the freshman it shows that they really want to win and they are using a good strategy to do

it.

In the end, role-playing games are diverting for kids to play because they understand how school can still be fun, they will develop new friendships, and they will learn to be creative. The valedictory message of this type of game is to help build into its architecture: school is a safe ground. As the seniors graduate and leave, the game tells the underclassman that the world outside is not. The meaning of this is for kids to understand that the outside world is nothing compared to a videogame.