Gaming - Good or Bad?

Sunday, January 16, 2011

My grandparents is keeping fit with Wii!

I'm not saying about mine grandparents are playing Wii now, but the elderly definitely had reaped some of the benefits that the Wii has to offer for them! Research shown that the elderly who had used the Wii Fit for their entertainment purposes had shown better improvements than younger people who are playing with the console.
Source : http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/01/phys-ed-why-wii-fit-is-best-for-grandparents/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Games makes people smart!





  • Educational games are made for educational purposes!

  • Mind stimulation games stimulate our mind like bejeweled and crossword puzzles.

  • Social gaming on Facebook like farmville, cityville helps to maintain our social networks!
  • Gaming does reduce stress! (Play Smart, likewise work smart too!)


But games that made for entertainment purposes? Real-time strategy games like Warcraft III
Well, research has shown that they helps to cognitive skills and people could visualize things and solve problems faster! Source:  http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles//16game-2/Article/
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10 comments:

  1. Kimberlyn TanJanuary 19, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    Are you serious!! Warcraft can help cognitive skills and people could visualise things and solve question faster?? than i should start playing ~~
    But it really depends, sometime people are just fast in gaming world but not in real world because in gaming world they will put in their 100% to win while in real world like studying for exam, will people put in their 100 %? the answer may be No~~

    People can play maple everyday and say is to train to level up. If they use this play everyday to study everyday, do you think this will happen ? I doubt so.. so is really depend..

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  2. newmediascapesJanuary 20, 2011 at 12:56 AM

    I actually read an article that mentioned that a guy was hired based on the fact that he's a guild master and hence would have a lot of leadership experience!!

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  3. WONG THAI JINJanuary 20, 2011 at 1:38 AM

    Interesting! Are there any other games besides War Craft that is beneficial?

    I feel that gaming is ok if it is used as a mean to relieve stress. Poly students like us, dont even get the time to play any games at all :( Ok, not really, but the point is, any games in generally is quite useful actually as long as we don't be addicted and neglect our studies.

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  4. VeraJanuary 22, 2011 at 2:18 AM

    Hired based on that?! Oh my! That's absurd!

    I think that the best form of exercise is still real running and such. To me, the main point of keeping fit is so that you can escape in times of need like during a war. Even if you spend time keeping 'fit' on Wii, you may not be truly fit. I still feel that it is a marketing strategy no matter what research says! The elderly should go for real walks!

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  5. EDMUND LIMJanuary 22, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    haha! it is very interesting that he got hire based on the fact that he is a guild master in the game! examples of game such as wii is really beneficial to senior citizen for them to 'exercise'!

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  6. EDMUND LIMJanuary 22, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    i think that the best way to attract senior citizen to keep fit can be example of games such as wii, i don't think so they have the motivation or drive to go down to the park to run. but it all depend on their own mentality! i think that gaming will still help to motivate them to move their body and 'exercise'!

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    Games benefiting people is really an interesting concept, and one that has changed much throughout the years. While in the past senior citizens may play games like poker and mahjong to keep their minds active and prevent Alzheimer's, now games like Wii are actually helping them to keep fit as well!

    Warcraft helping with one's cognition and visualization is quite new to me, though it does make perfect sense. It must be quite recognised for a guy to get a job based on that alone...

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  8. keithJanuary 24, 2011 at 2:11 AM

    i think that this is a really interesting idea. by intorducing gaming to improve fitness to senior citizens. for example wii now have many sports games like tennis, table tennis and even boxing, which are excreise that can really help to keep them fit

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  9. SHUQINGJanuary 24, 2011 at 5:55 AM

    Seems like gaming has many hidden pros! I guess I have to persuade my grandparents to start playing Wii!

    I feel that many games do provide entertainment, including mind stimulation games like bejeweled and crossword puzzles. This may sound weird but I enjoy playing mind stimulation games more than action games.

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  10. ge0ffreeFebruary 10, 2011 at 1:27 AM

    Yes, gaming has many pros but much of it has been countered by the countless cons it have. However, without gaming and entertainment, our life would be pretty much boring. Therefore it is inevitable that people are playing games.

    Through this post, we know that the pros of games generally depends on the type of games being played. Such as mind stimulating to keeping your physical body in shape.

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