People who literally take gaming seriously.

[H222G981]

So. I'm sure you've heard of people who take their gaming experiences a bit too seriously. Kids can be pretty bad.

 

A good example is that a kid lost his video gaming privileges just a few short days ago and resorted to violence against his parents. I see articles like this all of the time and its heavily spoken of on Youtube. 

 

I have no idea why people take it so seriously, especially children. I've heard of people losing their lives or being murdered over a simple video game. Its just one of those wtf? situations. You know? 

 

People get bent out of shape over the tiniest things. People take it too far or just give it a different meaning. 

 

 

and this....

 

 

crap like this...

 

Edited May 16, 2015 by Jupiter

[Matt Bellamy]

It sadly is the culture that has arisen around "TV/Game Parenting".

 

Younger people these days are much more likely to be spoiled, bratty, and moody than in the past, because parenting is not the same as it was when I, or even my parents generation was little. They are used to getting their way with everything, and as soon as someone changes that, it's a huge shift and they can't handle it.

 

Kids are being left in front of TV's, Computers, Tablets etc... so that their parents don't have to put up with them. They use them as a means to calm their kids down, and keep them distracted. When you do that for so long ( ie years), it takes a horrible toll on a childs mind, and it becomes their obsession. Then, when the same parents, who didn't care to properly raise their children decide to take away their obsession, the kids go berserk because they can't mentally handle the fact their obsession has been ripped from their hands.

 

My brother is currently having this problem with his daughter, who is only 3. She has her own iPad ( an older model they had when they upgraded), and would not even eat dinner sometimes unless she had a movie playing at the kitchen table. Thankfully, now that she is getting older, and playing with actual toys, she doesn't depend on the ipad, so they are hopefully trying to get her away from it as much as possible... And not make the same mistake with his son.