Post 5: Video Games

I don’t use computers to play video games. I have played computers games but a lot of years ago. I used to play a game called Rayman and another called The Sims, basically. Both were very cool, specially the second one, Sims, because it was about building houses. The boring thing it was that you were a person in the game and you had to do all things that we do in our normal life, like study to have a good job, and then work a lot to have enough money to build a cool house. The good thing was that there were some secret codes to get money instantaneously.

I would like to play Sims again but I know I will be obsessed very soon and I will use all my time in that. So, I prefer not to do that for now.  

I think video games are very far of being something productive. It doesn’t help in anything to the person that plays, it’s addictive and it doesn’t relax because most of them are stage games and provoke stress and you can stay a lot of hours in front of the computer obsessed with passing the levels.

I think the people that plays video game (I mean, those who spends most of their free time in that activity) can’t be healthy. Being in front of a screen more than an hour is bad for your vision and your brain doesn’t rest. You need a recreational activity that makes you move your body a little bit.

Personally, I try not to use my computer very much.  I get fun with it but I use it to work mostly, and I know it’s very useful but I try not to do all my like through the computer.