Role playing in video gaming and real-life relationships.

ROLE PLAYING IN VIDEO GAMES AND REAL LIFE RELATIONSHIPS

A Research

Introduction

People often wonder what one gets from computer role playing games (RPGs . They think it ruins one 's life values . Well , you can say that if you are addicted to it , for it will really cause problems . Often times RPG players are caught up in the web of things to attend to , actions and characters to play that they do not keep track of time , so the people they love and care about , family and friends think they are so very

into it . There are so many s of interest along this field , but this will look into how RPG affects real life relationships

Computer Role Playing Games

Computer role playing games (CRPGs , often shortened to RPGs , is a type of video or computer game that uses traditional gameplay elements found in pen and role playing games (wikipedia p1 line 1-5 . In these games , players are given the freedom to improve their characters in various settings often travelling long distances and having encounters and combats along the way . Some critics say that most RPGs focus on combat and statistical character management rather than story telling and character development (wikipedia p6 line 48-49 . Examples of modern RPG games are Diablo , Pokemon , Final Fantasy , Dragon Quest . They can also be culturally classified as Western (American /European ) and Japanese (East Asian ) games (wikipedia 4-6

Computer role playing games situationer

Computer /video games , in general , have generated interest since its birth . According to Squire in his introductory paragraph in an article in the international journal of computer game research , these games have both fascinated and caused fear in politicians , educators , academics and the public at large (1 . He cited that some advocates of digital game-based learning imply that developing educational games is a moral imperative , as kids of the videogame generation ' do not respond to traditional instruction (See Katz , 2000 : Presnk , 2001 . He also reported that Provento (1991 , 1992 , an educator , worry that games is inculcating children with hyper competitive or warped sexual value (1

Subrahmanyam , Greenfield , Krauf and Gross conducted a review of researches on the impact of computer use on children 's and adolescents development on several aspects including cognitive skills , academic development , social development and relationships , and perceptions of reality and violence behavior . Their research review suggested that spatial skills were related to video game playing (14 . In a cross cultural study carried out in Rome and Los Angeles , Greenfield , Camaioni et al (cited in Subrahmanyan , et al . 14 ) said that in playing a computer game style shifted from verbal to iconic skills

The same authors cited Cole (16 ) experiment on use of electronic communication and games with children in classroom and after school settings for nearly 15 years . The after school programs are called the Fifth Dimension , and include use of educational software , computer games , Internet search and multi-user dungeons (MUD ) activities . His findings indicate that well designed games and Internet activities for home use...