Family Friendly Gaming 53 in PDF Format

Video GameLiesOur amazing editor in chiefwrote an educational book afew years ago - Video GameLies. It has been decided topost portions of the book freelyto the millions of readers ofFamily Friendly Gaming.Lie: It is only a video game, itis not real.Defense: People need to knowthe difference between realityand fantasy.Exposure: How can peopleknow the difference betweenreality and fantasy when theyspend more waking hours infront of fantasy. The fantasythen becomes their reality.Anyone else heard of cosplay?This is where people dress upand act out their favorite videogame, anime, or sci-fi characters.Who in their right mindwants to dress up like an elffrom Warcraft? A lot of peopledo it, and it makes one questiontheir sanity. The amountof time these people spendinside these fantasy worlds haswarped their perception. Thatfake fantasy world has becomereal to them.Different people havedifferent tolerances, but sincenumbers are rising of thosedoing the cosplay, and thesupportive nature from theliberal gaming media it willsoon become a problem. Wehave to acknowledge the truththat these fantasy worlds canbecome reality to any one ofus. We all need to be carefulhow much exposure we receiveto these fantasy worlds on adaily basis. The price of peaceis vigilance, and I believe thatwith my entire heart.How can addictedgamers tell the difference betweenreality and their fantasyworlds? They are somebody intheir fantasy world. They areloved, respected, revered, andhonored. In the real world theyare shunned many times. Thisis where the local churchesneed to step up, and help thesepeople. There needs to beprograms that can lead addictedgamers to the path of healing.One of my hopes is that thisvery book will ignite a lastinginterest in programs to helpthose who have lost their graspon reality. Jesus called hisfollowers to go out to the lost.Please join me in that noblecrusade to help those that are inneed.Digital murder is whatgoes on in a lot of the videogames. So what are peoplethinking about when they aredigitally murdering? I canspeak for myself when I usedto do it – I was thinking angry,hateful, and destructivethoughts. So what is wrongwith that you may think? JesusChrist taught if you are thinkingabout something sinful thenyou have committed that sin.While you are digitally murdering,you are sinning. I cansee nothing good coming fromthoughts of murdering otherpeople. The more exposure onehas to that in their mind, themore likely they are to act onthose thoughts. Do we reallyneed people to act on thoughtslike that?Polls have been takenin America to determine eightypercent of Americans claimto be Christian. So the twentypercent may not care aboutsinning. What you should careabout is how mentally murderingpeople affects your life.When you immerse yourselfin something, and that is theoverwhelming part of your life,what you are thinking about?That thing has a power overyou in a very controlling manner.A stressful situation comesup on the bus, at work, on thefreeway, at home, wherever.How will you handle that situation?In a loving, caring, tactfulmanner; or in an aggressive,hateful, and ugly manner.Family Friendly Gaming 75