This article talks about the difficulties of getting "The Sims Online" game to be as successful as its offline counter-part. The creators of EA games have said that they are working on ways to advance the game and make it more entertaining. The sales for the game have not been very successful and EA creators are looking for ways to promote "The Sims Online". The Sims game (offline) has remained in the top 10 games being purchased according to NPD Group Inc., and executives of EA were hoping that the online game would be just as successful; with their owners of the offline version taking interest in the online version. The fact that EA creators are attempting to widen their game reach to more main-stream gamers is ambitious, but as commented on by players who tried the free trial, you run out of things to do. Unlike the offline version of the game, players have the opportunity to interact with other real people who are also playing the game, but there is only so much you can do in the online version aside from meeting new people. EA continues to work on re-shaping their online version of "The Sims" and hopes to becomes more successful as the time progresses.
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This article explored the potential "addictiveness" possessed by video games. According to the article, video games can be addictive in the sense that a child will want to learn more about the game, solve whatever needs to be solved to continue to the next level. This makes a lot of sense when you think about it. If video games were extremely simple to beat, and didn't present the gamer with a problem, there would not be as many children playing video games because they would have beat them all and there would be no entertainment value left in them. The article also touched base on how video games can expand a child's way of analyzing and strategic thinking. Which again, makes sense. The situations commonly brought up in video games requires players to think strategically and analyze the situation in order to defeat, or solve the presented issue. In addition to that, the article recommended parents that if their child seems to become addicted to video games, to make a schedule so that there is limited usage allowed. In other words, monitor and restrict how much time, daily, can be spent on playing video games. Also keep in mind other important activities to children as well, such as reading and exercise.
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Your second story is very interesting. i did not come across and of those positive benefits in any on my articles but i agree with what the article is saying. If you feel your child is becomming adddicted then take steps to limit their playing time.
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