Video (game mods) Games: The Modern Day Addiction
No commentsBy Tom Kranz
Modern-day psychological problems are related to compulsive playing of computer and video games. That is a fact! Modern societies are now struggling to meet the new face of addiction. Virtual games such as computer and video games seem to be perfectly harmless. They even managed to convince parents that they provide their kids with safer and more enriching ways of spending free time. For this reason, the underlying effects of playing these games have sneakily gotten worse. Since they provide fun, excitement and thrill, the common factors that are related to promote addiction, kids are most vulnerable to be affected with compulsive gaming disorder. Since this form of disorder is less likely to be recognized and are more often not considered serious, they tend to develop into video game addiction or computer game addiction. The ignorance in handling and controlling the new trend of addiction in modern societies only made things worse, for affected virtual game players.
Virtual and simulated video and computer games are originally meant to be a past time or a therapeutic way of passing free time from work or school. However, developing a sense of dependency to this activity is one of the modern societies lurking problems. While these games are supposed to be harmless, many are still compelled to abuse the good feeling that playing this games bring, as in deep sense of satisfaction and sense of power by living out a virtual role that is entirely different from his own real-life roles. A person who is socially withdrawn can live out an aggressive personality through the realms of these games. In a way, playing the game compensates or whatever a person may be lacking, social wise. This can be helpful, but once it starts replacing the role of friends, work and family to a person’s life, there must be a form of intervention to convince the person to succumb to psychological evaluations and treatments to prevent the onset of video game addiction or computer game addiction.
Gaming addiction has become a modern-day phenomena, its exact cause is yet to be determined. Similarly, there are still issues regarding the grounds on which the conditions can be diagnosed. What doctors do is make separate diagnosis, as to finding and devising treatment to the behavioral patterns that relates to video game addiction or computer game addiction.
The seriousness of the issues caused by computer game addiction and video game addiction was even claimed to have created a new face of addiction in modern-day societies. Since this kind of addiction roots from seemingly harmless sources, what leads to addiction is the people’s abuse to the effects or benefits that they bring. Since no one will ever prevent using computer these days, at work or in school, theorists predict that this kind of disorder will be much harder to manage. After all, no one has been jailed for spending too much time playing computer games and no one has been condemned in exhausting himself to death, reaching the highest levels of online games. None yet!
Tom Kranz is a keen games player, enjoying titles like World of Warcraft and Guild Wars. He currently writes about the current trends and new releases in his computer games blog.
All The Little Gaming Extras
By Victor Epand
Are you a hard core gamer or a professional gamer? If you love games hardcore then you have to purchase this mouse - it is a must have ! Have you ever seen it? If not be prepared to fall in love all over because this is one sweet mouse. So go grab that Dr. Pepper, sit down and get ready - the games are fixing to start and you will own them all with the help of this mouse.
The G9 Laser Gaming Mouse features a 3200dpi gaming grade laser engine delivering the fastest speed you have ever seen with true accuracy. As you are playing you will notice the on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment which lets you select between multiple different levels. You are the king of the mouse with the precise targeting 200dpi and lightning-fast 3200dpi. The G9 stores up to 5 profiles on its own memory so that you can store the correct levels for each of your games and it is portable so just take those game settings with you.
The G9 was designed for customization, allowing you to perfectly dial-in your gaming comfort zones. Up to 28 grams worth of metal weight cartridges can be added to the G9 internally so you can have that ever so light mouse or if you are a little heavy handed, just add some weight. They thought of everything, just for your comfort.
Another comfort is the interchangeable grips to match your hand’s preference. This adds all the comforts of home as you fine tune your mousing experience. No matter style of gaming you do, the G9 Laser Gaming Mouse from Logitech will give you that true edge of the professional gamer out there for blood.
Are you particular to color? Then you can choose from literally hundreds of colors. So is there anything that Logitech has forgotten - probably not. But if so, just email them and they just might want to give you your next mouse for free - that is if your suggestion will result in thousands of sales!
Now if you have the ultimate mouse already and you thought that you had it all, may I introduce the Cyber Snipa Stinger Gaming Mouse. You need to stop, step back and take a good look because you are seeing the everything when you are looking at this mouse. It is almost perfection as it sits there waiting for you to start those games.
If you are looking for the perfect macro, then step back two steps as the Cyber Snipa Stinger Gaming Mouse has onboard memory and macros that can be recorded and set to your likings. Told you it was sweet! Just tell this mouse what you want and pre-set the 3 customizable macro profile buttons. This mouse not only offers you three custom settings but allows you to choose between any of the 18 onboard macros. So how about it, are you already in love?
If you need any more convincing then here comes more options for your Cyber Snipa Stinger mouse. It has totally adjustable DPI that includes software which allows the user to select up to 4 different DPI levels. These levels range anywhere from 400 to 3200 so the road is wide open. It is easy when you only have to go through the options by pressing the mouse’s DPI button.
And you thought you were happy, wait until you take it and find out that the laser engine operates at over 7000 frames per second - do you have that much speed in you? Well, it offers a maximum of 3200 DPI in addition to the speed. And you thought all of this was fast, well check out the insanely fast USB report rate of 1000Hz. This not only allows you the freedom from the wait, it also allows the response time to drop an amazing 7 ms. And you thought that 8ms was fast, are you backing’ up now?
With all these features plus some we did not even cover, this might be the “mouse of the year”!! You will truly be the envy of all at the gaming parties at the price of $89.99. Oh such a small price to pay for all the glory!
Picture this, you are heading to the local party house and all you have is the old, beat up, slow moving mouse to take with you. But wait! Here we have another mouse from the guys at Logitech that is supped up just for you. Throw that old mouse away and get some speed and mobility into those games.
The G5 Laser Gaming Mouse features a 2000DPI laser engine that will deliver you a whopping 6.4 mega pixels per second. That is speed baby! This fast mouse also has three levels sensitivity (and I am no talking about the girlfriend/ boyfriend type of sensitivity either) as you fly by the seat of your pants through those games. With the touch of one button, you can change it all, and keep going through the process too!
In order for this mouse to perform like this for you, the G5 features full speed USB connection with the awesome report dumping of 1000 reports per second right in the middle of your gaming experience. It will never slow you down.
With this mouse, you can also again change the weight from light to heavy to allow you the comfort you desperately need with gaming. The cartridge that you place the weight in will actually give you thousands upon thousands of variations with the balance and weight. There is nothing stopping you now! Add your sweet gaming touch to this mouse and go home bragging!
Does your old mouse have those sticky feet? Does it hold back your true gaming abilities? Well no more because this mouse has Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) gaming feet to give you that true gliding effect as you master those kills. Logitech’s SetPoint software even allows you to customize your mouse with advanced features that will have your neighbor green with envy as you add game detection and in-game adjustable sensitivity to this mean baby. It also includes independent x- and y-axis settings so you are never in a jam. So how about it? Are you really ready for the G5 Gaming Mouse from Logitech or are you settling with second grade material? Well quit settling as this mouse is only $57.99- all for your taking.
Does your mouse skip while you are gaming? We all know that precision means the difference between life or death in those all so real games so if you are wanting to be better, upgrade now. The Revoltec Advanced Gaming “FightMouse” is one of the least expensive ($39.95) gaming mouse. This mouse does have 4 levels of dpi that you can choose from. The first dpi Level is 400- 800dpi, while at level 2 you can achieve 800 to 1600 dpi. If you are a real gamer then you will like level 3 which delivers 1600-2400dpi or are you an extreme gamer who needs level 4 which delivers 2000-2400dpi?
The imaging processing is great at 6.4 mega pixels per second with the over all weight coming in at around 100 grams. Do remember that you can change the weight by adding one of three weights - or more if you combine the weights. The lightest comes in at of 10 grams, next at 15 grams with the last weight coming in at 20 grams. It has a lighting dpi switch which will read red for level 2, purple for level 3 and blue for level 4.
You do have to take into consideration that it has been specifically designed for perfect finger positioning too. All in all this is not a bad gaming mouse, but it sure is not the best.
Victor Epand is an expert consultant for computer memory, PC supplies, and computer games. When shopping, we recommend the best online stores for Gaming Extras, computer memory, RAM, and used computer games.
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