Stress reduction is discussed as a motivation to playing video games in the article Why We Play, as well as Jane McGonigal's lecture. In the article, college age guys lives were reviewed. The author discussed how in today's culture, college guys are expected to be successful in college as well as when they graduate. Success today is much more difficult to obtain. A college graduate may not be able to become successful finding a career related to his college degree. Stress relief discussed as a major motivation for these college guys. Being able to forget about the expectations put upon them by playing video games can reduce this common stress. McGonigal also talked a great deal about how "playing games" makes us happier, ultimately reducing stress.
Social contact is another motivation for playing video games. College guys can have the social contact they are needing by playing video games with their friends. It is a common past time that they all enjoy and can participate in together. McGonigal talks about how people even miles away can have the social contact with each other through playing video games online.
Playing video games can also help with relationships because it causes you to interact with someone. For example, you can play on a team with someone. Also playing other games can reduce stress even if it is not video games. I like how you relate video games to college guys because a lot of guys do play video games.
ReplyDeleteCollege guys seem to be video gaming all the time. Until this video I never realized why they might like gaming so much. I like how you point out it is also a stress relief and that these men look at games as a way of feeling accomplishment and forgetting about the expectations placed on them by society.
ReplyDeleteYour article is very good. I like how you talk about how it is hard to find the job in there degree. With having these struggles the resort to video games as a stress reliever.
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