Ready For Action

Okay, sorry for the delay but our schedules were very packed. busy school weeks. WE are, however, just finished with our school research project process, and we thank our teacher-mentor, mdm fong say fong for her invaluable guidance throughout the process.

We will be providing the rest of the acknowledgements soon, as well as pictures of our product, which we may or may not be reproducing and taking it further in Singapore.

There are actually good control programs available such as kidswatchtime(www.kidswatch.org) and PC Tattletale. Trial versions are available on many download servers such as www.download.com.sg.

Have a good night(morning)

Leoson

signs of addiction

Now, as a resident guest blogger, I'll talk about the signs of one who is addicted to games. This is not a list taken from any internet website, but rather personal experience, through observing other people and (in the past only okay) myself.

Alright, so these are the signs

1. Going to school feeling extremely lethargic. Like you don't wanna do anything, and just laze around. But once the dismissal bell rings at the end of school, you feel energized, and want to rush home straight away, turn on your computer, and start playing.

2. You think and visualize about games all day long, strategies, visualizing yourself doing what you do in the games, and every hack and slash is recorded in your mind. You daydream in school, in classes, and think about what you can achieve today in your game.

3. You'll be skipping any extra activity that might intrude on your playing time. E.g. CCA, Remedial lessons, other tuition lessons, or music. You'll come up with excuses such as, oh, I'm not feeling well today, and, um, I have this scratch here below my finger, see? So I can't play the piano. You'll find yourself coming up with dozens of excuses to skip those activities.

4. You'll feel as if you're the character in the game all the time. You seem to change your hairstyle to suit the character, walk like it, and even do some hand actions that might look like how the character does it. If its a game that includes magical skills, you will visualize yourself doing it, i.e. holding out your hands, and seemingly willing something to come out, like in the games.

5. You will feel bad-tempered and extremely irritated when your parents or friends call you in the middle of a game. You ignore then and even scream back at them when they ask you to do something other than playing games. In this stage, you are heavily addicted to the particular game, and you would almost need counselling help.

I hope this has been helpful. Good luck countering your addiction!

8 Reasons

8 Reasons why we play computer games concluded by Peng Seng:

1)Peer Pressure
2)A way to destress
3)The addictive nature of the computer game itself
4)Computer games seen as trendy or cool
5)Using computer games as a way to fit into a group of people
6)Ability to 'own' others; such as being able to laugh at others for their incompetence in the game itself.
7)Ability to do what they cannot do in reality in computer games; such as have an alter ego and be able to use 'skills'
8)To meet others.

fight the devil within and win.

Leoson

A little Information

Our first file has been uploaded! A persuasive speech on the negative effects on computer games by our guest blogger Hui Peng.

link: www.geocities.com/leosonhoay/PersuasiveSpeech.doc

We hope you find this useful!

More will come in time.

Leoson

Welcome

Hey all! Your friendly Leoson here! This blog will soon be updated and in the runs, but first we have to consolidate our Research Education project. We are three students who have done research on the intricacies of computer game addiction and how to alleviate it.

This blog is meant to be a product of our research, but we also take it a step further to really try and educate members of the public on our consolidated views and findings of the intricacies of Computer Gaming Addiction. Everything from suggestions to creative pieces will be posted here, and most importantly, our project findings.

From our survey findings, we have found that a considerable majority of students & teens(the majority of computer addicts come from here)also spend a lot of time blogsurfing. Thus the blog would be a very good medium to disseminate information.

If you have any comments or questions to send it in to leosonhoay@gmail.com or leave a comment here. We will try to answer your questions to the best of our ability. Also, we are open to anyone who wishes to be a guest blogger! Any requests to be one please leave me a message or approach me. Currently, we have Hui peng as one of our guest bloggers who will also be giving views from his point of view. the purpose of guest bloggers is to provide as many perspectives as possible.

We hope that this blog will be able to serve its purpose.

remember, prevention is always better than a cure, so if you're not addicted yet, keep disciplined! sounds easy, but it actually is not so easy for many people. don't worry, for this blog will soon be up and running.

cheers.