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TrAiDoS
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Germany185 Posts
July 05 2024 10:21 GMT
#1
Hello there,

this is the 4th edition that focuses on health (specifically mental health) in gaming. We discuss mental health in the general population in comparison to players.

[DISCLAIMER]: The article is written for my weekly newsletter, and published on my website.

Enjoy the read. Have a great weekend.
Christian

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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16806 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-07-06 15:34:39
July 06 2024 15:29 GMT
#2
A huge factor regarding health is the amount of time spent in sunlight. An increasing # of people in NA do not spend enough time outside. As that # grows... mental and physical health decline.

PC Game playing is an inherently unhealthy activity. It is not as unhealthy as injecting heroin. But... it is unhealthy. It is about as unhealthy as drinking a can of Coca Cola soda pop. A PC player sits motionless staring into a flat 2D screen only centimetres away from their face. Its bad.

If the player is sitting alone in their room then the negative health effects are even worse. It is much better to go to a PC Bang or a Video Game Arcade and play socially.

People must do specific things to counter the negative health effects of video game playing.
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Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4135 Posts
July 06 2024 16:34 GMT
#3
On July 07 2024 00:29 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
A PC player sits motionless staring into a flat 2D screen only centimetres away from their face. Its bad.


this can be said to any person spending hours at PC. Countless office-jobs do that too: IT-experts, CAD etc.
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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16806 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-07-06 17:35:10
July 06 2024 17:32 GMT
#4
On July 07 2024 01:34 Dingodile wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2024 00:29 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
A PC player sits motionless staring into a flat 2D screen only centimetres away from their face. Its bad.


this can be said to any person spending hours at PC. Countless office-jobs do that too: IT-experts, CAD etc.

And the exploding rates of myopia in countries with massive #s of 'tech jobs' reflect this.

If you make software at least you have a finished product of which you can be proud. You made something.

If you are in IT support/help desk it is a soul crushing job because you build nothing. PC Gaming is in the same ball park as this. You do not create a product.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
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