Video games are detrimental to the modern day society.

Most of your statements are misleading and full of incorrect data. First of all, my phrases were completely comprehendable and the reason you misunderstood it is that apparently, you don't know the meaning of gameplay and somehow substitute or games -_- Now back to the argument: "Certainly debates are about opinions, but the opinions have to be justified by facts. The difference is that a debate is, by definition a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal. First of all, I had clicked on your links. They do not show anything since for example, the wikipedia link shows the main page of wikipedia -_-. I never said that I disagreed with supporting opinions with justifying facts. The only thing that I found a problem in was that you were pretty much repeating everything that the sites were stating, therefore, not revealing your true opinion on the matter. "'I am sure that 25% of the world to somewhat degree, is glued to some technology that interferes with their life' This I did not state. Stop forcing words down my throat." Are you sure, after all, I did copy and pasted that statement from Round 3." Fine, I see it. I'm pretty sure it's a glitch because I never used the word "glued" before ever. "You obviously cannot comprehend my statement because you did not read it thoroughly enough. …Did you ever see chess games for consoles in videogame stores?" Okay, let me revise my statement, you say game play of games that seem educational are 99% not educational, right? But doesn't a game like COD 3 help you more than just by telling the brief history of WWII? It helps: - social skills- you have to communicate efficiently - teamwork- you need to work together - tactic work- you have to strategize your plan for the mission - reflexes- you have to react fast in such games - concentration- you need to focus on the task at hand - management skills- you have to travel and battle efficiently and it also helps you to prepare for war etc." Sorry to tell you, but you just humiliated and made yourself look like a fool. You claim that you play the wii every day, yet you don't know that there is no multiplayer for Cod3 on the wii? You never bothered to research did you? Okay I actually played Cod3 a year or two ago, so I have a more reliable source than you. Besides telling you a brief history of WWII, COD3 teaches you how to point your wii remote at the enemy and click. There is none of the above related to it since it does not have multiplayer, therefore you basically just follow your "team" and go kill the computer enemy. If you are talking about the wii on the xbox which has multiplayer, I can tell you from my experience of playing modern warfare 2 (COD6) on the p3 that you are also very wrong. There is social skills necessary, yes it is possible to communicate by talking in the headset or whatever, but in my 200 or so games that I have played, the people rarely every talk, and when they do, they talk about going to their friend's house. Not much communication eh? So you call groups of people randomly dispersing and killing the enemies teamwork? O fine, your comrade gets killed and then you kill enemy because they're off guard. That's teamwork right? :P REFLEXES? You're kidding? People just spring around either sniping, spraying, or stealth. Reflexes? You'll be dead before you have a chance to use your incredible "reflex" skills. Concentration? What do you mean by that. I think that you wouldn't call me laying down on my bed and lazily click buttons concentration right? Furthermore, I doubt most people would be "staring at the screen intently". Management. Not really the right word for moving around and killing successfully but that's the closest you're getting to the game. Congratulations! "Yes, in fact, I saw several chess games when I went to Game Stop on Thursday with my friends when we wanted to buy controllers for his Xbox." The only chess game you'll find are ones for pc. That's about as ever as you will get to one of those dumb games -_- "Obviously you don't know me that well. Just because I don't own any consoles doesn't mean I don't play video games. As I have said, just last Saturday, I went to my friend's house to play Dragon Age: Origins for the whole day. Almost every Sunday afternoon, my family would go visit my dad's friend and I would play on his Wii." You go to your friend's house and play his console. Uh so? I go to my friend's house and take turns playing his ps2. Your point? I never said that you didn't play video games. I know that you don't have consoles though. Furthermore, Dragon Age: Origins is an M-rated game, so have fun telling me that children shouldn't be playing M games. "Beside, they just stay in the bar getting drunk and watching the Superbowl for 4 hours, then what? Celebrate their teams winning by getting more intoxicated or lug home defeated. They can, however, go home with friend and continue the excitement by playing the video game of their favorite sport." You're so amusing bro, honestly. Since when did drinking cups of beer get you drunk? How do you know that everyone will get drunk. Also, people can go to their friend's home and enjoy with them watching the superbowl without drinking beer if you like that? O, and according to you, apparently seeing FAKE people play FAKE football is so much more amusing than watching REAL people play REAL football, eh? "When did I say that video games that tempt people with sexual ads so they will spend money and play the game are good? But we are not debating about the nature of the advertisement of video games, just whether or not the games themselves are detrimental to society." You obviously do not get the idea. You see the company showing sexual ads, and you think that company is good? Obviously not. And then its that company that makes the game, so how appropriate will you think it'll be? Also, lots of people play the game BECAUSE the see the sexual ads and hope to see those same content in the game. Not detrimental eh? "People play violent games because they choose to play, don't you agree? You can't force someone to play violent games if they don't want to right? Freedom of choice. I did not say the company is not entirely at fault, after all, humans are corruptible. And most secular people aim for materialistic things, right? What better way to gain ownership of such things then to buy it with money? By targeting the most vulnerable age groups: children. But since we are not arguing about how the gaming industry is detrimental to society" And apparently you repeat the same mistake. If the gaming industry is detrimental to the society and it is they that make the games, you think the games won't be detrimental? Let us take out the words every kid (e + k) and since the synonym for every is all (e = a), so by the substitution postulate, every kid equal all kid (e + k = a + k). The influence of peer pressure not only trace back to video games, it is also influenced by TV and the people older than them. When I did my research, I did not look solely on the games for PS3, but the rank of all console based games." Buddy, this ain't math class. Leave your "smart brain" (if you had one you wouldn't be talking crap like this in a freaking debate about the effects of video games) for someone that actually cares. Also, where do you think the "adults" with a child brain gets the ideas from? Video games and TV. Fine, you want the top games of 2009? Let's see: the only "not violent" games super mario world and Zelda. wanna know the rest? Resident Evil, Cod4, Halo, WoW (have fun paying every month for this game), sically everything violent :D So, in conclusion, I still see that video games can be detrimental to our society especially when people are addicted. p.s. I know this is very hard for you with your big ego, but try not to brag that you go to a "prestigious school" since Stuy was no