PS3 Rally

Yep, it is indeed cross-linking day.

My fellow gaming friend over at Gaming MMO has called upon a very important question: Do games make people dumb?

My statement is yes, but no, but yes again.
You see, games sometimes do make people dumb. I am referring to those people who think all that matters is the gaming world. People who go on all day about how they owned in the gaming world, but struggle in the real world. (No, I am not talking about those guys who run around with laser pistols in the real world going BAM-that will be discussed later.) I don’t like addicts -addictions make us baaad. Though sometimes we are addicted, but we are fighting it.

I think that everyone should think again when they play, that is there something I should do first before I indulge in this 3 hour long fun run of Battlefield 2/Counter Strike/Hello Kitty’s Island Adventure? (Yes I know that was lame..but funny nonetheless-from that South Park WoW episode)
People should re-evaluate their tasks and put better use of time management in, not keeping things off until the last minute, whereas all the time in between is spent playing games (sometimes it does happen, it happened to me yesterday, and I sure am trying to figure out my time management).

Next, no, games do not make people dumb. Ever heard about RTS games? (Real Time Strategy games) RTS games make people think. Think a lot. RTS games, such as Starcraft and Company of Heroes have been praised for their thinking element. Real Time Strategy use the mind to the max - players have to think about what to do, when to do, and how to do things at all points in a game.
There are also other games that use games to make people smart- educational games, and to a certain degree RPG games (as Brandon from commented on, being a nice alternative to reading) and also FPS games.
Now your thinking, “blasphemy! FPS games? All they do is rot the mind!” but think again - Battlefield 2 requires you to work in a team, to complete objectives as a whole team. The commander issues what people do and where to go, at what time, with what to use. Players also have to react and respond in a hostile situation, and have to think what to do if they are cornered, or how to advance into an enemy fortress which is heavily guarded.

Now, I come to the final ‘yes’. This is the ‘yes’ I am proud to say I am..part of. Think of paintball, if you’ve ever played it. You go around with guns, and as I’ve said with Battlefield 2 earlier, you work in a team to complete objectives.
Now, the ‘yes, games do make people dumb’ is the ‘fun’ statement. As in, people running around going bam bam bam with a child’s laser toy gun. Sometimes you just go high, and start doing crazy things. As you probably have played games, you will most likely put those ‘gaming moments’ into real life.

Which would of course, result in 5 people running down the street in fantasy costumes with wands and swords saying ‘buff me please, we’re going to kill the big dragon in that den over there’.

But, Brandon has also said that eight out of ten FPS players are assholes! Well, let’s see…
I was playing Battlefield 2:Desert Conflict last night…and no one was acting as an asshole! Which means…0 out of 40 I think?
But yes, there are ‘A-holes’ in games, as Bungie put it. 1PStart or Xbox360Rally mentioned it this week I think, how Bungie gives YOU the power to mute that A-hole in the new Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta.

Sorry for not giving that awesome review today, but be assured - many awesome reviews will come in the future!

As always, have fun, and stay tuned, as always, to your favourite website, PS3 Rally!