Videogame Summer Camp Comes Under Fire

[LANCE420]

I wouldn't let my kid (in the unlikely event it comes to this) go there. They could do that here and I wouldn't have to pay a thing. Also, I would do what my parents did to me: kick me out of the house and told me to go play.

 

[The Great Zegrool]

What?
Why couldn't I get stuff like that? Those kids are fucking lucky.

You know, I honestly think that the kids would play video-games anyway, if that camp was banned.

At least with the camp they get to socialize.

 

[Waif]

Video Game summer camp sounds like an awesome idea. Too bad there will always be people to spoil the fun. I personally think that connecting video games with obesity is a poor attempt to get kids to stop playing video games. I played a lot of video games as a child and I never got fat or unhealthy. The problem seems to be with the change in diet in our society, because nowadays fast food is king. Sure there might be a causal link between diet and not exercising which can lead to obesity, but to forget about body types and the key roles associated with it, does not tell the whole story.

 

[MGlBlaze]

ALSO: Why in the name of all that is good and holy would you fork over $140 for that?

I was wondering this too. For that kind of money you could just get two or three BRAND NEW games every week. Even more of you go for used games. That said there's probably some other services that are being charged for there, but it still seems like a lot.

I'm a little divided on the debate; I have a personal dislike for Brownrigg and McKay due to the whiney 'think of the children' crap that seems to me like a 'straw-man' argument, but at the same time I do agree that getting outside once in a while is pretty helpful.

At the same time, though, summer camp or anything else like this is only beneficial if it's fun. I think it was pointed out earlier here, but if nothing else the 'Arcade Bunker' could be a good idea to let the kids learn how to socialise better. If they're anything like me, they could do with it.

 

[Galad]

Wait a second, you're allowed to have rehabilitation clinics for videogame addiction, where in some places in Korea and China the kids are horribly mistreated and sent there against their will, and nary a negative whisper from the media, but a totally optional summer camp about it and the media goes mental? Double standards, eh?

This happens closer to home for most readers than what happens in Korea, so it's likely they'd be more interested in details, hence more coverage. Heck, some ignorants could even dismiss the first piece of news as "crazy asians, we can't do anything to change them"

 

[DoW Lowen]

I think if they combined the nerdiness of gaming as well as the benefits of the outdoors this could have really worked.

 

[freyjacksen]

Pretty good. I am very much interested to have a camp like that... Its really bad I was in a generation of scouts... That never had video games and stuff like that..

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[Svenparty]

EDIT:
AHH! FUCK!
Holy shit, how did that happen?!
My bad, I was trying to post, and my wireless died, and I guess it just kept posting somehow. Damnit!

*Beats with stick*


Admittedly it does seem deserving of some criticism if it's just kids playing games all summer with no balance of educational value. They could easily do that at home. Let them also go out once and a while.