Comment on A personal argument for a benefit of gaming
SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 4 months ago
“It’s okay to fail” seems like it would have been a more valuable life lesson than “it feels good to beat a really hard video game” and it concerns me that you’re so okay with the amount of trauma this entertainment product caused him.
The fact that you’re sharing this story of years of repeated meltdowns caused by a video game and calling it an example of games being beneficial is pretty surreal.
remington@beehaw.org 4 months ago
You have made a mountain out of a molehill. Neither of my two sons have ever experienced trauma.
Go through and read the other comments in this thread. Has anyone else raised alarm bells? The answer is no.
Please, don’t make accusations here at Beehaw. It isn’t nice.
SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 4 months ago
These are your words, quoted from your post:
remington@beehaw.org 4 months ago
‘Traumatic’ just means emotionally distressing. He was disappointed. He wasn’t harmed.
SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 4 months ago
My point is that I described the same distress you’re describing using the same terminology you did. I didn’t accuse you of anything, I just disagreed with your takeaway that this story describes something positive.