Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Why this topic particularly interests me?

Thanks to technology advancement, computers are necessities in our daily life and this encourages the maturity of online community, online games, digital art, etc. Among these, I was particularly impressed by the lucrative online game. There are kinds of online games, Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game , was particularly attractive for our generation. They are different from conventional personal computer games; provide us a virtual society, in which we can experience a different kind of life.

There is no doubt that games can provide us a way to enlighten and entertain our exhausted life. But it seems that there are some students that fail to control themselves burning the mid-night oil playing games online instead of studying their books. This arouses our serious attentions as it affect our mind and life.

With regards to this increasing online game popularity, Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game (or“MMORPG”) is the “stickiest” form of online games in which hundreds of thousands of players interact with one another online. Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes are youngsters’ favorites’ topics nowadays. It was really amazed me because of the enormous amount of time they consumed.There is no doubt that online games become part of their life. Why children get addicted to this virtual world? As more and more people are involved in such kind of activities, the discussion of online games has risen up. With a computer, you don't need friends to play role-playing games. This was big news in the late 1970s when the first onling game was designed. What are the reasons behind? Do they have positive or negative effects on individuals or our society? These questions deserve and direct me to think deeply about this issue.

Online games give us a sense of satisfaction that we can only dream about having in real our life. Some people may become too involved in the online “world” and began to neglect the people around them. What make youngsters and children devote and get addicted to them? In this blog, I would like to investigate this common but unusual phenomenon in depth.

1 comment:

Steven Chung said...

Dear Esther,
I also do research of online game culture. Hope that we can share views of inline playing.^^

From Steven