Lets begin with a question, how many of us were shocked by the way videos games made these people feel like they were in a different world? To be completely honest, I was. I never knew this kind of gaming took over people’s lives the way I saw in the video, Second Skin. The most shocking part of the video for me was when they established relationships with people they met over the Internet and connected with. In my opinion, these kinds of relationships are bound to end up in despair because the ONE thing they have in common is gaming. Well I lied, there could be more, but the thing that drew them together was gaming. As far as I’m concerned any kind of relationship that’s established any other way but face-to-face is not real and there’s always going to be the feeling of some sort of disconnection. In psychology class, I once learned that when babies are born they need that PYSICAL touch of the mother, and they need that to feel connected. I still think this hold true to adults as we grow up. Everyone needs that deeper connection that I feel can only be found in relationships that have communicated face to face. I agree with the title of the documentary because it’s literally a different skin! They make new names, YOUR IDENTITY ISNT EVEN THE SAME! They make figures that don’t look like them, they may talk how they normally wouldn’t and they could even be a man when online they could be a woman. One never knows, so my advice to these addicted online gamers is to be careful and know that just as things happen in real life they could happen in the “virtual” world too.
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Well, I was not shocked by these people. As a person who has played world of warcraft, I know that some people are freaks about it. for example, check this video out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YersIyzsOpc This person freaks out about their wold of Warcraft account being banned or taken away. Something like that. But yeah, you can literally be a girl character, talk and act like a girl and be a dude in reality. Its sort of interesting.
ReplyDeleteI also was not shocked by this video because in high school a group of people I associated with were very into this type of gaming. I even had a friend who met at least one of his girlfriends on WOW (World of Warcraft). While I was wary about the whole arrangement I never told him that he shouldn't date her because they met online. It was his choice and his decision and she seemed to make him happy whether or not their original connection was through the game. Anywho, I do agree that people can pretend to be something they are not and you do have to be careful with who you talk to and what information you give to certain people. But some people are just looking for an environment where they can be whoever they want without the restrictions of society or their very own bodies.
ReplyDeleteNice post! I was also shocked in a way too by seeing this documentary. I knew that somethings like this happened, but not to this extent. I did not know gaming led people to get up and move from their houses and marry these other "gamers" they barely know. Nowadays, we can do everything online...where do you think this is going to take us in the future and is this a problem?
ReplyDeleteBTW, awesome title!
The idea that many people choose to "gender-bend" online intrigues me. Most male gamers I've met who choose female avatars aren't trying to "fool" anybody (and, I'd argue that it's general practice to assume a player is "male" until proven otherwise) They simply enjoy the "look" of the avatar and sometimes the attention they receive in this "second skin."
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