freibooter
03-16-2010, 05:04 PM
... at least according to Dr. Craig Anderson:
http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/vg_recommendations.html
How can you tell if a video game is potentially harmful?
[...]Ask yourself the following 6 questions:
* Does the game involve some characters trying to harm others?
* Does this happen frequently, more than once or twice in 30 minutes?
* Is the harm rewarded in any way?
* Is the harm portrayed as humorous?
* Are nonviolent solutions absent or less "fun" than the violent ones?
* Are realistic consequences of violence absent from the game?
If two or more answers are "yes," think very carefully about the lessons being taught before allowing your child access to the game.
I have to answer "yes" to every single of those questions when it comes to Toki Tori and its brutal, webbed-feet chicken that is equipped with horrible weapons that freeze or squeeze poor little animals.
And just to think of the mass-eggocide committed at the end of the game makes me shudder in disgust.
Toki Tori is clearly harmful to anyone playing it, especially kids.
So make sure that your children won't ever get a hold of Toki Tori - you should probably delete your copy if you are messed up enough to own one!
Additionally, Toki Tori promotes an unhealthy, cholesterol-rich diet ...
http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/vg_recommendations.html
How can you tell if a video game is potentially harmful?
[...]Ask yourself the following 6 questions:
* Does the game involve some characters trying to harm others?
* Does this happen frequently, more than once or twice in 30 minutes?
* Is the harm rewarded in any way?
* Is the harm portrayed as humorous?
* Are nonviolent solutions absent or less "fun" than the violent ones?
* Are realistic consequences of violence absent from the game?
If two or more answers are "yes," think very carefully about the lessons being taught before allowing your child access to the game.
I have to answer "yes" to every single of those questions when it comes to Toki Tori and its brutal, webbed-feet chicken that is equipped with horrible weapons that freeze or squeeze poor little animals.
And just to think of the mass-eggocide committed at the end of the game makes me shudder in disgust.
Toki Tori is clearly harmful to anyone playing it, especially kids.
So make sure that your children won't ever get a hold of Toki Tori - you should probably delete your copy if you are messed up enough to own one!
Additionally, Toki Tori promotes an unhealthy, cholesterol-rich diet ...