I have noticed a growing trend in men to act like boys. I have a theory about why this is happening. I think it is because of the growing popularity of the battle video games so many young men of today are playing. I think they are becoming so sucked into these virtual worlds that they think the things they do in the pretend world is ok to do in the real world. I think in their minds the lines between the real world and the virtual world are becoming blurred. As a result they are losing a grasp on how their actions in the real world effect those around them and hurt those that love them.
It is also my opinion that those of you who fit into the category I have described will totally disagree with me because to admit I have a point would be to admit a video game has more control of your life then you yourself do. I am not saying all video games are bad or that all who play them will turn into the characters they play. What I am saying is certain people are more susceptible to this fantasy life then others and they will allow it to change them. They actually lose their real self to the character they play in the game. The attraction to these games is easy to see. The graphics make the virtual world look real. In the virtual world one may become strong, powerful, rich and even a ruler. Who would not be seduced by the promise of power and wealth. Sometimes the mind does not separate the virtual world from the real world as far as the chemical reaction in your brain goes. I myself can understand the high one feels when they achieve something in a vertical game they have been striving for a long time.
I play on line pool I have for a decade, and I still remember the emotional high I felt the first time I won a tournament. It took me nearly a year to get my first win and when I did I floated around on an emotional high for 2 days before the effects wore off. If I can get an emotional high like that from a pool game I can only imagine the kind of high one would get from some of these new high definition action games. I was watching a live streaming of one of my friends playing one of those high action games one night. It was like walking into that world everything looked so real. I really think these new video games are going to cause more trouble then they do pleasure. I do not think we have really seen the full scope of what these violent games are doing to the young people that play them, and I fear when we do we will not like the effects.
