Video Game Addiction

"Video Game Addiction." The parent report radio show. Theparentreport.com. Web. .
This article talks about how video games can and do become addictive to many people. The intensity and excitement often create an addiction to the game itself. The way to prevent this addiction is to create a balance in your life or your children's lives so this cannot occur. Video games can be educational so therefore not all of it is bad, but for sure some may be very violent and inapropriate. By making sure you keep up on other hobbies like reading, or playing a sport, you can reduce the time and chance of becoming addicted to a video game.

I think this article has truth to it, but I think they're missing an important component to the subject of video games. There are many games that are completely inapropriate for people of all ages, but especially for children and teenagers. Those games have been involved in many studies and experiments that have proven their effect on the gamer has been for the worse. Games can be very addictive and can develop an unhealthy state of mind for anyone viewing or playing.

Female Comic Book Characters

Rajeev talks about the evolution of female roles in comic books over the years. It first originated as the women would be side characters or back ups, but after a considerable amount of time, women started making a place for themselves in comics. It was the women's freedom movement which initiated the new thought of having female characters actually be the heroes or heroines for that matter. Now there are many female comic book characters that compete with the best comics of all time.

I like this article because as time progressed women became stronger and more independent in the world's view. It's important to know that even something simple like a comic book picked up on this change and changed along with it, creating new stories and characters that gave women the chance to become the heroes like they are in the real world situations and events today.

Rajeev, Loveleena. "Female Comic Book Characters." N. pag. Buzzle.com. Web.

no texting while driving...

Texting is bad while driving. Of course, we all know this. Texting and driving has been proven to be worse than drunk driving. Talking on the phone isn't quite as bad as having to look down constantly to send a text message. But my question is, if texting while driving is now illegal in utah, why aren't ipods? I'm not saying it should be, because I believe some people can multitask, plus there's such a thing as shuffle or a playlist. But think about it, when you text, you probably only have to look down maybe two or three times to see what you're doing for about a second, but after that your good to type whatever. But when your searching for a song on your ipod, you have to go through every artist or playlist to find what your looking for.