What is The Difference between..

Watching television and Playing V.G's?

Ok so sometimes the parents tell their kids to turn off the video game for a reason that they haved played too much .And when the kids just watch tv for the whole day,the parents say nothing about it. So i ask once more: Whats the Difference?

Arent you looking at a big screen full of colors on both?

and how come they have hours of playtime during school days when they can still have television?

I Dont Seem To Get This... any thought's?

Well, if you watch a show, you can always stop, turn off the TV, and do something else. But, if you are in the middle of a MW2 game, you might not easily turn the TV off and quit. Well, that's what I think.

Well, if you watch a show, you can always stop, turn off the TV, and do something else. But, if you are in the middle of a MW2 game, you might not easily turn the TV off and quit. Well, that's what I think.

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Their is no difference in the amount of time wasted doing either activity.

I'd think VGs require more brain power. There was a survey last year that said a person's brain is more active when they are asleep than when they are watching TV :?

Although I see the argument for being able to turn off a TV with little hassle, but you can't turn off a VG unless you don't mind losing what you did since the last save.

I think that's really dumb. I often see/hear people complaining about other people's internet and videogame habits/addictions. They say "you play way to much" or "you spend too much time on the web". And when I ask what they do all evening, well, they're just watching tv all night. I think that watching tv is worse than internet or videogames.

Obviously doing any single thing for too long isn't wise, however I have read studies that show people who play video games have slightly better night vision, hand-eye coordination and tolerance to pain than those who don't. Of course excersise does that too but it's better than watching tv. Plus there's never anything on.