Casual games taking place of daily activities

About a third of those 18 and older prefer casual games to watching TV, according to new study.

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[john55440]

Anything But TV...

Read a book, read a newspaper online, take a walk in the park, play with your dog, listen to music, lift weights, ...

TV really is a wasteland.

[sudokuscore]

Ans yougsters should stay away from VideoGames

It is a good sign that adults are staying away from TV and moving to casual games. Biggest menace though is kids moving towards video games. Only an emergence of interesting challenging mind games and casual games can pull them away from that kind of waste of time and energy.
Vinod
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[AgeOfPenguins_com]

TV does cause the mind to atrophe

I have read a lot of books and articles on this topic, plus I have a lot of anecdotal evidence (including personal experience).

TV influences how people think, and causes them to regurgitate rather than actually THINK for themselves. It is a passive means of entertainment, and will never be a good means of education, because of it's fundamental design (as passive entertainment).

ANYTHING would be better than watching TV. Including sitting on the couch and thinking. If more people did that, the world wouldn't have the problems it has today.

Matthew