Video games for kids – too many colors, too many effects. Longer time side effects?
I'll say this like an old man, a "boomer" ;-) Looking at today's video games, I honestly feel sorry for the youth – there's so much going on, everything is jumping around, blindingly colorful, the camera is always shaking, everything is basically in constant motion, and it's hard to focus your eyes on anything.
Well, a young brain might be able to handle it somehow, but can it? I'm afraid (and there is scientific evidence for this) that young people are becoming increasingly distracted. It's getting harder for them to focus on something "static" – like reading a book (after all, the letters don’t fly around or change colors).
So, are we doing something good by creating such games? Or are we harming our children? Meybe it's better to reduce the number of particle effects/FX in a game?
Posted Apr 10, 2025, 9:49 AM UTC