{"id":1679,"date":"2021-05-31T12:38:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T10:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/31\/video-games-have-turned-my-kids-into-wage-slaves-but-without-the-wages-zoe-williams\/"},"modified":"2021-05-31T12:38:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T10:38:54","slug":"video-games-have-turned-my-kids-into-wage-slaves-but-without-the-wages-zoe-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/31\/video-games-have-turned-my-kids-into-wage-slaves-but-without-the-wages-zoe-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Video games have turned my kids into wage slaves \u2013 but without the wages | Zoe Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gaming is task-driven, repetitive and often frustrating \u2013 just like having a job. Childhood isn\u2019t supposed to be so serious<\/p>\n

There are currently three computer games occupying the house: the 13-year-old (M), sometimes in conjunction with the 11-year-old (F), plays Fortnite, a game mainly about shooting people; the 13-year-old (F), also sometimes with the collaboration of the 11-year-old, plays Genshin Impact<\/a>, a whimsical, open-world environment game, whatever the hell that means. Avatars dressed as pirates or fairies wander about the place, doing chores, occasionally fighting giant warthogs. Mr Z plays Hitman<\/a>, another shooting game with very densely layered storylines, though he always skips them so never knows what\u2019s going on beyond that; the aim is to leave everyone else dead in a laundry hamper. <\/p>\n

Observing all this, I feel like the manager of a hi-tech sweat shop. Everyone is locked in concentration, shouting over headphones at other people who may or may not be in the same house, a cross between high-intensity data inputting and horribly frazzled air traffic control. I know what I should be worrying about \u2013 are they getting enough fresh air? Will they become addicted? Is this a useful life lesson, to find meaning through shooting others?<\/p>\n

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\nGaming is task-driven, repetitive and often frustrating \u2013 just like having a job. Childhood isn\u2019t supposed to be so serious
\nThere are currently three computer games occupying the house: the 13-year-old (M), sometimes in conjunction with the 11-year-old (F), plays Fortnite, a game mainly about shooting people; the 13-year-old (F), also sometimes with the collaboration of the 11-year-old, plays Genshin Impact, a whimsical, open-world environment game, whatever the hell that means. Avatars dressed as pirates or fairies wander about the place, doing chores, occasionally fighting giant warthogs. Mr Z plays Hitman, another shooting game with very densely layered storylines, though he always skips them so never knows what\u2019s going on beyond that; the aim is to leave everyone else dead in a laundry hamper.
\nObserving all this, I feel like the manager of a hi-tech sweat shop. Everyone is locked in concentration, shouting over headphones at other people who may or may not be in the same house, a cross between high-intensity data inputting and horribly frazzled air traffic control. I know what I should be worrying about \u2013 are they getting enough fresh air? Will they become addicted? Is this a useful life lesson, to find meaning through shooting others? Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gaming is task-driven, repetitive and often frustrating \u2013 just like having a job. Childhood isn\u2019t supposed to be so serious There are currently three computer games occupying the house: the 13-year-old (M), sometimes in conjunction with the 11-year-old (F), plays Fortnite, a game mainly about shooting people; the 13-year-old (F), also sometimes with the collaboration …<\/p>\n

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