| One of the issues facing today's teen-agers | | | | insulting their friends, insulting people |
| is obesity. Doctors stress that more | | | | that aren't there, and still finding ways to |
| teen-agers need to exercise more, or at least | | | | accomplish their virtual mission. Teamwork is |
| get their hearts pumping. They note that even | | | | assumed, as is finding the role that they |
| a few minutes of cardio-vascular exercise can | | | | fill better than anyone else. A boy finds out |
| lead to a number of advantages for them, such | | | | a lot about himself when under any fire, |
| as muscle tone, less plaque in the blood, | | | | virtual or real. |
| and, of course, less body fat. In order to | | | | |
| encourage this, I suggest more Xbox gaming. | | | | It can be fun for spectators as well, as four |
| | | | boys running high on adrenalin are on an |
| Contrary to the rather staid image of a boy | | | | emotional high as well as physical. Because |
| with a controller in hand concentrating on | | | | of that, they feel whatever they feel much |
| the television screen, a group of boys is a | | | | more intensely than normal, and can fall |
| far different creature. Pummeling each | | | | faster than a rock, and fly faster than a |
| other's virtual counterparts, they | | | | rocket. There is nothing more fun than |
| occasionally hit the real-life thing as well. | | | | watching a group of boys taking names in the |
| Talking trash faster than they can skate down | | | | safety of their own home. There is nothing |
| a stairwell railing, while at the same time | | | | more natural or more nostalgic than looking |
| communicating with each other to put them in | | | | at the four boys holding the controllers and |
| the position so that their team can | | | | remembering when that was you with a piece of |
| accomplish their mission. | | | | plastic in your hands at the corner store |
| | | | with your friends. |
| A group of teen-age boys are not the members | | | | |
| of the gang, but a force of nature. They | | | | Any game can provide benefits in terms of |
| easily expend enough calories to match the | | | | physical and mental health. There is the |
| same boys on a basketball court. That level | | | | charge of adrenalin that gets the heart |
| of energy expenditure can be a scary, but | | | | pumping, causing the blood to speed through |
| also works out for the boys health as well. | | | | the body. It can be interesting to watch the |
| After a good hour or so of gaming, they are | | | | group of boys bond, and in ways that will |
| out of breath, sweaty, and definitely ready | | | | cement them together in ways that merely |
| for the showers. | | | | going to the same school can't. And it's |
| | | | healthy behavior for boys of that age. Now, |
| There are other advantages to game-play as | | | | when they're doing that a decade |
| well. They are learning how to communicate | | | | later...well, at least they're not out |
| with others on several levels at once, | | | | committing crimes... |