Rainbow Six Vegas

So I bet everyone has pretty much played a video game before in their life right?! Its pretty impossible not too! Well I have a younger brother whos currently in grade nine and he is actually obessed with X-Box 360... and Tom Clancys "Rainbow Six Vegas". Its about a terrorist (whos name is Irena Morales, surrprisingly a woman) who has a bunch of mercenaries and they are taking over Las Vegas, and its up to Logan Keller and his crew to stop them, without tipping the balance of power in favor of the bad guys.

Doesn't sound all that amazing now does it... I can see the appeal to men... Hummmm explosions, weapons, combat? But truely... the game is pretty well made. The graphics are astounding, the music really plays to the mood because it is composed specifically for the game by the boston orchestra. I however do not see how someone could play it for hours on end, and then do it again the next day and for the rest of the month for that matter. My brother has a broken hand and still somehow manages being able to play.

You know when you pick up a great book but you just can't seem to put it down? Do we consider that an addiction? And if we don't, why do we not? Because really an addiction is when you cannot stop doing something. What effects can reading Harry Potter or Romantic Novels have on a person? Someone could actually believe its real right? But playing violent video games could lead to a violent lifesytle?! Is it wrong for our generation to like the stimulation of simulations and the possiblities that that simulation could be eventually become real? Does it actually lead to lower grades, and bad people... Or are these just excuses!?