Causes and effects of video games on people

Name: Jassim alqattan

Topic: Boy Saves Sister From Moose Using world of war craft skills.

Date: November 2, 2013

Document type: Article

Source: “Boy Saves Sister From moose using Wow skills.” tomshardware.com. June 9, 2010

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/world-of-warcraft,10631.html

Summary:

According to an article written by Kevin parish, which focuses on a twelve-year-old boy and his sister that survived a moose attack using some skills learned from world of war craft video game. Hans and his sister went into the forest near their home to play. While they were walking they accidentally entered a moose territory. A moose saw them and came right at them. Hans used a skill called taunt to drive away danger from his sister to him. After that he used another skill called feigning death and it worked amazingly, he and his sister survived the moose attack, he learned both of those skills from world of war craft video game.

Quotations:

“Thanks to his numerous encounters in Blizzard's MMORPG, his first reaction was to "taunt" the moose so that it would ignore his younger sister.”

“In the PC game, taunting is the ability to draw the attention of the attacking beast away from the lower-level and less-armored party members. Apparently it works on real-world beasts too.”

“He got up and ran back home to report what happened.”

“After the girl escaped, Hans initiated another World of Warcraft tactic he learned at level 30: feigning his death. Dropping to the ground and remaining inanimate, he waited for the moose to sniff him out and lose interest.”

Paraphrasing:

Original paragraph:

Twelve-year-old Hans Jørgen Olsen and his sister went out into the forest near their home to take a brisk walk. Details are scarce, however they unintentionally wandered into moose territory. An alarmed moose came charging towards the two young trespassers upon their arrival. Despite the threat, Hans knew exactly what to do. Thanks to his numerous encounters in Blizzard's MMORPG, his first reaction was to "taunt" the moose so that it would ignore his younger sister. With its focus shifting to the boy, the sister was able to flee and head for safety. In the PC game, taunting is the ability to draw the attention of the attacking beast away from the lower-level and less-armored party members. Apparently it works on real-world beasts too.

Paraphrased paragraph:

Hans and his sister went to the forest to take a walk. While they were walking they accidentally entered a moose territory, because of that, a moose chased them. Hans didn’t freak out and knew exactly how to deal with the situation. He used a technique he learned from world of war craft and that technique is called taunt. This technique drawed the attention of the moose towards Hans, saving his sister from the danger. It worked exactly like how it worked in world of war craft.

Respond:

This article is one of the best articles I’ve ever read. It displays a brave young twelve-year-old boy that risked his own life to save his sister from danger. It’s a remarkable display of bravery. Who said that video games were not useful and educational? This boy is our biggest example that video games are useful! Although this boy spent many hours behind the screen playing all the time, he saved his sister from danger! Thanks to the help of the world of war craft video games. Video games tech us some important life lessons and one of those lessons is how to survive on the wild.