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Is entertainment healthy?

With the rise of technology and the constant release of new video consoles it is a worry for most parents that their children are no longer running around outside playing with their friends, instead they are staying indoors sitting playing new games on their own or with a friend. There is a huge worry that children are not exercising enough or spending time outside. However, with the introduction of games such as the Nintendo Wii, children and adults alike are now exercising and playing at the same time. Exercising is now entertaining, many don’t even release they are exercising.

 

What are you waiting for? Entertainment can now be healthy and fun!

For centuries we have been fascinated by the many forms of entertainment. As our society develops and modernises we still enjoy all forms of entertainment. We generally associate entertainment with enjoyment and pleasure. It can be a recreational activity or a spectacle. Entertainment can be a variety of things; here is a list of examples of entertainment:

 

·         Animation (cartoons, anime)

·         Cinema (films and movies, DVDs)

·         Theatre ( plays, musicals, pantomimes)

·         Comedy (parody and satire)

·         Comics ( manga, marvel comics, DC comics)

·         Dancing ( salsa, ballet, ballroom dancing, disco dancing, break dancing)

·         Reading (poetry, fiction and non-fiction and magazines)

·         Games (children’s games, board games, video games, quizzes)

·         Circus (traditional, modern, magic and around the world)

·         Music (concerts, classical, pop, jazz, rock, R&B, acoustic)

·         Television (drama, news, films, documentaries, music videos, reality TV)

·         Radio ( shows, music, quizzes,)

·         Art (exhibitions, photography, paintings, sculptures, pottery)

·         Sports (basketball, football, tennis, running, horse ridding)

·         Internet (Online TV, music, magazines, information, games)

·         Video games (Nintendo, X-box, Nintendo DS, Playstation, Wii)

 

Entertainment is constantly advancing, but the enjoyment always stays the same.

 

What will be the next form of entertainment?

 

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