Argumentative Essay On Video Games

Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat, Grand Theft Auto, and Doom. Many know these games for their violent nature, stemming from their graphic scenes or gameplay involving shooting or beating up opponents, and these factors have caused these games to stir up quite a bit of controversy. For the last few decades, people have debated the effects of these games on the people who play them. Many believe those who play the games become more aggressive as a result of their violent nature, while others argue that playing the games has no effect on one’s behavior. Society should realize that violent video games have, at most, minimal effect on players’ behavior.

Being a person who plays video games some being violent and others being strategy based, I personally do not think that violent video games make or cause people to act violently. Yeah I will say that some games could be quite graphic but even before games came out, people were violent and acted aggressively towards each other they would fight or bully each other even kill one another they did not even need or have to play games to do such things. People tend to have violent tendencies even without playing a violent video game, just imagine the time you were so angry at somebody that you wanted to harm them be it punching, slapping, or beating them up a game did not influence you to think that way. You thought about hurting that person because you were upset with them or something they did.

Research over the past decade at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Institute for the Future has shown that games consistently provide us with the four ingredients that make for a happy and meaningful life: satisfying work, real hope for success, strong social connections and the chance to become a part of something bigger than ourselves (Mcgonigal 396).

Did you know that according to Dr. Bret Conrad, the majority of gamers believe that video game violence has few, if any harmful effects on them personally? Well, many people today play games with simulated violence ranging from games like “Killer” to games like Grand Theft Auto. One example, “Killer”, takes place in multiple New York City high schools at the end of the year. It consists of two teams, each student is assigned a person to shoot and they have to shoot them before they are shot. The students have to use water pistols to shoot their person. Once they are killed, their game is over. While some agree that games with simulated violence are perilous for teens, games with simulated violence are beneficial for teens because they help kids with problem solving skills, keep them busy and helps them help others.

In today’s society, the concerns for the effects of video games have acquired quite a terrible reputation. Worried parents around the world assume video games make their children do poorly in school, and create violent, desensitized, antisocial children. The increase in violent games, usually get the blame for aggressive behavior, shootings and violence in schools and young individuals. Most beliefs about video games effect on the brain and emotions are very common misconceptions. I strongly believe that video games are an essential tool to learning and gaining much-needed skills. When people look at the studies that have been done on video games and the brain, it will be apparent that some myths about video games have been blown out of proportion. It has come to my attention that there are studies that prove the negative effects of video games may only last the duration of game play. Kids can improve in general knowledge with educational video games like Leap Frog. Video games can train specific areas of the brain as well as increase brain flexibility and memory. Gaming actually has more beneficial effects than negative effects. Video games are excellent educational implement used in elementary schools. It is extremely helpful in brain development and helping kids with trouble reading improve. Memory retention can be improved and increased with the use of strategic, thinking games. Video games, as funny as it might sound, even promote

Video games can provide an escape from reality although, often times are portrayed as violent, lazy and a waste of time. whenever something goes wrong with the youths, invariably someone will point the finger at video games. But is it possible someone could play a Video Game and still do well in school? The debate has raged on for years so, but could there be any positive effects? Before we dive in to far ahead of ourselves it’s important to note that too much of anything even water, water toxicity exists. So, if you binge and do nothing but play video games all day, the risks probably out weight the benefits.

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Kids all across America play role playing games that involve shooting each other with water guns which sounds harmless and innocent but some people think different. A select hand of people think that kids and teenagers playing role playing games are violent and could lead the kids into a troubled future, but they really are just harmless. The reasons for why role playing games like senior assassin are harless are that it isn’t real killing, it doesn’t involve real guns, no one gets hurt, and that it is usually set up by the school that all of the students attend. But on the other hand the people that think that it is violent have no real evidence and only say things like someone could get hurt, but from what the water, and they also say that it involves weapons but that really doesn’t mean anything.

The AAP recommendation for screen time should be raised because certain interactive video games will aid in fine tuning adolescent’s motor skills. A study that the University of Toronto lead, concluded that gamers did have better motor skills than non gamers. To prove this, their task was to keep a green cursor in the middle of a white moving target. The research experiment showed that people who played games scored better than the people who did not play games (U Media). If gamers play more action video games, then their motor skills will improve. New research by Li Li of New York University Shanghai in China has also found that playing action video games or a FPS (First Person Shooter)

“I like video games, but they’re really violent. I’d like to play a videogame where you help the people who were shot in all other games. It’d be called Really Busy Hospital.”-Demitri Martin. Role playing games have been a source of fun and entertainment for children and adults. There are more safe and calm games such as Just Dance, and there are more Perilous games such as Call of Duty. Role playing games such as killer are perilous for school age children putting them in danger, teaching violence, and teaching reckless behavior.

Since the Early 70’s video games have been giving a bad name. Parents state that video games rot the minds of children and are influencing them do be violent. These accusations are far from the truth. In my research I found that there are many positive effects of gaming. Some of these effects are increased skills, creativity, general knowledge, and also help those in need. Parents can also take proper precautions and look into a game before buying it to see if it meets the criteria discussed in this paper.

Video games have gained a bad reputation from overprotective parents. Most people think video games are only good for rotting brains. Scientists have did experiments to prove that there are positive benefits to playing video games for a limited time each week. Video games can positive impact on certain areas in the brain. These positive impacts are improved memory and reduced stress, enhances concentration skills, and curb a person’s appetite.

It is essential to understand and identify the current research pertaining to video games in order to see a different direction. Video games have become a major part of society thanks to the growths in technology; both hardware and software-based. With the convenience of being able to play games on a hand-held device they can be played at any time by any person. That being said, it is even more difficult now for parents to monitor their children with these advancements. However, new research is showing that as children continue to play games appropriate for their age range they have seen new growth in several areas of the brain. According to the Pediatric Clinics of North America, several positive effects of playing age-appropriate video games include improved visual and spatial skills, specific skills and knowledge from educational games, physical activity increase thanks to devices like the Kinect from Microsoft Corporation, and games to improve social behaviors of empathy, assisting others, and a decrease in aggression (Prot, McDonald, Anderson, & Gentile, 2012, p. 648). Visual and spatial

Video games have been growing rapidly in popularity in recent years. They are already a 91 billion dollar industry and they’re not slowing down anytime soon. Kids, teenagers and even adults are spending couple of hours every week just playing video games. Though video games have been criticized for being mindless entertainment with no educational value, I disagree. They can be as effective or even more so than the traditional teaching methods we use to teach right now.

“I never have an end goal. I don't want to be a movie star. I just want to live everyday making another cool thing I’m proud of” (O’Conner, 3). Markiplier explains his ideology of making his gaming videos. He wants to create videos of his interest and what he is proud of. While it is true that Gaming YouTubers are people who make a living online playing video games, through charity campaigns and creating a positive community of people like them allows them to send a message to their viewers and it is necessary to encourage these gamers because but hate online can create them to feel uninspired to create their content.