Know Online Gaming on a New View: Its Positive Effect for Society

Though gaming has its drawbacks, it also has many benefits to cover them. If controlled, gaming is extremely useful and with the amount of gamers in the world today, it proves that it is not just for children or for teenagers. There are millions of adult gamers that understand the importance of gaming in the under the existing circumstances of the world. Individuals that have studied gamers believe that gaming in today’s

Gaming has a special place in the hearts of many because the games use can vary from user to user, it could be a be a form entertainment, to stress relief or even becoming a professional gamer. Today the gaming world has hit an astronomical at 1.8 billion players worldwide and is continually growing. Many have argued that gaming has influenced negative behavior, however, through the abundant amount benefits gaming provides and the constant stream of fresh innovations gaming has proven to have a positive impact on society.

Video games have been a part of the American popular culture since the 1970s, when Pong was first invented. They have affected our society in many ways, some good, and some bad. An analysis of video game trends in our society will reveal their evolution over time, the affects they have on society, and the consequences they have on society.

In this morden world, “videogame” is a common topic for debate. The network of information technology has been installed globally, which leads to more and more games being created to satisfy human’s entertainment demand. The article on video games benefits, entitiled “Be a Gamer, Save the World” by Jane McGonigal, illustrates how games can play an essential role in solving problems which the world is facing. However, everything has it own merits and drawbacks. Playing video games should be discouraged because of these four main disadvantages they bring to players: health degradation, relationships destruction, violence involvement and unproductivity.

Computer games are entertainment and recreation tools that a lot people have been enjoying for a long time. Young and old are playing these computer game in order to enjoy themselves. Computer games are getting bigger in the industry since a lot of people are demanding to get more games. Computer games are beginning to be a business. Between 1970s and 1980s, It is considered the golden age of video gaming due to rapid gaining popularity of the video game arcade at that time. (Auction Game Sales) The popularity of video games is getting bigger until the present time. Since technology is evolving, video games are also evolving. Instead of using for recreational purposes, video games are also working on as a tool for education.

Video games have now been in existence for a few decades, and in such a short time have evolved greatly. The first video game was created to be a military artillery calculator, then others played with the idea and pong was created, packman would become one of the most wildly known game in arcades, and now we have games such as call of duty or battlefield that can be played on a device that would use to require an entire room just for the computing power. Games have made a large leap in technology from two white rectangles rebounding a ball between one another, to the ability of virtual reality that visually has few faults that can be noticed by the human eye thanks to the high frames per second displayed to the user’s eyes. Along with the

“The reason why people find it so enjoyable is that games are usually the right degree of challenging and the player takes an active role (unlike watching television) so there is an incentive to achieve” (Gee). Ever since video games were invented there was an immediate attachment and an unwillingness to release them. They present chances to accomplish things one may not be able to do in their life, and provides an escape from reality. Video games also imprint and teach new skills to the gamers who play repeatedly; these skills are very useful in later life and can be applied to nearly every situation in life. However, there are those who have differing opinions and, unfortunately, society and media have constantly berated video games, always painting them in a negative light, brainwashing people to believe that video gaming only harms them...this is incorrect, as video games are neither good nor bad and possess positives and negatives to them.

The rapid growing technology influences the creation of many sources of entertainment. According to a U.S Study by Rideout Et Al (As Cited in Anderson & Bushman 2001.a), the popularity of video games is rapidly increasing. In a U.S study by Butchman & Funk (As Cited in Anderson & Bushman 2001.b), Around 60 percent of 4th grade girls prefer violent games and about 3 out of every 4 boys with a similar age also prefer ferocious ones. This essay will argue that violence in video games should be censored. For the purpose of this essay, violence can be defined as the physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something, and censor may relate to the act of supressing unwanted material (Oxford Dictionaries). The three main points of this essay are that exposure to violent video games leads to aggressive behaviour, the negative impact caused by ferocious video games on the society, and how ferocity in video games collaborates with affecting the psychology of individuals negatively.

In the video games, for example, we found a series of steps we must take, no real ambiguity with which we have to face in life to many of our decisions. Metaphors, which form of knowledge that helps us to live in the paradoxical nature of life, are outside the transfer of continuous images you see on television and other media. Essential to produce universes of meaning, we cannot escape the need for us to continue it and relate to the world. It may be that the neurological system is enriched with certain aspects of electronic popular culture, but how works in our consciousness? Video games can be dangerous if prolonged long exposure to them. Reflecting the extreme violence causes aggressive players, because the brain reacts as if these violent video games were real, creating repeating patterns in everyday life. Can the brain differentiate reality from fiction or only does our conscience, that appendix that physically is not yet fully determined? Do you develop electronics our capacity for judgment or, conversely, the sleep?

All that is required is just skillfully managing the keyboard. Computer life is so exciting, that sometimes people are not concerned so much on events that occur in reality, as on what is happening in the virtual world. Where, by passing different levels and achieving any success, player feels how great and powerful he is. With each passing day, the video game industry progresses, giving us the better opportunity to fully enjoy the scene. The purpose of this essay is to prove that video games bring more harm than benefits to children. Firstly in this essay, negative effects will be considered, after that it will review benefits of video games, and finally give recommendations to parents, how not to allow games to negatively influence their children.

Video games are luxury items owned by consumers of all ages. A worldwide phenomenon, video games delivered an impact towards social and technological society. The industry is flourishing, and will continue to flourish for the upcoming years. The expansion of such said luxury items comes with its set of pros and cons. Video games are an example of controversy and benefits.

What is video games? According to Wikipedia, video game is an electronic games that require human involvement with user interface that generated by a platform to produce visual feedback on a video generating device such as television. Platform that usually used to play video games are personal computer (PC) and video games console. What is made by human is not perfect. So do the video games. It does bring both advantages and disadvantages toward human kind. But we need to look positively toward video games, so this essay will be about the advantages that video games bring toward human kind. Video does bring a lot of advantages toward human kind from many aspects such as social, personal growth, economy and health or psychology. From social

A generation ago, there were no video games in the household. The children of that generation would have to go to the local arcade building to play any video games. Most children would spend their free time riding bikes and playing around the neighborhood until it got dark. With the creation of the Atari 2600 and the Magnavox in the 1970’s, video games could be played in the household on the television. These consoles set the foundation for how video games are used today. Video games today are present in almost everyone’s lives in the United States, with most of the population playing for at least an hour per day. The majority of the research done on video games have been on the negative side: the potential harm related to violence, addiction, and depression. While that research has value, it is important for people to see the benefits of playing video games. Considering these benefits is important when determining if video games are truly bad for the player because the nature of video games has changed over the years, becoming much more complex, realistic, and social. The positive benefits far outweigh the negative effects of people playing video games.

The Internet has dramatically changed our lives over the past few decades. Through Internet technology innovation and development, the Internet provides a lot of benefits to people's life; doing business online, shopping online, playing video games and so on. With social media, people can see what is happening all over the world, searching information, resources they need, communicating with friends or family oversea. Nowadays, Internet is closely related to people’s daily life; people can barely live without it. However, there are some disagreement as to whether the overall effect of this technology has been positive or negative. For instance, with the popularity of video games, lots of teenagers are addicted into the virtual world. People spend most of their fragmented time on their phones, computers. People should understand that spending time on Internet for their daily studying and working are useful and helpful because of its fast pace and powerful searching engine. Besides that, Internet isn’t that important in our daily life, because online activities cannot replace the real life.

Since the creation of Spacewar in spring of 1962, video games have dramatically improved along with technology. It has become the most popular way of entertainment in modern civilization, but it also has become a subject of public concern regarding to its negative effects on peoples psychological and physical problems, especially in children and teens. Video games are now recognized by a study as an addiction according to the journal Psychological Science: “Researchers used data on 1,200 children and teens taken from a survey. About 8.5% were addicted to video games and showed at least 6 of 11 signs of addictive behavior. For example, skipped schoolwork to play games or ‘escape’ bad feeling” (“Video Games Addiction Is Real”). Studies made in South Korea have concluded that video games are indeed a real problem for society and their government took action on the matter by passing a law known as “Gaming Shutdown Law” as reported by Sun Carolyn: “ Two big surveys--one by Seoul 's National Information Society Agency, the other by Korea 's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family--found that more than one in 10 Korean adolescents are at high risk for Internet addiction and that one in 20 are already seriously addicted.” Even though, the compulsive use of video games has caused adverse effects on people, being children and teens the more exposed to, there are some solutions that can help overcome this type of addiction.