Negative Effects Of Video Games

Since the 19th Century, video games had been perceived as an exciting aspect of the media landscape and has experienced a lot of expansion in recent years. It had also changed the way people communicate to each other. Various studies have shown that violent content in video games desensitizes players, especially children and teenagers, to a real-world violence. Most teenagers who play violent videogames find it to be exciting because it shows empowerment. It is kind of ironic to tell how gaming can get children and teenagers to play videogames. A lot of people say that gaming has a negative effect. However, gaming has a positive effect. Our definition of gaming is when a person plays a videogame by him or herself, with another player, or a group of people. Despite the fact that gaming can lead to violence, in reality, most games are not violent and can be enjoyable when played with other players or

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Parents have always claimed that video games corrupt a child’s well-being, but many of them don 't know what video games are actually doing to our minds and body. In fact, video games affect several different aspects of our lives, including our social lives, physical health, and behavior tendencies. With video games becoming an active member in almost everyone 's daily life, a more intrusive study is required, detailing the precise effects and what exactly their implications could be for this up-and-coming generation.

Have you ever wondered why people enjoy playing video games? Players often find video games to be fun and exciting. But there’s a downside. Many adults assume that video games are harmful to the player, but that’s not necessarily true. Most people don’t understand that playing video games also comes with many benefits. We need to change how the world targets video games as always being “harmful”. Although, many people think video games are harmful, video games have positive effects on people in terms of perceptual tasks, having great educational potential, and improving problem-solving skills.

Today in the United States video game are played around the world. “There are children that play from 2-17. 91% of the kids in that age group play video games (Granic). Most teenagers play videogames boys playing video games 99% girls who play video games 94% (Granic). Parents always thought video games for kid were bad for them, but are they? Video games can be a good tool in the world instead of being bad. Video games are beneficial because video games provide skill to develop the brain, they have appositive effect on the brain, and can help in the class room.

As we enter the 21st Century, video games are becoming more popular each and every day and children enjoy playing them as a way to spend their free-time. These games allow the player to live in the game by playing a role, in some cases with people from around the world. But the problem with the video games in the market is that they are becoming too violent in some people’s mind and are also affecting them in diverse ways. Also, many of these video games are being advertised and directed to American’s children, which is the main controversy. There have been many studies of how video games can convey possible negative effects. The parents of these young children need to be aware of the effects of these games before letting them spend too much time playing them. Although children and adolescents enjoy playing video games, these games are not healthy to play because they convey various negative effects such as increase on violence, obesity, and anti-social behavior.

Playing video games can lead to an aggressive behavior like fighting, bulling or abusing. However, referring to some people, they think that these video games reflect a big support in children memory that could bring them a bigger vision at school, but not according to Poole. S, who based to a new research thinks that “Video games will make your kids violent and more likely to fail at school” Web. (2000, Apr 26). There are statistics that shows how in 1996 the U.S entertainment software industry accounted 2.6 billion on sales and after twenty years later was increased to 11.7 billion profits. Most of the video games have become so realistic that withdraw people physically and mentally. Therefore, children at young age are more liable to oppose such aggressive behaviors because of spending at least 13.7 hours a week on the computer or on the play station, playing games. But, spending a quality time in front of the computer playing harmful games, the National Institute of Mental Health(NIMH) reported that the conscious of video game players have been partly

Excessive video game playing has been a problem with today’s youth they have had more influences over the youth than ever before. That brings to my attention a question, how do video games affect the youth of our society? Excessive video game playing, especially violent video games, can lead to youth violence, a decrease in academic success and many other negative things. I realize that some parents believe that they can be good for children, I agree but I also disagree in some cases. Some parents allow their children to play video games to keep a social life and to learn how to use strategies. This is true in some cases but not in all cases. For instance, other children that play video games alone and are in their rooms constantly can

Video games are one of the most popular entertainments in our modern societies, and one of the best media of choice, targeting people from different varieties and ages. They first started in 1972 as a computer tennis game called pang, and then improved by increasing quality, and huge variety, until reaching how they are today with HD editions and virtual reality and lots of other versions, which made it more spread and immersed in our society specially between adolescences and children. Making them more dipped in world of games that they completely separate from their surroundings, and spend hours and hours in front of a screen. Leading to several health, mental, physical, social, family, school problems, and some of these might be severe. To date much of the impacts have been negative focusing on its potential harm, with increasing number of people playing video games daily, the world is going to face serious problems.

Video games are fun to play. Playing video games may help us to forget our stress for a while, but is it really worth our precious time? The popularity of video games is on an upward trend. Every day we see many people playing video games and getting addicted to it. Without caring much about their surroundings, they focus their attention solely on these games. Video games are popular all over the world including the United States. According to the article “Video games,” more than 75 percent American youths have video-game consoles at home, and on a typical day, at least 40 percent of them play a video game (Glazer). The statistics show that the total number of people playing video games is huge. The interesting thing is that the estimates show three-quarters of the population owning a gaming console. Every day people are wasting their precious time sitting in front of Xbox and PlayStation. They seem to be in their own world far away from the reality. They enjoy their virtual achievements more than the real one. Instead of caring about their decreasing grades, they care about their position in the game. Therefore, despite its popularity, these games are actually affecting us in negative ways. The video games have become one of the major problems of this generation because a large number of people are wasting their precious time and hard-earned money in these games instead of doing

Aggressive behavior is a common feature to children and teens who play video games. Till this day, it is still one of the biggest problems parents have. “The psychological group reports that more than 90% of children in the United States play video games. Among kids between the ages of 12 and 17, the number rises to 97%” (Scutti par.3). Many parents do not see or understand that video games are not all that good for them. Nowadays, many different videos games on the market have some type of violence (Scutti par.3). For example, Call of Duty, Counter-strike Global Offensive, Injustices, and Doom are some of the games that cause aggressive behavior. “With the rise in new technologies, such as tablets and new gaming platforms, children and adolescents increasingly are exposed to what is known as ‘virtual violence’” (American Academy of Pediatrics par.1). At the rate technology is going, there will be more violence and aggressive behavior in children and teens.

Video games, the newest and most popular form of entertainment for children and adults of various ages. But this form of entertainment can be harmful in the development of children during their youth. Initially, children who play these video games can suffer from severe aggression problems, due to the fact that they can be exposed to violent video games at a young age. Although there are evident downsides to video games some of these video games can be used to help educate some people and/or children and can include educational school subjects such as math, science, and social studies. In spite some video games being educational, some people play these video games for excessive amounts of time a day which is not good for health. Video games can sometimes be unhealthy for people in excess and serious repercussions can take place to those who do play them.

Firstly, there are negative effects of the violent video games to youths. Studies have shown that the violent video games have affected to youths. Consequently, the video games with violent content can lead youths to aggressive behaviour. Moreover, in studies, young people showed more aggressive idea in a post-test than those who played a nonviolent game. In addition, studies have found that young people who had played a violent virtual reality game showed symptoms of a higher heart rate, dizziness and nausea (Hughes, 2014). Likewise, the video games with violent content can also make them insensitive to violence. Studies have shown that young people who like playing first-person shooter style games are potentially to have a disconnect view from the society. Equally important, aggression is another specific sign of young people’s addiction to video games. Youths may show aggression when they lose their games (ARSHI, 2017).

“Life is a video game. No matter how good you get, you are always zapped in the end” (“Video Game Quotes” 1). Over time researchers, psychiatrists, and parents have often wondered how damaging violent video games can be to the youth in society. This is an important matter to people with children in their personal lives or work environment. These games have become a large risk factor for aggressive behavior in children. Researchers have been saying that video games do affect adults as well; however, they have even more effect on younger brains in early development. Video games have negative effects on childrens’ behavior. Some effects that video games have are reduced academic performance, aggression, obesity, and emotional disorder.

An astute man once stated, a lot of one thing can never be great.. Therefore playing video games nonstop shouldn’t be something worth being thankful for, yet the inverse. Video games have been around since the 1970’s, developing many controversies about it. There are people who believe video games are a great impact on today’s world, while others think it’s one of the reasons why young people have medical issues. Spending countless hours playing games in front of a screen has shown to decrease people’s health because, the brain isn’t being productive and focusing on one aspect-playing the game results in depression, behaviors, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).