Negative Effects Of Video Games

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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.

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In today's society, video games are a widespread source of entertainment, yet the question of whether they provide a positive or negative change is one that is asked quite often. Video games, like many things, provide a positive and a negative effect on society, however, the benefits of the widespread use of video games have more of an impact than the negative effects they may cause. Video Games aren't just a media to be consumed for the sole purpose of entertainment, they can also bring about social benefits for players or a learning experience for gamers of all ages. Even with the arguments that video games cause violence or aggression in players, there is no doubt that video games provide a beneficial effect to people of all ages and lifestyles.

Most of the research done on video games tends to be done on the possible negative effects associated with the medium. From aggression and violence to the connection to mood disorders, video games tend to get a bad reputation. However, there are studies that have been done about the possible positive effects of games as well. There are definitely fewer positive studies than negative, but they are out there for those who search them out. The study that was used by Kendall Ashley in her article “How Videogames Can Help with Depression and Anxiety”, was not one of those studies.

Video gaming can cause many health problem, Death, Poor Performance and Preoccupations for people. Video game change the facts how people sees the world in a negative ways which can leads to health problem, Poor performance, Preoccupations and also death. Many teens are into gaming more than before which also increase the cause of problem and addiction. Teens treat gaming as a daily life activity that’s why it causes more negative effects on them than the one who only uses the game during free time. It’s start with playing video game sometime then leads to addictions and problem.

The topic that will be introduced and talk about throughout this paper is video game play and some may question video play. Throughout the generation’s parents always tend to get A whole negative effect about it although it can be very distracting at times. In this report it's all about the positive impact video games influence on the people around the world. Video game play will improve one’s skills and enhance memory all around the positive side of video game play it will focus on developing problem solving skills and also focus on individual characteristics

Yesterday a child killed 16 people and injured many more in less than 20 mins. He is just a child, how is this possible? Video games have become more popular with children, and adolescents, copious amount of video games exposes children to violence. Did you know that children and adolescents who played more violent games were most likely to report aggressive cognitions and behaviors? (Toppo 2015) In today's society, violent video games such as “Call of Duty” have a negative effect on health, growth and development, and posing a bad influence for children and young adults. Due to the advancing technology video games are becoming more popular, therefore having a negative effect on children and young adults.

Video games have been with us for years, ever since the 1970’s with the simple arcade sticks and legendary games such as Pacman, Super Mario and more. Video games have evolved and progressed enormously as the years have gone by. They have developed into a billion dollar industry worldwide and one of the leading sources of entertainment in the world. This report will be identifying the different effect video games have on people, using a variety of different sources including surveys and an interview with a video game developer working for Tru Blu Entertainment.

Video games are played by children of all ages, but recently the question has come up of whether or not they are negatively affecting children. There is a simple answer to that question and it is no. Children who play video games show better performance in perception, attention and cognition. Playing video games helps children emotionally. Video games also better promote social interactions among children.

In October of 1958, William Higinbotha created the first ever piece of technology known to be a ‘video game’. Starting as just a simple adaptation of a tennis game, Higinbotha couldn’t begin to dream of what he had started. Now in 2017, there are more than two-billion video game players world-wide. Just here in the United States, sixty-three percent of households have at least one person that spends over three hours a week dedicated strictly to video games.

Video Games have become a world phenomenon and people love them. The video game industry in 2015 made around $91.5 billion dollars and every year since the amount has gone up. Everyone at some point has seen or played a video game, but it can be hard for people to put it down or know how much time has past sinse you first picked it up. And they are good time wasters for good reasons or bad. They are just like going to see a movie or watching TV. However most people believe that the effects of playing video games outweigh the benefits.

Aside from fatalities caused by excessive play time there have been a few cases of a more severe nature where the players have stolen, assaulted and even murdered people over video game related issues, in Vietnam a 13 year old boy was accused of robbing and murdering an 81 year old women, when captured he pleaded guilty and confessed that he needed money to play online video games so he decided to steal it, in another more severe case and 18 year old boy from America decided to re-enact gameplay elements from the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice city, he was caught trying to steal a car and was arrested, once detained he was taken to the local police station there he somehow got a hold of an officer’s gun and shot and killed 3 officers and escaped in a stolen police car. After he was later captured he stated, “Life is a video game everybody’s got to die sometime”. Although in many of these cases video games were at the centre of the incident the media often does not report on any phycological evaluations conducted on the subject’s mental state leading up to and at the time of the incidents and in comparison to the size of the video game player population as a whole the cases in question make up a very small percentage which leads me to conclude that video games are not the major cause of this behaviour rather some form of mental illness present and the video games themselves a catalyst to the behaviour.

What is the first thing to pop into one’s head when they think about video games? Most people think of fun they have while playing. Or it could be the cost of the new game or the device to go with it. It could also be the violence a game offers or the rating given to the game. Many people play and enjoy video games today, people don’t necessarily have to play video games at home anymore either. Games can be downloaded to devices such as cell phones or tablets that can be taken on the go. When taking a step back to look at the games that are played more often one is shocked at the content some games have and the language and violence involved in the games played. This paper will be outlining the different effects of video games whether good

A saying anyone who grew up playing video games has likely heard. Since the release of the first video game in 1971 the general masses viewed them with disregard. Parents and media alike only saw these electronic games as a new way for people to erode their brain with bright flashing lights and mindless, repetitive actions. Fast forward thirty or so years later, studies started to emerge trying to find out the true effect video games have on the mind. Some did prove that the speculation was an actual truth, while others proved that playing could do the brain some good. The findings of theses studies concluded that playing video games has both positive and negative effects on the brain all dependent on what type of game is played and for how long.