Negative Effects Of Video Games

After reading both essays on video games called, "Video Games Enhance the Lives of Youths" and "Video Games Put Youth at Risk" I've come to an agreement. I myself belive that video games are dangerous to children but also healthy. For example children sitting for long hours a day playing video games can be unhealthy, but its a way for kids to escape the real word and pretend to be someone else being stress free. One another hand some games provide education for children. To begin, I quote "Gaming can be directly linked to a rise in childhood obesity", a child needs to be limited to the time they sit on a couch and stare at a screen.

Over the past few decades, video games have been a source of entertainment around the globe. Many people have argued that video games are harmful to children and young adults, while others have argued otherwise. Research has shown that video games has many benefits. These include cognitive, social, and emotional benefits.

There are many things that today’s society worries about; television, role models, etc. The biggest ones are those that affect the children. One that many people overlook is video games, a national past time in almost every home. It is clear that they can cause changes in children, but are the changes good or bad? Do video games have a negative effect on kids?

Are video games harmful? Are they poisoning society and corrupting the minds of the youth? The evidence would certainly make it seem that way, but what are the real effects that video games have on people? Video games have been the subject of controversy ever since their creation. Yes that’s right, ever since the creation of Pong, video games have been a concern. In fact C. Everett Koop stated that “There is nothing constructive in the games. Everything is eliminate, kill, destroy and do it fast” (Marcovitz 12). As video games grow more and more like real life concern grows as well. However, as video games grow, they also grow in providing a safe outlet for negative emotions, teaching player’s life lessons, and any research proving otherwise is too flawed to be reliable, the media also twists the subject of video games to fit their viewpoint instead of reporting what video games actually do.

It seems like everything coming out about video games is bad. A student tried to kill his fellow classmates, and he was an avid Call of Duty player. A study has been released that proves that playing video games will turn you into a criminal. The many benefits of games and gaming, such as their possible applications to education and their ability to tell more complex stories than other forms of media, are almost universally ignored. I know better, though. Between the lifetime I’ve spent playing and loving video games, and the articles I’ve found, I can tell you that video games do not cause violent behavior or thoughts.

It is true that there have been many debates over this topic of video games but most people don’t really understand the world of video games and technology. In “Dream Machine” by Will Wright explains to us that many people only view video game as a negative and don’t think beyond that point. “Most people on the far side of the generational divide-elder-look at games and see a list of ills (They’re violent, addictive, childish, worthless).” (Wright 211). I believe that there are a few flaws in playing video games. There are a few games out there that have crude acts of violence, language, and also display sexual material. There are labels on them to help parents know what their children are playing. However, not a lot of people know that there are also a positive side of playing video games. Non-gamers need to understand that playing video games can enlighten the mind of people. It can help with creativity and imagination is one of the main benefits of playing video games. “They [videogames] will allow us to express ourselves, meet others, and create things that we can only dimly imagine.” (213) I strongly agree with what Wright is stating, it is amazing how people can play with each other around the world and also there are some games with good problem solving and also how to work as a team. Technology devices are also a big part of the argument, it can of prevent us from speaking face to face and it has a different way to communicate around the

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Video games are a lighthearted pleasure most of the time. There are plenty of shapes and forms of games to choose from. Video games can be enjoying and a pleasure to play with family, but it can cause serious health problems to the human body. Video games are harmful for health because they cause seizures, obesity in some cases, and an increase in aggression.

Are video games harming your children heath and education? In my personal opinion I would say yes children all over are spending countless hours staring a their television sets instead of expirianceing the real world. I can understand children useing thease games as an outlet for stress but a constant use can offset a childs perseption of reality. constant gameing can harm a childs social expiriances witch could lead to stress, axiety, and constant presure in the real world rather than his/her confort zone with the videogame.

Some children and teen who play video games excessively may become isolated and because of that they may make there live as adults even more difficult. They may fail to learn how to act in a business setting or how to communicate with other people or even how to date. Video Games can also lead to health problems. It is known that video games are a sedentary activity and during which most children and teen tend to snack and drink soda (“Minds and bodies at risk”). With all the unhealthy food they could get diabetes. Addiction is another problem with video games which could lead to more health problems. When you are addicted to video games you may become sleep deprived because you spend all night games. Staying up all night will make you school performance go down dramatically and you attention span will also go down. If you are very addicted to video games and you go a long period of time without playing you may also go through withdraw symptoms, which do not go very well. Another problem is psychosomatic challenges that cause you physical imbalance in which emotional components have a strong influence (“Bass”). You may also develop a dysfunctional coping mechanism (“Bass”). You can also developed problems with verbal memory. Certain game can also make you hostile and aggressive because it is very violent. Playing games can also cause loneness, low self-esteem and have stress. Sadly Video games

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Video games are frowned upon by parents as time-wasters, and worse, some education experts think that these games corrupt the brain. Violent video games are easily blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some young people become violent or commit extreme anti-social behavior. But many scientists and psychologists find that video games can actually have many benefits – the main one is making kids smart. Video games may actually teach kids high-level thinking skills that they will need in the future.

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 has been a very controversial topic for me in the past. I have always wandered are the children that play video games better than the children that do not? Are the children benefiting from them? They are using their hand-eye coordination while becoming part of a story. In the meantime, they could be missing out on other important things like create their own real games while socializing with others or spend more time with family and friends. How about all the violent themes I see when they play video games, and even the games that are rated for their age group are many times violent? How about addiction to video games and not getting enough physical activities and fresh air? If we do not let them play at home, they will be playing at their friends’ houses. These questions have been bothering me for a long time. Other times, I would find my teenage boys on the weekend safely being entertained with their virtual friends playing video games and even talking to them. I would feel thankful for the video games. I would not want them to be wandering out at night to meet friends or to be entertained. They are learning to read and follow stories. Then I would wonder what kind of life skills could videos give them in the real world? For one example, when I was their age, I was doing real gardening, and they are doing it on the computer. I even talked about it with other people that have children that play video games.

Video games is a brand new product and our body hasn’t evolved and adapted to all of the rapid technology growth that is happening this instance. Video games can cause so many things to both our mental and physical state, that is why they shouldn’t be use by young adults whos brain are still fragile and in the development state.It makes kids less active, it waste time and is making us less social. Video games were just introduced to us a couple decades back , It was designed by adults but wasn’t meant of kids .So could this piece of technology could do any harm to us?