Negative Effects Of Video Games

The increasing popularity of video games has raised some concern in society. The question as to whether or not this concern is justified has been raised a multitude of times. However, it is reasonable to believe that video games’ impact on society is not a negative one as there are many beneficial aspects to gaming, there is no solid proof of issue with video games, and they are enjoyable.

Violent Video Games Promote Antisocial Behaviors. Video games that have violence involved can cause a change in behavior to gamers. ¨The researchers took a dim view of video games. In fact, they found video games correlated with everything from drug use to poor romantic relationships. And while some of this is unsubstantiated, plenty of it is backed by their evidence, in the form of university questionnaires, and the decade of research that's come before them.¨ Researcher analyze violent video games and came out with the conclusion that it´s not good. In violent video games there are things such as drug use or poor relationships that would influence negative thing to gamers. Studies have shown that video game tolerate drug use and poor relationships among peers.

Over the past few centuries,video games have become a great leisure and hobby among kids of all ages and cultures. With the advancement of technology, video games have advanced highly in its realism and genres. This high type of advancement brought the video game industry to a multi-billion dollar industry. However, with realism, comes negative effects as well. Ever since the creation of violent or “mature” video games, there has been a constant debate on whether it will increase violence in the player. Although, not all video games are violent, and just increase skills in a player such as hand-eye coordination. Nevertheless, there is research going on for the link between violent video games and youth violence. The question is which event happens first in the sequence, do violent video games aggravate a person’s violent behavior, or does a person get rid of their anger through playing violent video games? Either way, violent video games are not beneficial to our society.

This article does a review of other studies that are about the effects of gaming in all varieties, including visuospatial cognition, possible aggression, etc. The review of the studies shows a large amount of studies with publication bias, and in the end have no support for their hypothesis that states videogames cause aggressive behavior. However, some video game play was

The controversy of the effects of violent video games is a never ending battle between gamers and science. Hundreds of studies have been conducted on the issue all saying the same thing, violent video games have a correlation with increased risk of hostility in the people who play them. Although correlation does not equate to causation meaning that video games can not be condemned as the only source of aggressive behaviors. This isn’t the only effects that these games have on people. Violent video games are shown to have positive effects ranging from boosting learning in children, improvements in visuospatial cognition, and a decrease in violent crime.

Recently, I read an article about a young teenager that murdered his Mother because she told him to get off of his video game. The question that begs to be answered in this scenario is did playing video games make him violent? There is no definitive answer for either side of this debate. According to Michael M. Merzenich, there is growing direct evidence that intensive use of video games results in significant generalized improvements in cognitive function. (Merzenich, 2011,

The advancement of technology in the contemporary word has increased the use of video games by children, teenagers and young adults. The video games have existed for almost three decades and the controversy of their causing violent behavior spans the same period (Porter and Starcevic,422). The release of Death Race game in 1970s initiated a debate with organizations, governments officials and other institution taking sides in the argument of whether violent video games cause violent behaviors. The issue has been a bond of contention and has attracted several scientific studies as well as psychological explanations. As a result, the media, regulatory authorities and professionals in mental health have debated the effects of video games on the behavior of those that play, especially the young people. This essay argues that video games do not cause violent behaviors.

Videogames a huge part of today 's society, becoming more popular than ever with more than 91 percent of children from the ages of 2-17 according to NPD. People believing that nothing comes of gaming besides having no life, obesity, becoming stalked by pedophiles, and they are anti social; making you stupid or alter your mind making you think you live in a land of fantasy. Before your mind starts to wander and think about the negatives lets wander the positive effects of video games.

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.

“Recent contents analyses of video games show that many as 89% of games contain some violent contents” (Gentile, Lynch, Linder, Walsh 3). More than half of video games being sold around the world contain some form of violence. All of the violence involved in the video games being played by children is a pattern leading to aggression. Aggression can be caused by many things; however, violent video games are the main cause of aggression in young adults. “If a child began playing violent video games at a young age, then he might think that violence in real life is the same as the game violence and that it doesn’t have a real impact on others” (Gilad, Alto 1). Thinking that violence in the virtual world is the same as in the real world is the first step to showing aggression. Aggression in children caused by video games is the biggest effect parents and researchers worry about. Violent video games teach children that shooting and killing people are

Video games are fun to play. Playing video games may help us to forget our stress for some time but is it really worth our precious time? The popularity of video game is in 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 the game. Video game is popular all over the world including Unite States. According to the article, “Internet Gaming Disorder”, “The Entertainment Software Association estimates that in the United States, 58% of the population play video games and more than 50% of the population owns a gaming console” (Yau 380). The total number of people playing video game is huge. The interesting thing is that the estimates shows half of the population owning a gaming console. This shows the popularity of video game in United States. Personally, I have seen many of my friends wasting their precious time sitting in front of Xbox or PlayStation. They seem to be in their own world far away from the reality. They enjoy their virtual achievement more than the real one. Instead of caring about their decreasing grades, they care about their position in the game. I have also noticed them stealing money from their mother to pay for the subscription of the game. Today, video game has become one of the major problem of our generation. It is making us lazy, careless,

Over the last decade video games have become a huge controversy. Every day more people play games than living their lives. Which has become a big concern. Video games have disadvantages, like becoming addictive, influencing violence, and causing bad social skills. There have been many studies on the effect video games have on people’s social skills.

Playing video games is among one of the favorite pastimes of many people around the world. Some play games to kill time with simple tasks found most commonly on the phone, while others play them to challenge their mind in the form of complex puzzles or to practice management skills, some play them to experience a sense of adventure that they just can’t find anywhere else, and many use them as a way to communicate or have fun with friends both near and far. Whatever the reason someone may have for playing video games, they may not think that games can have an effect on their brains. Some would say that playing video games can lead to negative effects such as harming the player’s cognitive skills or causing them to become much more violent than normal. Others would argue that playing video games quickens the minds of their players, leading to higher mental performance or an increased attention to detail. Thanks to this hotly debated controversy many studies have been conducted over the past years in order to settle the debate once and for all. So what effect can playing video games have on the cognitive skills of their players, and are these effects positive, negative, or somewhere in the middle?

Video games are very popular with this generation than traditional tabletop games. With the advancement of the different Xboxes and Playstations, kids are never bored. With all of the different videos games to go along with the systems there have been several studies to see how these games are affecting kids. Video games can be both beneficial and harmful to younger people. When it comes to violent games like, Call Of Duty, people tend to believe that there are more negative effects on player than positive ones. In reality violent games like Call of duty are able to help players with thinking, teamwork, and some hand- eye coordination.

For more than 30 years, video gaming has been a popular activity amongst many of America’s children. With over $63 billion (Reuters, reuters.com) worth sold each year, video games are here to stay. While much controversy has arisen over the subject, video games have benefited the United States of America and its citizens to a great degree. For example, the military and CIA use gaming to train soldiers (Davidson, www.ehow.com), and classrooms use video games to teach students. The potential is infinite. Some studies demonstrate video game usage improves certain mental functions. However, when exposed to violent video games, some people develop to antisocial and aggressive behavior. In order to understand the potential benefits