Video Games Are A Great Thing !

Video games are enjoyable for people and have good benefits for children who use their multiple skills to play and interact with others. In many parts of the world, the common video game is often seen by parents as something that is wasting their child's time or “rotting their brain”. It is a popular misconception that video games are bad for children. What parents do not know is the positive things about video games. Video games have a positive impact on people and help them learn things for experiences to come. People often do not understand that violent video games are not harmful to people because video games allow people to release their anger, video games decrease crime in youth, and because they allow people to be creative and test their

I believe that video games are an important, often amazing, under-appreciated cultural form that is slowly becoming a mainstream interest. I grew up with video games. Pokémon, Mario kart, and even Crash Bandicoot (About to make a comeback). I loved playing them because I find them genuinely interesting.

Ever wondered why parents keep blaming games for every disaster among the young culture? Whether it is poor vision or bad grades in school, games have always been the valid excuse among conventional adults. However, is it truly a valid one or parents are just not recognizing any of the gaming benefits since it is invading their “convention?”

Personally, I felt there was nothing wrong with video games. I play them for fourteen hours or more a week, and I’ve been doing “fine” in life. I made it to a fine college, I learned unique words when I was young, and I even won prizes in some video game contests. I still have that Star Fox t-shirt even to today. Still, I

Everybody in this country plays video games almost every day. It does not matter what the age is, even though they are not young and have free time they would play video games and enjoy themselves. People and society says that through video games children’s and also some adults become more aggressive and violent. Video games are contributing the act of violence all over the world and they are thinking to stop video games for their benefit. The media makes false assumptions. They are not giving details of video games and missing the benefits of the video games. According to medical daily new research indicates that certain video games actually boost the brain power and improve strategic thinking. Unfortunately, our parents and society does not approve the use of video games and it has been decried by many parents and it creates destructive garbage. It also improves the cognitive flexibility which is the mental faculty of creative and lateral thinking. According to Ericson, “Our paper shows that cognitive flexibility, a cornerstone of human intelligence, is not a static trait can be trained and improved using fun learning tools alike gaming”.(Medical Daily) This is the necessary part of our human brain and it can be achieved by video games and other fun learning activities. There are many advantages just like these from playing video games. They should also look at the benefits and not just focus on the disadvantages. It also helps from

Parents are used to kids playing outside, not sitting in the house playing video games. For example, my little brother come home and play video games on the computer instead of going outside doing different activities. My mom get so upset when he runs in the house and hop on the computer to play games. Another example, is in the article “Reality Is Broken” the article explains that today’s kids play video games all day and get no excise (McGonigal 198). Kids should really do half and half, spend some time outside and some time playing games. It will be better for the kids health.

Video games can be very helpful in school. Although they have a reputation for being “brainwashing” and distracting, they actually teach the players more than you think. Contrary to popular belief, video games are educational and should be included in schools and other forms of education.

I am 30 years old and I can say that I have not lived in a world without video games. I did however grow up in a time where it was encouraged to play outside and not sit in front of a televison all evening. Unfortunitly that is no longer the case with most families.

Technology has also kept me entertained and inspired I other ways. I have played video games my entire life. Not only do they provide entertainment, but they have also taught me problem solving skills using creativity and thinking outside of the box. Something about games has always grabbed my attention,and kept it. One of my favorite things to do is play online games with my friends. Teamwork and strategy are involved in lots of games,and that really draws me in and provides me with a new and exciting situations each time I play.

I did not truly start playing video games until I was about five when my father gave me a game boy advance and a copy of Pokémon Fire red. Before my father gave me the game boy advance I did not really care about video games. I had played several games before Fire red I simply did not like them much, but when I did play Pokémon Fire red I fell in love. Pokémon Fire red was the first game I ever completed. After I played Pokémon Fire red I started play video games more often but I did not play them that much at the time and the only games I played were Pokémon games.

Video games have quickly become the new major source of entertainment for the youth and the upcoming adults of the world. The youth seem to be giving more of their free time to video games. However, they have always seemed to have a bad reputation with many people of all generations. People are starting to believe more and more that video games are nothing but trouble. They feel as if video games are a waste of time and the youth could be using the time they spend on video games on more productive tasks or activities. What if they were actually a good thing for the younger generations to be involved with? Many would doubt that is possible because they feel as if video games cause the youth to become lazy and less intelligent. There has

I love video games because I admire the work ethic of the protagonist. She trains and defeats grunts, becoming stronger until she can defeat the mastermind threatening the fate of the universe. I try to work as hard as I can to become as tough as the protagonists I loved.

excitement in as we could only hope it was the Nintendo 64. We ripped off the gift wrap and there it was the Nintendo 64. I recall being speechless and in state of shock because I finally had my own Nintendo 64. Now I can't speak for every kid but a majority of my childhood consisted of playing video games. My memories of playing the games with my friends, being excited about a new video game console, and the pure anticipation of buying the new and hottest video games still stick with me today. I was glued to my Nintendo 64 and could not stop playing Super Mario 64 and NFL Blitz. I was like Wade in Ready Player One, I did not care what was happening around me, all I wanted to do was play my Nintendo 64. Like Wade said in Ready Player One, “Going outside is highly overrated”(Cline, P.267) I found this funny because as a kid this is exactly how I felt. Anyways after the Nintendo 64 phase grew old, it was all about the Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube, Playstation and Play Station Portable. Sadly my parents never bought me the Gameboy but they made up for it by buying me three of those four systems. My house had turned into a video arcade, my friends always couldn't wait to come over. What can I say my house was the place to be as a kid. As usual this phase grew old and then it was all about the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. I was in the 9th grade had been working about 8 hours week

Many young children and teenagers have heard their mother’s incessant plead to get away from the screen and to go outside or pick up a book for once instead. The urge to play “just one more level” before starting that homework or doing those chores can be quite distracting. But are video games really as awful as Mom exclaims or as brutal as those TV ads depict? It turns out that video games can have a strong impact on participants’ lives in both positive as well as negative ways.

I really liked and still do like playing video games but they didn’t really make me the person I am today, but I do remember on snow days me and my friends would play all day and sometimes my