Video Games Effects On Society

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.

Video games have become a massive icon that has spanned decades, technology and even cultural boundaries. Whether you play on a computer, tablet, phone, or console: at some point in your life, video games have been a part of what you do. Strike up a conversation about games and you can make lasting friendships or bitter enemies. Even if they might not know the specific game, everyone knows what the genre is, and because of this, video games have taken their lasting place in our pop

Video games have been a lasting influence on our youth and adults in today's society, games in the making throughout their time have came from a slow pace, pixely, more of a puzzle type of games. Nowadays games today are more real life making it feel like the game you're playing to be real life. They also are fast pace, not as much thinking involved, just run around shoot em up type of games that are in demand, stems the question are video games beneficial or hazardous? A Lot of people in today's society have the opinion that videogames are a waste of time, create antisocial behaviors, and have a negative influence on the person's physical and mental health, because they have a lot of violent content. In my opinion video games have a very positive impact on people today and they are beneficial by giving people a brain workout, it promotes social activity and teamwork, it also proven to improve your psychological well being.

In the current year of 2014, games have developed quite a bit. Back in the 1940's, they were nothing more than a giant bulky machine created by a man by the name of Edward U. Condon. It was a simple machine, only designed to play a game known as, Nim, where players tried to avoid picking up the last match (icheg.gov). It seemed so revolutionary at the time, but compare that to today with systems like the Playstation 4 and the Xbox 1 where we have developed multiple kinds of genres and types of gaming, technology has advanced so far that we have nearly obtained the unthinkable and have virtually achieved the ability to cross over physically

“The reason why people find it so enjoyable is that games are usually the right degree of challenging and the player takes an active role (unlike watching television) so there is an incentive to achieve” (Gee). Ever since video games were invented there was an immediate attachment and an unwillingness to release them. They present chances to accomplish things one may not be able to do in their life, and provides an escape from reality. Video games also imprint and teach new skills to the gamers who play repeatedly; these skills are very useful in later life and can be applied to nearly every situation in life. However, there are those who have differing opinions and, unfortunately, society and media have constantly berated video games, always painting them in a negative light, brainwashing people to believe that video gaming only harms them...this is incorrect, as video games are neither good nor bad and possess positives and negatives to them.

Abstract – Video Gaming has it negatives and its positives. You may look at video games and the first thing you see is the violence that it insures. Most video games have that real effect of blood and can allow the player to kill someone in a fantasy world. Some has said the violence shown in video games are part of the reason for violence in today society. Many has also said that our children that play these violent games tend to reenact what they play in the game into their actual real life. When studies have shown for that to be both correct and incorrect. There is no real proof that video game violence lead to the outside world violence. Some studies have shown that people that play video games heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen

To answer the question “Are video games beneficial or it’s an addiction?” two areas of video game research are looked at. First, research about benefits of playing video games. Second, research supporting the idea of video game addiction, followed by research challenging the idea and advising against the addiction label. Overall research is going to be based on mostly scholarly sources, and I will try to prove that video games are more beneficial than a form of sickness or an addiction. Following the exploration of research, there are some recommendations taken from other scholarly articles in the case of individual concern and the possibility of negative effects of video game play.

Video games have been around in the world for quite some time now and have completely revolutionized the world as one of the world's greatest inventions ever. Video games are interactive games played using a specialized electronic gaming device such as a computer, mobile device and an television or any other display screen, along with means to control graphic images. The history of video games goes back to the first video games back in 1958 which war made by a physicist William Higinbotham. Matter of fact, 42% of Americans play video games at least 3 hours a week. 155 million people play video games regularly throughout America. That clearly proves how popular video games are. The use of video games varies in different situations. They can just be used to play games, to pass time or relieve stress and aggression. They not only serve as an toy, but as a friend that can help you in different kinds of situations.

Video games have a real sense of irony, and this is why we need to increase and expand the number of video games being played for the future of our planet. So the real question here is why are we wanting to expand video games globally. For the sake of video games and video gamers, they come all over the world to play these magnificent games. Do they better our lives? Or do they do real damage to us for our society's culture? To answer the real question, let's say it did go globally for our culture, would we still be standing with all of our friends and family? This is a question we need to ask ourselves for the media. So much of the media talks down on video gamers. We need to understand the real reason as for why it comes to down to negative effects as well as all the future positivity it brings us.

A controversy of video games is that they don’t benefit our society, over the years this controversy has become national news. Those who oppose video games say that they make you violent and that they don’t benefit you or our society. Video games have benefitted society because it has made breakthroughs in science, benefitted us in social skills, and has caused health benefits physically and mentally. Video games have done more good in society than what we are told by the media, it’s not as evil as some may think.

Without doubt, Video games are a part of today’s modern world. If you look around you, everyone is playing a video game. Video games gives a massive impact on the life of every single person who has the access to it. What is a video game? This electronic game involves human interaction with a user interface to provide visual feedback on a video device. Even now, so many people are playing video games for many purposes depending who they are, what they do and what games they are interested in. Are they good for you? Well, maybe there are disadvantages. But, in our opinion the advantages greatly outnumber the disadvantages. However playing video games still gives a good influences for students on educational purposes. There are three main advantages

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

A generation ago, there were no video games in the household. The children of that generation would have to go to the local arcade building to play any video games. Most children would spend their free time riding bikes and playing around the neighborhood until it got dark. With the creation of the Atari 2600 and the Magnavox in the 1970’s, video games could be played in the household on the television. These consoles set the foundation for how video games are used today. Video games today are present in almost everyone’s lives in the United States, with most of the population playing for at least an hour per day. The majority of the research done on video games have been on the negative side: the potential harm related to violence, addiction, and depression. While that research has value, it is important for people to see the benefits of playing video games. Considering these benefits is important when determining if video games are truly bad for the player because the nature of video games has changed over the years, becoming much more complex, realistic, and social. The positive benefits far outweigh the negative effects of people playing video games.

For generations games have been an important part of our culture. Many of these games center on war and strategic tactics. Boys and girls have played soldier, Cowboys and Indians, Monopoly, or Chess . Through games such as these the future men and women of society learned strategy and the consequences of controlling and restraining themselves because their actions had consequences. However with the invention of the computer high definition graphics, these games, and many others have been created and gone digital. As technology has advanced, so has the realism that these games provide… virtually. Now death and destruction can happen, cries of death and even the feelings of being hurt have all been virtualized so that it seems so real, but without any consequences. Today computer games, including violent games, are played by many to the point of addiction. Although there are many benefits to the

Technologies have helped people to think beyond their capabilities and create new forms of technologies every year making learning easier. Video game is a product of modern technologies. The main purpose of video games were to entertainment the people. Well, this is not the case as new games have their own new purpose. Different purposes creates different effects on gamers specially children. It can be both positive and negative as it depends on the game children play. As video games have helped children learn more efficiently, engage them in their spare time and increase their several problem-solving skills, video games helps an individual to develop.