Playing Video Games: Good or Bad??

You can find video games everywhere nowadays, they are in nearly every child's home in one way or another, you can find them on mobiles, arcades, Digital TV, portable games consoles and of course normal games consoles. So, is this a good thing or not? In my opinion, we will obtain many advantages and disadvantages by playing video games.

Playing constructive and prosocial games like Sims can be "good for you" with at least one caveat,as long as you have a balanced life with real-life face-to-face friendships and enjoyment in socializing. Because playing video games typically keeps active primitive parts of the brains that are not social nor cognitively sophisticated,where as Playing violent video games is different from playing positive, constructive games. In violent video game play the player learns to associate violence with pleasure .Those who play violent video games build opposite intuitions that they take into the rest of life. children practice over and over the actions available in a game. The player practices violent behavior hundreds if not thousands of times

Many children today own video games such as Playstation 2's and
Xbox's, and play on them.It is undeniable that playing Video Games  are a healthy way to release stress and anger accumulated over the day,but for those children does not know well arrange time, addicted and play on thems regularly ,this can lead to such things as bad school grades and marks, lack of social skills and bad behaviour. Also, reading and writing skills can also be effected in a negative way. It can also lead to a serious medical problem such as obesity,eye infection and so on.

Besides that, video games can help kids to build their confidence. For an example, playing video games can help kids feel a sense of achievement.Playing video games  can also help  a person to trains his finger speed.Kids can learn many things through play video games too.It also can initiates one’s interest in graphic design.

As a Conclusion,playing video games actually brings us advantages and disadvantages.It depends on how wisely an individual to use it,therefore parents should recognize that video games can have powerful effects on children, and should set limits on the amount and content of games their children play. In this way, we can maximum the advantages while minimizing the disadvantages.

Written By:

Kah Hooi (Methodist Boys School)