Play video game is GOOD!!!!

  A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. But nowadays video games are looked down upon by parents as time-wasters, and worse, some education experts think that these games corrupt the brain.  Violent video games are readily blazmed by the media and some experts as the reason why some youth 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 being making kids smart.  Video games may actually teach kids high-level thinking skills that they will need in the future.

   Some people argue that activities like videogame play that on face value seem to be bad for you are really good for you. Steven Johnson points out how much more complex popular culture is today than in the past, including the complexity of videogames He argues that the increased complexity promotes intelligence. For example, when you play a videogame, it is often a frustrating learning experience that requires you to repeatedly problem solve to learn the game. In fact, James Paul Gee suggests that you even learn "the scientific method" through the necessary trial and error of figuring out how to meet goals in the game.

   According to these criteria, 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. Why worry about the latter? Because playing videogames typically keeps active primitive parts of the brain that are not social nor cognitively sophisticated. So you need to balance videogame play time with experiences that use these parts of the brain.

   Besides that, playing video games is now considered as a form of physiotherapy and they are being recommended by the medical associations. Those people who are trying to make a comeback after fighting with some major illness or accident can actually experience a lot of improvements in their health if they start by playing video games.

In conclusion, it can be said that the players should try to imbibe the positive effects of video games and remember that despite the advantages of playing these games, they should not overdo or become addicts of the same.


                                   

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Written by,

Jonathan Chan (SMK Methodist) xD