With the ever increasing population of people in the world, no doubt technology is also creeping up together as time flies by our rooftops. Adjacent to this, video games is prominently one of the factors in the field of technology. Amazingly, the trend of playing video games has never been out of sight even in this hasty and crowded lifestyle. With this newly formed generation overpopulating the world, children as young as 2 years old have already been introduced to this beast called video games. Don't believe it, just take a simple stroll at the park and tunnel in on the amount of children on the analog slides and swings compared to last time and look at the amount of children holding up a rectangular piece of metal that is tabs or phones. The results is not extraordinary to us anymore as we are so accustomed to this lifestyle. The question homosapiens have been debating and shouting about is, are video games good?
                 Everything in the world consists of both elements, the pros and the cons. It depends on how one views at the statement. But with this, video games do give positive effects to us who are playing it besides just giving entertainment. There are a few positive effects that video games can bring to us. Some of these are educational, physiological and other give real world values. The first one involves physical hand-eye coordination. As we know how gamers are very fast in their reactions as a few milliseconds could determine whether it is a win or lose. Therefore, gamers are constantly being trained or even train themselves to be fast in their reactions. This is already an upper hand in the fast paced lifestyle we are living in. A definite advantage among other people. They will also pick up the habit of being aware on what is happening around them and not just focusing on one item. This is a skill of multitasking that is important.
                 Besides that, playing video games can help children who are not very active socially to gain confidence. When they begin a game, people usually start easy. And as they move on and get better, it gets tougher. With this system, children can start with easy tasks and start winning and succeeding which will then boost their self-confidence. This is very important for every children and is definitely beneficial especially to those children with down syndrome or even  Autism. Because of their lack of ability to interact and learn outside of their comfort zone, video games not only boost their self-confidence but also help them learn to interact with other people and also to know how life is with games like 'The Sims' which incorporates daily lives and daily routines into the game.
                  Bringing these values that we learn from games is not a struggle at all. Bear in mind that there are thousands of genres of games available throughout. And 'role playing games' are one of the most played games of all times. This is where people start as a character and trains the character in different ways depending in how the game is made to be. In these games, trading is very usual and normal. With this, I believe 90% of gamers including the younger generation learns how to trade in games. This will there fore improve their skills in analyzing the product they are buying by searching for the best price. Besides that, they will also automatically learn how to earn profits by buying items at a low price and selling them high. Many extremists neglect these values that are brought into the lives of this generation so naturally and easily. And therefore criticizing video games as spoilers of our generation. In addition, games also provide proper language in text forms, this requires the players to read and understand then further analyze the task which directly improves their English. How much more can video games damage this generation? Further more, players will do research on the Internet when they are stuck in a task. This gives them the opportunity to learn how to do researches on the internet. in the working world, all this values are the key factors in being successful in a job. Education is good but any Tom, dick and Harry can spend all their time studying and get the same results. Without these values, one will only gain knowledge but not being able to apply it. What is the use of it then? Application is very important and video games have been a great tool to help children in developing this skill.
               With all these points, video games definitely brings positive impact to children and teens nowadays but it must only be played to a certain limit as too much of something will spoil everything, but a little of everything will make the dish balanced. Therefore, playing video games to a certain limit is definitely good and beneficial but not until it takes over your life. 
Written by, Chun Yang