Playing video games. Good or bad?

            With the technology today, we able to play varies video games from the internet for free, or even in the television with our latest invention of PS3. Tons of video games are invented every year and are enjoyed by many despite the age or even sex. For example, Dota, Mayple Stories, Diner dash. With the exquisite graphics and exciting story lines, many are amazed how lively it is for the game to appeal in front of our faces. However, all this ravishing things could lead us to advantageous and disadvantages.

            From my point of view, video games somehow may cause to addiction of a person, especially teenagers these days, there has been thousands and thousands of complaints from parents of how addicted the children are to the video games and rather to stick their faces to the computer than being outside exploring the world. Long term addiction of video games is almost similar to drug addiction; it’s tough for a person to rehabilitate the addiction. So, addiction to video games may lead the person to darkness as in living in their own world of video games without socializing with the people around them. If one day they realize that they have to snap out of the addiction, it’s going to be very tough for them as they have quarantine themselves for too long until they have loss the knowledge of life or even, how to live their life in the future.

            Long term addiction of video games may also lead one to disaster in education. Usually teenagers who are addicted to video games neglect their education in school due to the long time gaming whole day. Without any revision or dedication to study means they maybe lead to jobless in the future. This is what worries the parents most as every parents just want their children to be someone useful to the society, even just being a normal employee in a factory is a kind of relief to them.

            Besides that,  playing video games may lead us to unhealthy lifestyle. This is due to long term being beside the computer or any kind of technology, radiation sent out from these technology are very harmful to the body. It could be fatal as well as in leading us to cancer of any kind. What will you do when you’re playing your video games? But of course, sit down all day long with your fingers moving only. Without exercises, it may lead to obesity, if you are obese, it will lead you to diabetes, as well as heart attack, hyper tension or any kind of sickness you can think of when you are obese. So, it’s very bad for us to not exercise and feel the fresh air outside with the sun shining.

            All these disadvantages are terrifying, however there are advantages, some of the games are good to human being. Action games or detecting games may stimulate ones reflexes, for me, I love to play some brain storming games and action games, as it improves my observations and reflexes as maybe it could help me some techniques in studying and life. Besides that, playing video games is a good way to release stress as we live in this hectic world.

            In a nutshell, there are pros and cons in everything. But with proper adjustment in time, video games can be enjoyable to everyone.

Group 8
Name : Soon Hui Sing