Playing Video Games: Good or Bad??

Playing Video Games: Good or Bad??

Children playing video games is either good or bad is still a question with arguments. A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Although some of the people especially teenagers think that playing video games is beneficial, I think that video games brings a lot disadvantage.

First of all,video games will led to an epidemic of youth violence.According to crime statistics, the rate of juvenile violent crime is at a 30-year low. Researchers find that people serving time for violent crimes typically consume less media before committing their crimes than the average person in the general population.  The moral panic over violent video games is doubly harmful. It has led adult authorities to be more suspicious and hostile to many kids who already feel cut off from the system. It also misdirects energy away from eliminating the actual causes of youth violence and allows problems to continue to fester.

Next, video games may lead to aggressive behavior.  While playing violent video games leads to violent actions, there are also biological influences that impact a person's choices. According to Sean P. Neubert of Rochester Institute of Technology, a person who is biologically predisposed to aggression will be more strongly influenced by violent scenes and thus will have a greater risk for carrying out destructive actions. They will become frustrated easily and impatient when they can’t complete the task required in the game after a few trials.

Then, video games will also bring to addiction. Video game addiction is excessive or compulsive use of computer and video games that interferes with daily life. Instances have been reported in which users play compulsively, isolating themselves from family and friends or from other forms of social contact, and focus almost entirely on in-game achievements rather than broader life events. They will also forget about their daily routines, such as bathing and eating due to too much focus on the video games.

However, there is also a good side of the video games. Through playing video games, you can learn to be more socialized. Some video games which are massively multiplayer online role playing game requires teams to complete a task. From that, players will befriend the other players so that they can easily form a team. Besides, in there is a chat box in the game too. All the players will have chances to interact to each other.

In a nut shell, I strongly think that playing video games is non-beneficial to us. We can play video games for entertaining ourselves, but not to be addicted to it and be influenced by negative issues such as violence.

Written By:

KENNY LEE

SMJK(C) HENG EE

PENANG