The debate on video games have been going on since they were first introduced to the public. Some people think video games are an enjoyable form of entertainment while others are strongly against them due to games addiction and its consequences. In my opinion, video games can be harmful, but they can also bring benefits to people and the society as well.
Every millenial has played video games and a number of young people become addicted to them. There have been extreme cases that games addicted parents neglect their own children and starve them to death. Video games come in different genres from educational to violent. The most popular games on App store or Play store are mostly violent, and since they are very easily accessible to people, children are often playing fighting, killing, shooting at a very young age. Some children cannot differentiate games from reality and end up becoming violent. There was a case that a teenager killed his grandmother because she nagged at him for playing games too much. When during interrogation, he said he thought his grandma could resurrect like game characters. Not to mention sexual related and gender stereotypical contents where female characters wear over-revealing outfits. Therefore, it is understandable that many people do not have a positive opinion on video games.
On the other hand, there have not been any research proving the correlations between playing games and harmful behaviours. Whereas educational games are helpful for students, especially those with special needs. They can learn about the outside world, sound, music, languages, history, etc. Some mobile games can be used in the classroom to engage students and improve their learning. Moreover, game designing and game developing have become popular professions since the last decade. The father of Flappy bird has made thousands of dollars from it. Many talented young people are earning a large amount of money from competing, playing and making games.
In conclusion, playing games can be addictive to other real life activities. However, I believe there are ways to control the quality and manage the age of game players so that video games can serve better educational and entertainment purposes.
The debate on
video
games
have been going on since they were
first
introduced to the public.
Some
people
think
video
games
are an enjoyable form of entertainment while others are
strongly
against them due to
games
addiction and its consequences. In my opinion,
video
games
can be harmful,
but
they can
also
bring benefits to
people
and the society
as well
.
Every
millenial
has played
video
games
and a number of young
people
become addicted to them. There have been extreme cases that
games
addicted parents neglect their
own
children and starve them to death.
Video
games
come
in
different
genres from educational to violent. The most popular
games
on App store or Play store are
mostly
violent, and since they are
very
easily
accessible to
people
, children are
often
playing fighting
, killing, shooting at a
very
young age.
Some
children cannot differentiate
games
from reality and
end
up becoming violent. There was a case that a
teenager
killed his grandmother
because
she nagged at him for
playing
games
too much. When during interrogation, he said he
thought
his grandma could resurrect like game characters. Not to mention sexual related and gender stereotypical contents where female characters wear over-revealing outfits.
Therefore
, it is understandable that
many
people
do not have a
positive
opinion on
video
games.
On the other hand
, there have not been any research proving the correlations between
playing
games
and harmful
behaviours
. Whereas educational
games
are helpful for students,
especially
those with special needs. They can learn about the outside world, sound, music, languages, history, etc.
Some
mobile
games
can be
used
in the classroom to engage students and
improve
their learning.
Moreover
, game designing and game developing have become popular professions since the last decade. The father of
Flappy
bird has made thousands of dollars from it.
Many
talented young
people
are earning a large amount of money from competing,
playing
and making games.
In conclusion
,
playing
games
can be addictive to other real life activities.
However
, I believe there are ways to control the quality and manage the age of game players
so
that
video
games
can serve better educational and entertainment purposes.