Linda Bernstein’s article “Gaming the Console” addresses the possible effects that video gaming has on teenagers and children. The article supports both sides of the debate: whether or not video gaming has negative consequences. Ultimately, Bernstein lets the reader form his or her own opinion on the subject. Some scientists and experts claim that video gaming is harmful as it may negatively affect areas of the brain, academic and social skills, and can become highly addictive. Other experts argue that some video games are educational and have positive physical benefits.…
Video games are one of the greatest invetions ever created by man. they have givin years of happieness to our youth and have helped the U.S economy substansially. I cant even count how many times I have gone home from a rough day at school or work just to be happily greeted by my computer. Video games also allowed me to talk to, and have fun with some of my friends that have moved halfway across the world. some people like to say that video games will rot your brain, I dont think so, there are hundreds of games that will place you into history or make you solve puzzles to enhance brain activity.…
In a $25 billion dollar industry a year, video games are an outlet for most kids and adults to escape reality. I know all of our parents at one point or another have told us to stop playing video games because it will rot your brain. Is that really the case though? I believe video games have a positive effect on your brain and throughout this essay I will explain why. Now there is no need to tell me the negatives like, kids become anti-social, they just sit inside all day and get fat, or maybe develop violent behavior. When did video games start having these so called negative effects? In my case never. I have been playing video games since I can remember. I am not anti-social, my friends sometimes say I'm too skinny, and in no way am I a violent person (unless I need to be). Video games somewhere down the line got a bad rap, and violence was the main contributor.…
Video games are notorious for having a number of negative effects on an individual and have built the reputation for being unhealthy, but Jane McGonigal hopes to break that stigma; Jane believes that video games can actually save the world.…
People seem to have different perspectives on video gaming. Some may say that its bad for you and others may disagree. Steven Johnson, the author of Everything Bad is Good for You, believes that video gaming comes with many benefits. Unlike reading books, video games actually help you trigger your mind and make you analyze situations, he admits. He also claims that when reading a small portion of your brain is devoted and when it comes to video games you trigger most of your senses. When playing video games there are two stages you go through, they are probing and telescoping. Probing is the ability of searching and discovering options as he is introduced to the game. After discovering and understand the game better it leads the player into making decisions which is what Johnson describes as Telescoping. From my own experiences I have to agree with Johnson, I feel that video games can be very helpful and can even improve out academic performance.…
One day I was at home after a long time at school and my mom told me…
The article “Why Games are Good for You” by Steven Johnson presents reasons why electronic video games are not harmful. While other people have written and talked about the harms that video games bring to young people. , Steven Johnson argues just the opposite. He says that video games have many benefits including making us smarter.…
For years, people have argued that there are no positive effects of video games, for they induce violence in people. Nevertheless, if supervised, playing video games can actually help in a child's development, giving to the child enormous potentials in various aspects such as psychological, health and social.…
Many people do not believe there are benefits to playing video games. However there are many benefits to exposing and letting children interact with video games. Some benefits include opportunity to immerse ourselves in character, development of hand-eye coordination, cognitive thinking skills, cooperative playing skills, fine motor skills, and real-time decision making abilities. Banning video games, or placing restrictions on them could have an adverse effect on the way children view the world.…
Do you think that video games are bad for the brain? Do you think kids should play them? Well I believe that video games actually benefit people and that kids should play them. The main three things that kids benefit from video games are general intelligence,puzzle solving skills, and hand eye coordination. Also it gives them something fun to do when bored.…
Other advantages mentioned for video games include the enhancement of a child’s motor skills and their ability to think quickly. Video games can also provide a stress relief outlet and help kids better relate to each other using healthy competition.…
Society has a general understanding that videogames are linked to numerous negative issues, however, there are a few good studies about video games. Some scientists believe that video games do a few good things for people since they serve as a forum for interpersonal…
Video games are beginning to be recognized for their educational benefits due to new research done on the positive effects of gaming. Learning experiences from games that create motivational cognitive features that help to promote persistence in school as well as creating more cooperative students. This means that students are less likely to give up in the face of a challenge, "Using a…
Video games are something I played since I was very young . The games taught me how learn, how to focus while still having fun, they also taught me how to solve problems easier without giving me a headache. Although there are many negative affects from video games I try to look at the brighter side and enjoy them. In many of my games I get to enjoy driving different types of trucks, cars, and…
Almost nine out of ten (89%) parents say their children play video games, many parents always checking video games rating, more than half of parents of gamers (55%) “always” checking the rating before their children are permitted to play a video game. So parents must to take care of their children and to manage their time rather than banding the game, the games has a lot of benefits like to be creative, taking the right decision and solving the puzzle in the game. Video Games Teach Problem-Solving Skills and Creativity like Legend of Zelda games the player must search, exchange, plan, and try different approaches to advance. Video Games Inspire Awareness in History and Culture like assassin creed that tell you about the revolution of France and call of duty. Video Games Encourage Exercise like knowing some new skills moves from fifa in the football. Video games makes a lot of things like boost your memory, reduce stress and depression, can sharpen the decision making. So video games are not that bad that will harm your child and make him antisocial because video games also contain multiplayer that make you have fun with anther…