Positives and Negatives of Video Games

Positives and Negatives of Video games:

Positives:

-       Video games help with Hand-eye coordination

-       Video games can provide people with a way to release stress and anger (this is particularly relevant to violent video games)

-       Online Video games can help people to learn teamwork skills, and helps people to be more sociable.

-       Online video games provide a means of long distance communication.

-       Video games provide an insight to the technical side of gaming, and opens up possible career opportunities for people interested in them.

-       Video games can help people to see the difference between good and evil – and gives them the opportunity to see both sides of a decision.

-       Video games provide people with a sense of completion, and helps people to feel more positive about their accomplishments.

-       Video games provide an escape from the routine of everyday life, and allow people to feel their best whilst playing the game.

Negatives:

-       Video games are extremely influential to young children, and can cause violent behavior.

-       People who play violent and inappropriate video games when they are young, can grow up thinking that the behavior in the game is acceptable.

-       Excessive gaming can lead to bad health habits, such as lack of exercise, which will lead to weight gain.

-       Excessive gaming can lead to eyesight deterioration.

-       Gaming can cause people to get used to the inappropriate and violent behavior in some video games, causing them to forget what is unacceptable in real life (desensitization)

-       Excessive gaming – especially when using a keyboard can lead to R.S.I (repetitive strain injury)

-       Single player games can lead to anti-social behavior.