Positive and Negative Effects of Video Games

Before we start, I assume everyone of you have played a video games at least once right? Well unless
you’re living under the rock, you may have at least saw one games specially in this age where
everywhere you look you will see a technology. Slaying monsters, car chasing with criminals, saving the
planet, robbing someone’s house, even fighting with your own friend. I think you can only experience all
of it by playing video games.

Today I will inform you how video games can help us in developing personality and the positive and
negative effects of it.

I will tell you first what are the negative effects and the solution for it and then the positive effects and
the abilities that you can gain from it and last I will answer the question “Is Video Games Good or Bad
for us”

Now that confirm that each one of you has knowledge on video games let’s now proceed to the
negative effects of video games.

In this era where the game industry’s competition is making a better graphics for games and making it as
realistic as possible. These R-18 games sometimes have no censorship and may also look realistic
depending on the graphics. Because of this, the player may see something that will disturb them like
Killing Games, Gore Games or other Violent Games. And these days I know that there are games that is
about sex but I’m sure that children will probably have no chance of getting those kinds of game. Why?
because just before the game start there is always a warning and a description of what kind of game it is
and at the back of the game cover there are warning and recommended age for the game.

Another Negative Effect is it will lead to game addiction and pathological gaming, Base on what I
researched, because of being addicted to game, the gamers are likely to develop anxiety, social
isolation, loneliness and some will probably use games to escape reality. I think that parents should
always guide the children on playing games and talk to them and making sure that they shouldn’t spoil
the child with just games

Neglecting other things in life is also one of the cons of playing video games and I am guilty in this case,
when I’m doing something important I will do it at start but then I’ll take a break by playing games and
once I started playing I always say to myself that just one more game or I’ll just finish this level but it still
took me hours and sometimes I neglect what I should be doing and just keep on playing. Another
example is when my friends asked me to hang out I sometimes reject them and said that I’m going
somewhere or I have something important to do but the truth is I’m just at home playing. As a gamer I
always spend my day by playing games and even I know that it’s bad for me so the only solution that I
can think of or this is I should limit my time in playing games and I should manage my time, do what’s
important first and finish it then play if you manage to find a free time and also don’t just stay at home
and neglect you’re friends, hang out with them sometimes.

There are other negative effects of video games but I’m pretty sure all of it have solution for it so now
let’s look on the brighter side

There are many things video games thought me and one of them is patience, Video games really
improved my patience because some of the video games that I played required it, Like farming games
that need to wait days to harvest what I farm or these JRPGS that requires a hundred or two of hours to
finish. And also, years ago, we had a really slow internet and these video games that is updating or
downloading took days to finish and sometime just when it is about to finish the file will get corrupt and
I need to download it from the start so it really tests my patience

I also learned problem solving technique from it, adventure games usually required solving puzzles or
problems in order to get to another level, I probably cannot apply what I used in games in real life
problems but at least it increased my thinking capabilities

Better-Decision Making, when I’m playing mystery-solving games, at first, I always make the wrong
decision but I always learn from this mistake so that next time, I won’t make the same mistake.

Critical thinking capabilities, I used to play this game called Danganronpa a visual novel game where
teenagers are forced to participate in a killing game and you will play as the detective for this game and
will only be give second to make a decision because of this kind of games, gamer will enhance their
critical thinking capabilities

Hand and Eye coordination, this is pretty useful because we learn how to use hands and eyes at the
same time while doing things that requires fast hands and eyes at the same time, Example of it are
shooting games, fighting games, RPG games that require proper aiming while staying in position and
moving from locations to locations

OK, this may contradict what I said earlier, that gaming will cause social disorder and isolations, some
will probably experience it but in my case, Games helps me make friends and I’m sure most of us gamers
does, Here’s a proof, When you go to the library here in mapua you will see groups of students playing
games in their laptop, They are playing Tekken 7, NBA and many more, and they are a GROUP and the
are probably friends so I think games didn’t isolate them, games helps them made friends.

Another example is me and my friends are playing games but we are missing one member so we invited
random guy. We are playing with voice chat on and this random guy is living in Korea but he’s a Filipino
and an adult with a wife and a child, Ever since then, we started playing together and sometimes his
wife joins us and this goes on for years already. See, not only teens but even adults use games as a way
to relieve their stress, And who would’ve thought that a group of high school students will befriend with
someone far away and an adult one that is.

Overall, there are many pros of playing video games like improving moods, quick thinking, dexterity,
making new friends and improving concentration and I think that we should now decide which really has
greater effect the positive or the negative?

If we think about it, there are more on the positive effect than the negative and I think that playing
video games are good for us because, the negative effects that I said have a solution and a prevention
while on the positive effects, there are no demerits on having skills that you gained from playing games,
Overall, We just need proper discipline on playing one and moderation is important