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What are Video Games

Video Games - A video game or computer game is an electronic game


that involves interaction with a user interface or input device – such as a
joystick, controller, keyboard to generate visual feedback. This feedback
is shown on a video display device, such as a TV set, monitor or a virtual
reality headset.
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Video Games types

________________________________________________________________________The evolution of Video

Games

Computer Space was the first known arcade videogame, that consisted in destroying other spaceships.

Pong was the most known Video Game at that moment, Its like air hokey

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Education – Kids learn better and faster playing videogames, because they learn and right after that they apply what they

learned.

Life Skills – Games can teach people how to work as a team.

Reason Quickly – Games help us reason faster, think faster and act faster.

Elimination of Anxiety and Depression – Sometimes having video games can be good to someone that has Depression, because
they can teach you in a very resumed way how to create a relationship

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Cons

Addiction- Video game addiction, also known as gaming disorder, is generally defined as the problematic, excessive use of video
game, can cause Falling grades, fellings of fatigue, free-time is used only to play, etc.

Social Replacement – kids nowadays can easelly “hang-out” with friends online, replacing the face-to-face contact.

Anxiety and Depression -


While it’s true that video games can help combat anxiety and
depression, other studies have shown that they might cause these conditions who play
video games two or more hours a day.
Violence- Some games make people more aggressive and violent behaviors- with
playing first-person shooters games and other types of violent games.

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