Nowadays, many children spend the majority of their time playing computer games and

hardly engage in any sport or exercise. Overall, I believe this is definitely a negative
trend and will discuss the reasons in the following essay.

To begin with, most computer games these days are highly interactive and allow players
to immerse in a complex storyline and control characters at their own will. For instance,
Mortal Kombat 11 allows players to easily change the outcomes of the story based on
the character chosen, which can trigger the imagination and curiosity of children, and
encourage them to spend the whole day playing to discover all the story endings. The
second reason for the popularity of computer games over sports is the sedentary
lifestyle favoured by a large number of children, especially those living in big cities.
Compared to sports, computer games are less physically demanding, and therefore
draw much more attention from these lazy, inactive children.

From my perspective, computer games can have many detrimental effects on children.
Firstly, spending too much time on computer games without doing any physical exercise
will reduce children’s calorie expenditure as they only sit at home and play games. This
can make children more prone to many health problems, such as obesity or
cardiovascular diseases when they grow older. Secondly, playing games excessively also
causes children to lose their communication skills. As a result, it can be very difficult for
game-addicted children to develop the ability to establish connections with others in
real life which are normally developed through participation in team sports, like football
or basketball.

In conclusion, playing computer games is becoming more popular than sports due to
the interesting and interactive content, together with the low demand for physical
strength. I personally believe that this trend does more harm than good and should be
prevented to ensure the proper development of children.