Negative Effects Of Video Games

Whether gambling, alcohol or shopping, it is surprising to find video games being a part of this growing list. Video game addiction is a growing epidemic that is running rampant through the world, including parts of Asia. Death from video games is becoming more common and sounds like a horror story (Flanagan). Contributing to the increase are illnesses and social disorders, two well-known conditions being social anxiety and depression. By shutting themselves out from the real world, the only light being the screen of their television or computer and eyes glued to the screen, their basic needs are ignored.

Electronic gaming devices have over consumed teenagers/ adults leisure time. “In 2011 an estimated 145 million played some sort of video game” (The Statistics Portal). Electronic gaming devices have not only

From the past till now, video game never loses its popularity, from Gameboy to Wii, and from NDS to LOL, millions and billions of people are obsessed with this imaginary world. Some of the video games are created for educational purpose, however, most are created for the people who wants to escape from reality. “In a national Harris Poll survey of 1,178 American youths (ages 8-18), ISU Assistant Professor of Psychology Douglas Gentile found nearly one in 10 of the gamers (8.5 percent) to be pathological players.” ("Figure 2f from: Irimia R, Gottschling M (2016) ") Not only the statistic shows the high rate of addiction towards video games, terrible consequences of the addictions are more than enough to be served. For example, an extreme case of an Chinese kid called Xioyi suicide because he lose in one of his game on December 27, 2004; where he left a note that said he wanted “to join the heroes of the game he worshiped.” Video game has the potential to ruin a person’s life, as well as their family, or even the

With the improvement of visual technology over the past ten years has made playing video games almost life like. Children and adults alike spend a vast majority of time playing these games. The more they play, the more addicted they become. According to a study done by addictionrecov.org: “nearly one in 10 youth

According to Document C, “5 percent to 10 percent of...teens are gaming addicts.” This addiction has become a serious problem in recent years. With more games online, creators want to keep players online. “The games are designed to keep you at your computer as long as possible because you can’t win,” according to Liz Woolley from Online Gamers Anonymous. The games are diminishing the players motivation to do anything but play (Document C). This can also be said about internet addiction the constant flood of information and artificial communication to some people can be intoxicating. With the added risks of serious mental and social health problems gaming and extensive internet use may bring with it a new generation of antisocial

Video game addiction “generally refers to an excessive, unhealthy amount of playing of games. Rather than engaging in the real world, an addicted user devotes the majority of his or her time to gaming. The addicted gamer often isolates him/herself from others, ignores more important responsibilities, and is often obsessed with obtaining higher status / ranking / achievements in his/her favorite game.” (Conrad, page 1, par.1) This is an uprising problem between teens and adults that is forming into a worldwide issue that some people need serious help to quit. Video game addiction has serious affects on the human body and mind. It ruins relationships, destroys your health, and influences unusual behavior. The worst thing about it is that many do not take it seriously.

Videogames has been affecting teenagers the most out of all the age groups. From cell phones, to computers and gaming consoles,

International studies have shown that between seven and eleven per cent of gamers show some symptoms associated with addiction. Some teens are heavy users of online role-playing games (RPGs) such as World of Warcraft and multiplayer games such as Call of Duty in which they interact with other players in real time. These teens will often neglect schoolwork and other aspects of their daily lives when they become immersed in these games. The American Medical Association has identified “video game overuse” as ‘behaviour’.

Today in the United States video game are played around the world. “There are children that play from 2-17. 91% of the kids in that age group play video games (Granic). Most teenagers play videogames boys playing video games 99% girls who play video games 94% (Granic). Parents always thought video games for kid were bad for them, but are they? Video games can be a good tool in the world instead of being bad. Video games are beneficial because video games provide skill to develop the brain, they have appositive effect on the brain, and can help in the class room.

Gamers or game addicts are known to many people as an excessive, unhealthy amount of time playing digital games, whether on the phone or on the computer. This is one of the deadliest problems most teenagers possess and could possibly lead to deadlier future problems. Most gamers choose to ignore

Video games may alter the reward processing areas of your brain, potentially leading to addiction, and may desensitize players to violence (Mercola 2017). Desensitizing humans can affect how aggressively act towards others. Longer hours of playing video games can lead to addiction and

Playing video games for hours at a time in one day, every day of the week can lead to another major problem, gaming addiction. Youth may become obsessed with the game and think they have to beat it before they do anything else and never want to leave their rooms because they want to consistently play the game. Dr. Russell A. Sabella states in his article on Education.com that: “for most people, computer use and video game play is integrated into their lives as a balanced manner. For others, time spent on the computer or video games is out of balance and has displaced work, school, friends, even family”(Sabella). Becoming addicted to video games can cause a lot of problems in the family because some parents like to have family dinners and they have to literally fight with their kid to get

“Teenagers today often spend a great deal of time playing video games. These games are fun and engaging and young people often feel like playing games is a great thing to do in their spare time. However, you shouldn’t spend too much time gaming and there are a number of reasons for this: it’s unhealthy, you should spend more time studying, and you need to socialize more.”

    Video games have been getting a bad reputation. Video games have been blamed for contributing an excessive number of acts of violence or animosity for quite a long time. What the media misses is that video games have many advantages we haven't found in some other media, such as watching TV. Society should quit fearing video games and rather begin anticipating how we can best utilize them to improve ourselves and our kids. Any individual who doesn't comprehend why needs just investigate our general public. Studies have shown that 90% of teenagers in the United States play video games. 70% of heads of family units play video games, as well. That shows that the majority of teenagers and young adults play some sort of video game. Society is changing and non-gamers are in effect deserted.

Video game addiction is a serious problem in many parts of the world today and deserves more attention. It is no secret that children and adults in many countries throughout the world play video games. According to Jennifer Seter Wagner, studies show 92 percent of under ages of 18 play video games frequently in the United States. A video game is an electronic game that needs the players to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or a computer device. There are two concepts that people have about addiction to video games: some people believe video games benefit children mind, but most people consider video games have negative side effects for all ages. I strongly believe that video games should avoid because addiction to video gaming has several negative side effects for teenagers such as wasting money, disobeying parents, skipping class to play games, and others.