Pros and Cons of Video Games

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Video game use is a huge topic among debate in the education world. Certain questions arise like whether or not video games contribute to the promotion violence, in-sensitiveness, attention span loss, and lower test scores. Child psychologists admit that most kids are more than capable of separating the video game violence from real life violence. It is clear that in a select few children video games do not urge them to cause others harm, but maybe attribute to a lack of sympathy when harm comes to others around them. Certain first person shooter video games are used in military training to help ease soldiers into the idea of killing another human being. This is a scary idea that these kinds of games are being played by eight year old around the world. It is hard to put a pin in these problems due to the highly addictive effect video games have on children, teens, and adults. The video games offer a instant gratification to a desire. This addiction can lead to failing marriages, lower test scores, obesity, and many many more problems.

On the other hand video games offer a few positive effects. Video game strengthen hand eye coordination among children still in the cognitive development era. Also video games have transformed the youth of America into amazing problem solvers. We look at small problems and can recognize patterns within the problems and figure out numerous ways to solve the problem. I am a gamer. I like playing games like Zelda more than call of duty. Zelda is a puzzle game with over 50 hours of game play where call of duty is a war game focused on killing everything that moves. These are the two genres of gamers both who have benefits and disadvantages. The truth is video games will continue to get more and more realistic and advanced. Is this advancement going to be harmful or helpful in the years to come?