Are Video Games Good?

Do you like playing video games? Most kids and teenagers, especially boys, love to play with these electronics. Video games have good and bad effects. They are like two doors, one good and one bad door. If you are discipline and know how to use these electronics just for entertainment, then you have entered the good door. But most people entered the bad ones, and that can be really disastrous.


People usually forget about their health while playing video games. They just care about what’s on the screen, and completely ignore the outside world. They forget to eat or exercise and even to sleep. The people that play a lot of video games are usually really fat, because they are not exercising enough, or to thin because they don’t eat. They are so focused on the screen that nothing else matter. After focusing so much on the screen, people usually get a mini headache that causes them to walk all wobbly and not thinking straight. One way to prevent that is to play for only about half an hour. Then go and do sports or read a book. Doing homework is not recommended because you can’t fully concentrate after focusing on the screen.

Video games can become a really terrible distraction. They can make the players ignore stuff like homework or chores. That could lead to bad grades in school, or really frustrated parents. Another horrible distraction is that the players completely lost the sense of time. They might thought that they only played for half an hour, but they actually played for an hour perhaps. For example, they started playing at 8pm, and after what seems like a flash, it was already 10pm. One way to prevent this is that you can be discipline with yourself, and promise to finish homework and chores before touching the game controls. Before starting to play, set a timer for half an hour or so, and when it rings, immediately stop playing.

The last, but very horrific effect of video games is violence. After playing really violent games, evil thoughts may come to the players’ mind. Then after playing too much of violent games, when they can stand no longer, they begin to take actions in real life. School shootings or teenagers murdering each other usually came from violent video games. Games like Call of Duty, GTA, and especially God of War, are really violent. One way to prevent this horrible effect is to check the players’ electronics once in a while, and stop them from buying any violent games. This is for parents, by the way. But check it when the players are most unexpected, like when they’re asleep, or during school. This will decrease the murders that are happening right now.

Video games are truly terrible, but don’t stop playing it. It could be an entertainment after a stressful week of school. But most importantly, be self-discipline. Only allow yourself to play for only a short certain amount of time. If you can do this, video games won’t be bad at all.