Argumentative Essay About Video Games Addiction

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I) Introduction

It is hard to believe that, over the last decade, video game has earned its place in many fields of our society, such as economy, media, entertain,....Despite all the bad reputation, which say videogame is bad for young children, it quickly become a money –drenched industry, even surpasses the movie when put the sales scales annually. Nevertheless, video game’s development also causes many problems, which usually come from its addictive effects. What is more, according to recent survey, more and more children, mostly from 10-17 years old, sooner or later get involved in crime, or be accused of murder, just because of playing video games. As a result, people once again convict it, saying games is brutal, time consuming and should be banned. Over time, this idea has ingrained in people’s mind, especially the parents, and make video games become nothing more than a waste of tine.As a gamer myself, therefore, I can not stand the preconception against video games, so that I will elaborate on a counter-point through this essay. In more detailed, I will demonstrate the two-sided effect of video games, point out the different between regular players and true gamers. In aim at the clarification of video game’s Passion and Addiction.One last thing is my own evaluations about the way people deal with video games
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Not only our financial, video games also cause many bad effects on our brain and behaviors. As some newspapers, like Tuổi Trẻ or Thanh Niên, has reported, the amount of primary students who commit crime after playing games has increased rapidly in recent year. Is video games are responsible for these violent actions? Of course they do, although I don’t really like to admit it. According to Doctor Walsh’s studies (2002) there are four mains resons for the agressive and unsocial behavior of video game’s

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