Children have much free time and they want to kill time by entertaining. However, they cannot go camping, go fishing, or traveling because their parents barely have free time to go out with them. Thus, most children spend their free time playing video games because it is a great thing to waste hours upon hours of time. Mary McCarty, the journalist of Dayton Daily News in Ohio, maintained the story of Shirlene Jones “Shirlene Jones understands why she got addicted to video games."Stay inside; it 's safer," has become the mantra of many parents in her East Dayton neighborhood. The 13-year-old feels that she has no safe haven -- not the corner grocery, not the ice cream truck, not even the playground.” Lack of helpful recreational area, lack of suitable space for kids to enjoy, kids only stay at home and find some mental recreations to while away the time. It creates favorable conditions for children find to the video games. Furthermore, parents are too busy to take care of their children. As the result, they are indirectly putting them on the road to game addiction without their being aware of it. In short, children don’t have leisure activities such as sport, creative and inventive activities specifically for the children, they will addict easily to the video …show more content…
The game put the player to the test, so it makes them want to affirm their caste. When people win any games, they can receive countless new weapon, trophy, special object, powerful character, etc. they will feel enchantment, like being honored. In the game, they can get the award much easier than get it in the real life. Col. Dave Grossman, founder and director of the Killology Research Group of Jonesboro, Arkansas, says "Think of it. In video games we reward killing with more points. Nowhere in society do we reward people for inflicting pain and suffering among humans. Nowhere." (qtd. in Campbell). In other words, many ideals, thoughts in reality are very difficult or illegal, but player can do it in the video games. That’s why it creates immediately the happiness, comfort, and pleasance for the player. Moreover, the more they play game, the more their combat achievement is acknowledged. If they stand in the top of the ranking, they feel that they become famous, other players admire you your prize, and they earn the esteem of everyone in the game. To sum up, people like to show off themselves, like to be well-known, and online video games is the fastest and easiest to attain their