The Benefits of Gaming Did you know that the domestic video game industry today is priced at around 21.53 billion dollars? Ever since video games were released there has been controversy over its effects on the youth mind. These debates have become even more heated since violent video games have become increasingly popular. However, video games are beneficial to youths because they allow them channel their stress safely. Firstly, all video games are beneficial to youths, even the violent ones. To start, they do the much needed thing of relieving stress and anger. Everybody needs to relieve stress, especially youths. Video games give them something to put that anger and stress into without hurting anyone and therefore reduces potential violence.
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To starter, they believe that violent video games make youths more violent. Studies were even done to prove just that. In fact, the studies were successful. Youths were in fact more violent after playing violent video games. Also researchers believe that videogames cause violence because they reduce the amount of empathy for others. The belief is because of the reduced empathy in youths makes them more likely to commit crimes than if they had not played video games. Finally, it is believed videogames are bad because they are used to recruit and train soldiers for combat units. However, the tests are not an accurate depiction of what video games are and what they do. The test to see if violent video games made youths violent was not as accurate as it should have been. The test had youths playing for as little as 20 minutes which is not how videogames are typically played in reality. The players did not have a chance to relieve any stress only gain some by playing a videogame that was new and difficult to them, which could have caused the violence that the researchers linked to the violence of the game. It was said in “A peer-reviewed study in Psychology of Violence determined that the competitive nature of a videogame was related to aggressive behavior, regardless of whether the game contained violent content or not. The researchers concluded: "Because past studies have failed to equate …show more content…
Some games such as RPG’s (Role Playing Games) teach the player consequences for their actions. The player selects what dialogue to use when interacting with the in-game avatars. If the player choses to be mean or rude, it can affect the way that avatar will treat you, or even cause them to attack the player. This teaches youths that their words can affect the way people treat them. Also some said that videogames are bad because they reward the player for violence. However most of the time the rewards come from good causes for the violence such as saving a village or rescuing a kidnapped person from raiders. Finally, youths know the difference between fantasy and reality. It was stated that “By age seven, children can distinguish fantasy from reality, and can tell the difference between video game violence and real-world violence.Video game players understand they are playing a game. Kids see fantasy violence all the time, from Harry Potter and the Minions to Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry. Their ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality prevents them from emulating video game violence in real life.” Youths are smarter than many give them credit for, they know what is wrong and what is right video games are not going to change
To starter, they believe that violent video games make youths more violent. Studies were even done to prove just that. In fact, the studies were successful. Youths were in fact more violent after playing violent video games. Also researchers believe that videogames cause violence because they reduce the amount of empathy for others. The belief is because of the reduced empathy in youths makes them more likely to commit crimes than if they had not played video games. Finally, it is believed videogames are bad because they are used to recruit and train soldiers for combat units. However, the tests are not an accurate depiction of what video games are and what they do. The test to see if violent video games made youths violent was not as accurate as it should have been. The test had youths playing for as little as 20 minutes which is not how videogames are typically played in reality. The players did not have a chance to relieve any stress only gain some by playing a videogame that was new and difficult to them, which could have caused the violence that the researchers linked to the violence of the game. It was said in “A peer-reviewed study in Psychology of Violence determined that the competitive nature of a videogame was related to aggressive behavior, regardless of whether the game contained violent content or not. The researchers concluded: "Because past studies have failed to equate …show more content…
Some games such as RPG’s (Role Playing Games) teach the player consequences for their actions. The player selects what dialogue to use when interacting with the in-game avatars. If the player choses to be mean or rude, it can affect the way that avatar will treat you, or even cause them to attack the player. This teaches youths that their words can affect the way people treat them. Also some said that videogames are bad because they reward the player for violence. However most of the time the rewards come from good causes for the violence such as saving a village or rescuing a kidnapped person from raiders. Finally, youths know the difference between fantasy and reality. It was stated that “By age seven, children can distinguish fantasy from reality, and can tell the difference between video game violence and real-world violence.Video game players understand they are playing a game. Kids see fantasy violence all the time, from Harry Potter and the Minions to Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry. Their ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality prevents them from emulating video game violence in real life.” Youths are smarter than many give them credit for, they know what is wrong and what is right video games are not going to change