Vial Video Games Can Not Be Good For Your Health

Vial Video Games Despite their innocent appearance, video games are monsters of the mind. These computer generated games are almost like drugs for the brain. They are both addictive and give your body unhealthy habits. Today it’s proven that ninety-seven percent of America’s teenagers have been engulfed in the video gaming experience. Thanks to these game addictions, the game industry is bringing in almost twelve billion dollars a year. Video games can have devastating effects on the lives of their user. If not careful gaming can influence depression and create behavioral issues. Behavioral problems have become evident in people spending the majority of their time on gaming consoles. The most evident behavioral change is the gamers attitude towards violence. In many “...of the popular games...players directly benefit from engaging in acts of violence…”(The Impact of Video Games). These ‘rewards’ that they receive after participating in these acts of viciousness, can lead to the player to believe that through aggressive actions they can also get …show more content…
Jane McGonigal from the article “Why Playing Video Games Can Actually Be Good for Your Health” in Time magazine stated that when people play video games they, “... have a real sense of optimism in [their] abilities…” Although this statement might have some truth to it, it is not all genuine. Gamers might feel more “optimism in their abilities” but that feeling can be misleading. When they finally emerge from the virtual universe back to reality where they might be “...socially awkward [or]...aren’t doing well in school.” (Serena Gordon, Video Game Addiction). Serena Gordon says that kids who have these traits, “...get depressed and lose themselves into games…” These keds would come out of their gaming ‘coma’ just to be faced with the same problems that caused them to loses themselves in the first place. Accordingly, video games are not always fun and