The Positive and Negative Effects of Video Games

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Introduction
Thesis Statement: Is playing video games good or bad for you? It can be
both.
Body
A. Paragraph 2 (positive effects) topic sentence: Its true that some studies
have shown some certain video games can actually have many benefits
the main one is making kids smart.
1. Playing video games promotes a wide range of cognitive skills
2. Gaming environments cultivate an optimistic motivational style
3. Gaming players seem to acquire social skills when they play games
B. Paragraph 3 (negative effects) topic sentence: Too much anything is just
too much, it goes the same way for video games.
1. Too much game playing may lead to health problems
2. Overdoing video games could affect your social life
3. Obesity is unavoidable for game addict
C. Paragraph 4 (society views) topic sentence: A common complaint I hear

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about video games is that they are too violent.

Conclusion
The concept of video games is indeed controversial, as the line between a
healthy amount of gaming and excessive amount of gaming is easily blurred
and crossed.

Dyah Ciptaningrum (1306402753)

FASILKOM MPK INGGRIS A

The Positive and Negative Effects of Video Games

Is playing video games good or bad for you? It can be both. Video games may
actually teach you high-level thinking skills that you will need in the future. Though
some people sees video games as time-wasters and more likely to corrupt your
brain, and its not completely wrong.
Its true that some studies have shown some certain video games can
actually have many benefits the main one is making kids smart. Contrary to
conventional beliefs that playing video games is intellectually harmful, playing video
games actually promotes a wide range of cognitive skills. Good hand-eye
coordination, problem-solving skills, and the minds ability to process information
are the cognitive benefit you could get by playing video games. Gaming
environments surprisingly have the ability to cultivate an optimistic motivational
style within the players. It forces people all ages into visual environments, ask them
to work toward meaningful goals, encounter multiple failures and celebrate the
victory after successfully completing the challenging tasks. Unlike the stereotypes
floating around public, the gamer is not a socially isolated nerd who spends all of his
(or her) times alone loafing on the couch. Gamers mostly play their games with a
friend, either cooperatively or competitively. The gamers may learn social skills
when they were playing games, and it might generalize to their peer and family
relationship.
As I stated in the beginning, too much of something is just too much. Too
much of game playing may lead to health problems. If you spend all your free time
playing video games and skip meals or lose sleep because of excessive game play,
it may negatively affect your medical issues, such as backaches, headaches, pain
that you may feel in your wrist, shoulders, etc. Your relationship with others may
suffer if you spend more time gaming than you are hanging out with the loved one.
Children also likely to act more aggressive if they often play violent games. Its
hard to get active play and exercise you barely move your thumbs even if youre
always inside playing games. And without exercise, people can become overweight.
Despite their status as a multi-billion dollar industry and their growing
popularity, video games are still seen as a domain for children and the immature to
enjoy overly violent content. Though misconceptions about video games seems
harmless, some cases are actually brought up to court and still being debated for

example, the selling of violent video games to minors. Now video games is not only
enjoyed by kids or teenagers, a statistic even stated that average age of game
player in U.S. is 34. A common complaint I hear about video games is that they are
too violent. Talk to anyone between the ages of 30 and 50 about video games, and
most of them will start complaining about how game causes people to rape and kill
others.
The concept of video games is indeed controversial, as the line between a
healthy amount of gaming and excessive amount of gaming is easily blurred and
crossed. If you do gaming in appropriate amount, you may get the benefit I told
above. However, the best advice for understanding video games is to ignore
stereotypical views and just play one for yourself.

Dyah Ciptaningrum (1306402753)

FASILKOM MPK INGGRIS A