Negative Effects of Video Gaming

Of course, when I started playing games, parents and relatives would just tell me that video games were bad and they had several negative effects. But to be very frank, back in 1995 not many could answer a simple question like, 'What is the harm in playing video games anyway?'

So, are there any negative effects of video games? Should we simply take all the video games ever made and dump them into a canal? Well, as someone who has been playing these games for the past thirteen years, it would be only right for me to put down the ill effects of video games that I have experienced.

Positive Effects of Video Games

Video games have always been infamous for their anti-social aspect and the violence that is shown in them. They have been seen as negatively affecting the players in terms of lack of social skills, inefficiency, obesity and laziness. We lack an unbiased view, thus not being able to experience the positive effects of video games. The negativities brought in by video games are due to the unrestricted duration for which they are played. Video games are popular among the children and the youngsters of America. If there is no limit to the time for which a child is allowed to play a video game or no supervision on the way in which the game is played, the not-so-positive effects of video games will start showing. But otherwise, video games can prove to be beneficial. Playing video games demands an interactive involvement of the players. As a player, you start identifying with some character in the game and act for it. This excited state of mind has a positive effect on the player. It is also said that playing video games is surely better than watching television as video games are interactive.