Almost 99% of all boys and 94% of all girls in the United
States alone play video games. With the frequent advent of new games and
consoles, the video game industry easily makes over $25 Billion a year.
Every day, several stories surface to warn us about the
dangers that are associated with video games. Most popular ones include violent
behavior, addiction and depression. However, even after years of research, the
harmful effects of video games still remain controversial.
But is playing video games really that harmful? Various
researchers suggest that video game critics fail to take into consideration,
how video games have evolved over the years to become more complex in
nature. The researchers suggest that
modern video games provide various cognitive, emotional and social experiences
in addition to boosting mental health.
There are various advantages of playing video games, let us
look at a few.
Cognitive Development
Research suggests that open ended video games and various
online games help improve creativity and problem solving skills. Games of the
action genre also seem to develop the attention function and visual processing.
However, shooting games are seen to produce the best results for improving neural
efficiency and processing, pattern recognition and attention function.
However, it has not yet become clear how these skills
transform into the real world, but the research results point to positive
outcomes.
Motivation
When people encounter obstacles and then achieve tasks
overcoming those obstacles, it greatly boosts self esteem and they learn the
value of persistence. Video games require immediate processing to solve
problems. Such processing can help you discover intelligence and skills that
you were unaware of.
In most games, the difficulty level continues to advance as
you make progress. This provides to the motivation to not give up, when closer
to the goal despite the challenges faced.
Emotion
Most gamers engage in playing video games to help improve their
mood. They want to escape from real world problems and enter into a different
world of virtual reality. Success in this virtual world can lead to various
positive feelings and emotions and help you cool down and relax.
According to various psychologists, positive emotions can
increase desirable behavior and help instill a positive support, which can help
counter failure and achieve goals.
Contrary to the common belief, there are various benefits of
playing video games and online games. It is best to take time out for yourself
to relax and delve into the virtual world every now and then.
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excellent multi-player, online role-playing game. It allows you to choose one
of the five alignments and build a glorious empire, summon a tremendous army,
and begin your conquest for power. You can also make friends and enemies as you
build alliances or declare war. Use your skills, spells, and army to become the
most powerful commander in the Realm!
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