Writing Prompt: Video Games

 

The Dangers of Video Games By: Amari Dixon 

I love playing video games, especially with my brother Akeel and my dad. For this blog post, I am going to talk about my favorite video games and also about if they should be a sport. Video games are great and fun to do with your friends and family. You are guaranteed to have a great time with your loved ones. First of all, even though video games are great. It is still wise that you should take a break once and a while. For example, my dad gives me two hours of game time then I go do something else like reading playing with other stuff like legos with my brother (he never plays with me anymore), or going outside in the front or back yard. 

What I am saying is, you can't play games all day. You should take breaks. Sometimes games even remind you that you need a break. If the game even says so you should do it. Now there are some games like GTA or other first-person shooter games that should be played when you are 15-16+ like a teenager. Still, these games can be bad for your mental health and can hurt the brain, so teenagers or older people should play these games. According to the New York Times Studies show that people (mainly American boys) youngsters who develop a gaming habit can become slightly more aggressive — as measured by clashes with peers at least over a period of a year or two playing these games. 

Some studies looked at self-reports of hitting or pushing, and some looked at peer or teacher ratings on aggressive behaviors. Other studies looked at how likely an individual was to subject others to an unpleasant exposure to hot sauce or a loud noise after playing violent video games. In Addition, during a study with 210 college students, they played either a violent game or a nonviolent video game. A short time later, the students who played the violent video game punished an opponent (received a noise blast with varying intensity) for a longer period of time than did students who had played the nonviolent video game.

Also, did you know that 60% of middle school boys and 40% of middle school girls who played at least one Mature-rated (M-rated) game hit or beat up someone, compared with 39% of boys and 14% of girls who did not play M-rated games? See, video games cause violence in young kids. I think that you should only play these games when you are a teen (16-17) or an adult. This is because these M-rated or violent games can really be bad for your kids and hurt their minds.   

Citations 

Gonchar, Michael. "Do Violent Video Games Make People More Violent in Real
     Life?" ["Do Violent Video Games Make People More Violent in Real Life?"].
     Do Violent Video Games Make People More Violent in Real Life?, 13 Feb.
     2013, pp. 1-2, archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/

     do-violent-video-games-make-people-more-violent-in-real-life/.  

MLA (9th ed.):

ProCon.org, "Video Games." ProCon.org. 8 June 2021, videogames.procon.org