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"Nowadays many people have access to computers on a wide basis and a large number of children play computer games. What are the negative impacts of playing computer games and what can be done to minimize the bad effects?"

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A sizeable amount of
children
 play
computer
games
 as a lot of individuals have extensive access to computers. 
This
 essay will suggest that increased physical violence in
children
 that engage in
computer
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a computer
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game
 is a huge negative impact and engaging
children
 in
kid friendly
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kid-friendly
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computer
 entertainment will reduce the unwelcome effect of
video
games
.      
Increase
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An increase
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 in physical violence amongst
children
 who play
games
 is the biggest negative impact. Millions of
children
 who engage in
video
games
 are exposed to gaming  characters  that use guns, swords, knives as part of the entertainment that the
game
 provides.
Furthermore
 ,some
games
 involve
combact
Correct your spelling
combat
 ,killing a character to proceed to the
next
 stage and win a
price
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prize
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 .
As a result
 of
this
 ,
children
 who are quick learners are tempted to try out these actions seen during gaming
such
 as  fighting even without a trigger ,using knives in a samurai fight. These can bring about serious injuries. To illustrate , an article in the
new
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 York Times 2011 mentioned that the mortal combat
game
 series triggered a series of fights amongst
children
 in downtown Harlem and Queens .        A possible solution to aid
reducing
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in reducing
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 the unpleasant effect would be switching
computer
games
 with more mind engaging
kid friendly
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kid-friendly
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games
 .
Games
such
 as spelling bee ,chess,  scrabble should be made available and accessible in computers for youngsters because they are intellectually stimulating and would be more beneficial to their word  development as well as academics.  Japan is one country were
video
game
 evolved
from
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apply
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,they have successfully lessened the
video
game
 effect on
children
 by developing more engaging educational
games
     In conclusion,  rising fury in youngsters is one of the negative
impact
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impacts
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from
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of
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  playing
computer
games
 ,a possible solution would be to provide more intellectually stimulating educational
games
 already utilised by countries like Japan.
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