Some people regard video games as harmless fun, or even as a useful educational tool. Others, however, believe that video games are having an adverse effect on the people who play them. In your opinion, do the drawbacks of video games outweigh the benefits?

Many people, and children of different generations enjoy playing computer

games

.

While

I accept that these

games

can sometimes have a positive effect on the user, I believe that they are more likely to have a harmful impact. On the one hand, video

games

can be both entertaining and educational. Users, or gamers, are transported into virtual worlds which are often more exciting and engaging than real-life pastimes. From an educational perspective, these

games

encourage imagination and creativity,

as well as

concentration, logical thinking and problem-solving, all of which are useful skills outside the gaming context.

Furthermore

, it has been shown that computer simulation

games

can improve users’ motor skills and help

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prepare them for real-world tasks,

such

as flying a plane.

However

, I would argue that these benefits are outweighed by the drawbacks. Gaming can be highly addictive because users are constantly given scores, new targets and frequent rewards to keep them playing. Many children now spend hours each day trying to progress through the levels of a game or to get a higher score than their friends.

This

type of addiction can have adverse effects ranging from lack of sleep to problems at school when homework is sacrificed for a few more hours on a computer or console. The rise in obesity in recent years has

also

been linked in part to the sedentary lifestyle and lack of exercise that often

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gaming addiction. All things considered, it seems to me that the potential problems of video

games

are outweighed

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the possible benefits.