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

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people
who play
video
games
, do it for fun, or because it can be educative in a certain way
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of the population who think that
this
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games
have a harmful effect. In my opinion, the number of
people
who play
videos
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games
many
time
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is increasing and
i
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think that it promotes bad
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on
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humans. First of all, nowadays, lots of
people
are playing
videos
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games
in their free time. It is true that a multitude of different
games
have
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been created, like educative, having to
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problems etc… In
consequence
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consequence,
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this
encourages
people
to play them because everyone is able to find a game for themself.
For instance
, recently my teacher said to our class that it is possible to play
at
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a
video
game
create
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for learning about mathematics. Playing a lot of
video
games
is spending hours on a
scream
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, which is not good for human health,
besides
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there is a tendency to not stop because it is addictive.
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, it can create attention troubles in class, when you try to concentrate yourself. To illustrate
this
argument, not a long time ago, a study conducted by the University of London, published by the Scientific Gazate proves that 90% of the public who are playing
video
games
can not stop themself and do not put limits on it. In conclusion, even
that
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many
people
are considering
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videos
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games
very
importante
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important
, educative and
benefic
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beneficial
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for our society. But, for the majority of the
population
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population,
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it causes bad effects and bad repercussions.
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Provide more specific examples to support your arguments, particularly when discussing the benefits and drawbacks of video games.
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Develop your points more fully by explaining how and why video games can have positive or negative effects.
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