Advantages and Disadvantages of Gaming

Games are very popular among teenagers and even adults in the current society. There are always debates about the advantages and the disadvantages of games, which will always end will different conclusion. In reality, either the game will give more advantages or more disadvantages is solely depends on the gamers themselves. If the gamers know how to control themselves then playing video game is actually good for them. But games are known to cause some major advantages and disadvantages that is confirmed by researchers, such as improve one’s social connection, brain booster, act as painkillers, violence, addiction, etc. The following are some of the major advantages of game to the current society. Playing games can actually improve one’s social connection. The saying that gamers are always lonely are actually false. Because according to the latest Interactive Australia report by Bond University, only 3% of gamers are loners and never play with others. Many games involve multi-person play, with players either in the same room or connected online. Dr Lawrence Kutner, director of the Harvard Medical School’s Centre for Mental Health and Media and co-author of Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games and What Parents Can Do, also says that games are a topic of conversation that allow kids to build relationships with their peers. "Boys and girls view game playing as a social activity, not an isolating one. For boys, game strategy is a topic of conversation. If you don’t play, you’re left out of that ubiquitous conversation." There are also researches that proven playing game can improve eye vision. Video games can give you an eye for detail. Researchers from the University of Rochester found people who spent 30 hours training on action games over a month spotted targets on a cluttered screen 80% of the time; non-gamers managed this only 30% of the time. Video games can give you an eye for detail. Researchers from the University of