THE POPULARITY OF COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES

Since the dawn of time humans had needs, but then later human also had desires. And for humanity as a whole, it is important to satisfy their wants, their desires. One of the main desires is the desire of entertainment and with video games this particular desire could be explored in whole new way. That is the main question, why video games are popular and continue to get more broadly used and highly enjoyed by millions. However, well grown popularity of video and computer games turned out to be harmful for original human development and damaging and poisoning psyche of human. In media, lots of episodes of violence cultivated by coercion in ‘war-blood’ games - Call of Duty, Counter Strike, Deadly Space and etc. Moreover and in retrospective, humans used to self-develop in non-high-tech environment - reading books, researching and exploring (Charles Darwin, James Cook, Thor Heyerdahl), applying basic math technics to calculate (multiplication table), aspiring to discover. Now, we see different picture. In history, elder generations did not know What computer is and Why it so needed as it is now. But humans lived to survive and make their life better without IT technology. The ages of useful time spending. No computer, no video - no games and no waste of time. The electronic devices, gadgets were mostly and privilegedly used for military and scientific purposes. Humans used to read to find out answers in books spending time in libraries, enjoying arts in museums and acquiring knowledge through conversations with older generations, scholars, artists and explorers. People were actively involved in pragmatic exercises to be well prepared for challenges through life. Even hand practices, like craftsmanship, were required in school programs to give skills to hammer, sew, cook and etc. The media brings horrible news of violence - terrorist acts. shooting at schools, murders and and human harassments. The statistics demonstrates the young generation is the main