How Video Games Change Our Society

Video games are an extraordinary tool that has revolutionized the world. They can change the whole surroundings and they move us to a virtual world to experience things we can’t experience in real life. So, what comes after this revolution?

Being a gamer can improve your cognitive and physical functions because video games attract your senses and made you concentrate only on the game, being 100% present at the game is required to win in it or it will be nothing than a waste of time.

Aside from the main purpose to play video games is to play for enjoying. Two of the amazing things about it are that it could live with you for a long time and you don't need to buy its equipment every time you want to play. In addition, being professional in one game can allow you to earn some money from that game. Moreover, some video games allow you to play online with your friends, also you can easily make new friends over the internet and get along with players playing the same game, and the friendship could be between a man and a woman and that yields to a marriage. Video games can improve the person's ability to make decisions, because some video games allow you to determine and rewrite the end, from the options you select during the game, so it is your responsibility if the end was happy or sad. Furthermore, some hospitals use video games as a medication to let patients forget about their pain. It also can change how do you look to the environment and let you think deeply before doing anything and begin to imagine how the second party is thinking, so, this will make you one step ahead of anyone.

Moreover, video games are one of the best possible ways to encourage teamwork because not all the games are made to play individually, and you must communicate with your squad and understand them and try to solve any problem together. You can also learn how to be a leader for a group and put every person in your team in their perfect position, because of that every partner will increase his/her skills and that will also help to improve the level and strength of the group. Furthermore, some countries use video games in education and some studies prove that if you learn something and enjoy it, you would love to learn more and more, therefore you will become a master of that thing.

On the other hand, and as amazing as it may seem video games possess some harmful effects. Video games can be a waste of time, managing time is so important to any player to take care of his personal life and continue as a professional player. Also, the long hours in front of the light waves coming from the TV screen can diminish your vision which may force you to take correcting measurements like wearing eyeglasses.

In addition, studies have linked obesity and high BMI with long hours of seating and playing video games. People who play video games a lot are less exposed to sunlight, which leads to bone weakness in early age.

Video games have a different age classification and every category has its own kind of games because adults would not enjoy playing kids' games and some games are prohibited for children, because of violent, bloody, negative thoughts, or pornography. Playing violent games could change the behavior of the person more likely for children because their brains are still small, and the kids are trying to collect any information or any habit from anyone and begin to use it.

As l mentioned, video games can stay with you as long as possible, but not everyone can buy one because of its costly price, they are expensive and every game you want to play you have to buy it individually, considering the cost of the electricity and the Internet.

All to all, video games have dramatically changed our societies. Above from being a tool for entertainment, it also improves many mental and physical skills essential for today's world. The major disadvantage is that it can be highly time-consuming, along with the health-related effects of prolonged usage. Nevertheless, it is up to us on how we utilize this amazing investment for our future benefit and avoiding any negative effects.