Prompt #18 playing computer games is a waste of time and should not be allowed. Do you agree or disagree?

I do not exactly agree nor disagree with the subject.  Playing computer games can be a very good thing and even a bad thing. 

The good thing about computer games is that it is like a stress relief.  Sometimes, people, probably mainly students, use computer games or video games as a sort of stress relief. It takes their mind off of their troubles and stress in school and it’s a fun thing to do, you don’t have to get up and move, you just sit and use you hands and eyes.  Playing also can improve hand and eye coordination, gives you a better eye for spotting details and can even help socially. There are many people out there that also enjoy playing computer games.  Many people like to come together to like other people’s house and play together, and even in online gaming, you can meet other people who are also playing the game who live in different places.

 

The bad thing about computer games is that it might even become addicting.  Some people would rather play all day and not do anything, its mostly goes for students.  Many students are failing classes because of their addiction to playing computer games.  They might play all day or night and ignore their homework and studying.  It can also cause obesity and laziness, playing computer games does not make you do any physical work.  All you do is sit and look at a screen, there is not much physical movement used at all.  People might become lazy to move and just want to play their game so they might just eat junk food cause its fast and cheap to get.  Obtaining the games too, must be very costly.  Buying a video game could cost from $20 to $70, I think that’s pretty expensive.  It can also be bad socially too, while it may help socially it can also ruin social skills, if you become addicted.  You might not want to go out with friends or might loose interaction skills since playing alone all the time can make you forget how to interact in the real world sometimes.  It can also destroy eyesight.  If you play video games for an extremely long time with no rest, this could seriously damage your eyes, resulting in getting glasses.

Computer games can be a good thing and also a bad thing.  Although it may seem that there are more consequences playing games, if handled correctly like, managing the time spent on playing games and life, it could be a good thing and can help you.