CONTROVERSYABOUT

VIDEO GAMESBy:

Dakota Parades

CONTROVERSY

Video Games Cause Anger & Aggression in the Players

Video Games “Dumb Down” Our Children

Video Games Provide the Players With Anti-Social Behaviors and Tendencies

THEREFORE, VIDEO GAMES SHOULD BE

BANNED

MY PROPOSAL

Video Games Should Not Be Banned

BECAUSE…

Video Games Provide Good Social Media

Release Anger & Stress

Expand the Players’ Knowledge and Personal Self

HOW VIDEO GAMES PROVIDE GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA

THERE ARE MANY VIDEO GAME TOURNAMENTS

• THOUSANDS SHOW UP TO WATCH & PARTICIPATE

WHEN PLAYING GAMES AT HOME, THERE ARE A FEW WAYS THAT VIDEO GAMES ALLOW FOR SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

It Gets The Family Together

Allows Friends To Play Together and Be Themselves

..AND..ONLINE PLAY

ONLINE PLAY HAS

ALLOWED

INTERNATIONAL

PLAY, RIVALRIES,

& FRIENDSHIPS

Connected World Through Online Play

HOW VIDEO GAMES RELEASE ANGER & STRESS

RELEASING STRESS THROUGH PLAY

Used By Patients In Therapy To Distract From Physical Pain

Helps The Patient Control Involuntary Body Mechanisms

Simply Releases Stress From Failing Tests and/or Unable To Control Some Body Movements

RELEASING STRESS THROUGH PLAY CONT.

In Everyday Life, Many Play To Release Stress/Anger

Video Games Take You To Fantasy, or Realistic, Worlds That You Lose Yourself In

Forgetting You Were Stressed or Angry

HOW VIDEO GAMES EXPAND THE PLAYER’S KNOWLEDGEAND PERSONAL SELF

THERE ARE MANY WAYS VIDEO GAMES DO THIS….

1)…Players Learn To Do Effective Task Analysis In A “Real-Time” Setting To Obtain The Necessary Information In Order To Achieve The Main Goal

2) …Players Become Very Adept At Managing Large Amounts of Data With Technology

3)…Players Are Constantly Problem Solving, Recognizing Patterns, Increasing Hand-Eye Coordination, Cataloguing Events, Determining Cause-Effect Relationships, Predicting Sequences and Much More

….Stop Thinking, Sit Down, Join Them, & See What You’re Missing Out On

SO…

…Next Time You Hear Or See Someone Playing A Video Game and Have A Bad Thought…

AKA

THE END