killing Mario and Brain cellsWhy videogames are bad

Michael Peterson

Richard L. Frank

English 2010

11/14/10

Video Games can destroy children’s livesIn some cases children play videogames so much that everything else in their lives suffer.

•Relationships with family and friends can deteriorate. •Grades in school can drop because of lack of interest. •Development of skills can suffer other than gamer skills.•Health can deteriorate because of lack of physical activity.

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As you can see grades become worse as videogame usage grows higher

The information for this graph was obtained from a survey of my sisters students at a school which will not be named

The playing of videogames can start at a very young age in our societySometimes parents aren’t aware of the effects of certain types of media on their children

Sometimes parents use videogames to keep the kids entertained so they can get things done

It’s not uncommon to see multiple gaming consoles in any given residence

Also, it’s not uncommon to see more than one child playing gamesSimultaneously on separate televisions in the same household

Videogaming often continues into adulthood or can even start in adulthood

The effects of videogaming in adulthood can be even more drastic

Grown people lose their jobs because of their addiction to videogames

Grown people lose the respect of their families because of their addiction to videogames

Grown people lose respect for themselves because of their addiction to videogames

Videogames are just one more thing to add to the list of things that give us our fix so to speak

Like any drug our minds and bodies react to the content being ingested, creating a chemical response

Our response could be positive or negative

On occasion Videogames have been linked to causing violent behavior in those who play them

This violence could be during or following the gaming session or sessionsAnd is not necessarily because of violent games themselves but rather

due to frustration caused by the gaming session

Aggression could come over competition to play the game in the first place

This picture kind of says it all.Obviously since videogames were invented there hasn’t been a spike in cold blooded murders. However, individuals have been

killed over or because of videogames.

So here it is

We’re born

We grow up playing videogames

We become videogame characters

Then we die and are buried and that’s life as we know it.