Argumentative Essay On Pokemon Go

In the last few years that technology has been taking over, people have become disconnected from nature. There are individuals who argue that the virtual game Pokemon Go does help connect individuals, especially children, to the great outdoors. They say that because it causes them to go outside and explore, it’s helping them to get out more and see mother nature’s creations. I argue that it does get kids outside more, but they are still glued to their phones. They only see the little bit of the world that shows up in the game. Pokemon Go is a virtual reality game based off of a popular anime series. Once the game is downloaded, you create your avatar and then you get to go hunt for Pokemon. How one goes hunting is by going out and walking around a park, town, city, etc. When a Pokemon is near, your phone will notify you, and you have to swipe to “throw” a Pokeball at it. Once the ball hits the

Race states that “even though a child may be playing this game outside, his brain is still functioning the same way it would if he were spending time in an arcade.” In her view, summer vacation is a way to be a chance to undo some of the effects the screen time during the school year does to the brain. According to her source, the American Academy of Pediatrics, a child spends on average seven hours a day using technology. She says that Pokemon Go is essentially the same thing as Grand Theft Auto in the sense that it activates the same brain structure. The best way for a child to recover from the pressures and stress of school and excessive exposure to screen media is unstructured outdoor play. But instead, they have their noses in their phones. Rather than using their own imagination they are letting the game do the imagining for