How Do Video Games Affect Our Society

Video games have improved a lot since they were first introduced. They have also made a lot of impacts in our generation by making gamers more social, teaching children through educational video games, and how video games can improve our health. Furthermore, the articles show many different ways that proves that video games aren’t bad for you physically and emotionally. Since video games were introduced they have changed our society.

Video games have made an impact my generation by making gamers more social because in the article Elite Gaming, states that in past most the video games where single player now they’re mostly all multiplayer. Now they can play together. When they play together they can develop social skills with other people. They can also use the social skills in the real world. Now that they’re so social, they can partner up and compete in challenges. Now that electronics are more accessible

to people. So now that they are social they have a life. Now video games have made an impact my generation by making gamers more social.

Video games have made an impact in my generation by people making educational video games. For example, Citizen Science, Citizen Science takes place in downtown Madison where there are polluted lakes(para 1). Citizen Science helps students learn about pollution and how to stop it. The idea came to Kurt Squire when he realized how many lakes in downtown Madison were polluted. Part of the shift toward educational games is due to the increasing familiarity of gaming in society (para 11). Electronics have given everyone access to video games which is why it is so popular. Since video games have become familiar with most of the children it is a great teaching method. These are some ways that our generation has been changed by educational video games.

In our minds we think video games are completely bad, but some researchers say that might it might be good for us.

As stated in the text the author reveals,“Scientists have recently linked gaming with increased brain power, making better moral decisions and even physical fitness” (para 6) Therefore, with the research going on, the results say that video games may not be as bad as we may see it is. It increases brain power and helps people to choose the right decisions in life, games also increases memory power and the ability to stay focused. Additionally, “She found that the brain's prefrontal cortex actually grows thicker in people who play games.”(para 19) This explains that, prefrontal cortex is located in the front of your brain, it helps your brain develop emotional and behavioral functioning. So as we play video games it benefits our prefrontal cortex to grow thicker, which then develops emotional and behavioral functioning. In conclusion, we should understand that video games only gives us the benefits and that and we should not misjudge video

games.

In conclusion, video games have changed our generation by making gamers more social, they teach children through video games, and how video games can improve our health. Video games have made gamers more social by making most of the games multi player. They are also teaching kids through educational videogames. Video games also helped create health benefits. In conclusion, video games benefit our generation in many ways physically and mentally.