Video Games and the Future Generations

“One more round, mom” is the usual phrase repeated by video gamers and detested by parents and guardians; this phrase what has now caused one of the most widely debated subjects of the 21st century. Video games are often described as a waste of time, and are used to rationalize poor decisions made by gamers. However, little is known that video games enhance future prospects by improving one’s health, career, and general lifestyle.

A commonly repeated phrase which anti-gamers utilize is that playing video games will result in poor eyesight. Conversely, according to a study conducted by neuroscientist Daphne Bavelier, gamers who played video games of the action genre in particular for a period of approximately 5 to 15 hours per week showed improvements in eyesight in two different aspects (http://www.bcs.rochester.edu, 2012). The first advancement that was noted by the neuroscientist was the enhancement in the ability of detail that gamers could distinguish; the test that was conducted featured the usual standard ophthalmic exam using a Snellen chart (http://www.bcs.rochester.edu, 2012). The test proved that not only the myth of poor eyesight due to gaming is wrong, but also that it enhanced the gamer’s eyesight acuity! (http://www.bcs.rochester.edu, 2012) To be precise, the average person’s eyesight is 6 lines down the Snellen chart, while the gamer’s eyesight stands at 8 lines down the chart which shows that gamers are able to distinguish more detail than average people (http://www.bcs.rochester.edu, 2012). Furthermore, the same study organized by Dr. Bavelier also revealed that gamers can distinguish more levels of gray than the average person, which contradicts general belief of that a gamer’s eyesight gets worse overtime whe...

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...repetitively on work days for one week showed, on average, a 17% drop in cortisol levels. In fact, the results of this experiment have inspired future treatments for social anxiety using video games, which everyone can also agree is an unquestionably important use of video games in the future generations.

Overall, video games, without doubt, have a major positive impact on our healthy living, future opportunities and general lifestyle by enhancing our abilities in eyesight, and fighting obesity. Furthermore, video games create new, more interesting job opportunities, and increase our chances in becoming successful, more accurate surgeons. Lastly, video games make our lives even better by keeping down our stress levels and increasing our reaction time and accuracy for the optimal lifestyle which all human beings seek and would like to grant the upcoming generations.