“I completed the level!” that’s probably the first thing that teenagers say when they meet. Console gaming is considered as the main source of entertainment for youths. Being higly entertaining because of inch-perfect graphics and interesting story-line or gameplay, teenagers, especially boys, get hooked into it for hours everyday. This form of console gaming is highly addictive which affects their health, studies and their entire social life and the best solution might be self-realisation and find something else to do other than games.
Technology has been advancing everyday. Previously movies were probably considered the best entertainment source, if it was about virtual world where they have fictious characters, but games are the next generation entertainment where you can control your very own “virtual” character. This makes it very addictive and causes many problems. Due to this gamers start skipping meals. They might start stealing. Studies have proved that 2 hours of gaming is equal to taking 1 drag of cocain . they show tendency of neglecting their family and friends which affects their entire social life. as far as i know self-realization is the best possible- solution. according to http://www.howtogetridofstuffs.com/ (25th 2008) kids nowadays dont follow the elders. gamers must realize how much time they have been spending in games which affects their social behaviour like, makes them violent, etc, says serendipupdate, 2008. too much gaming causes students to be obese (ezinearticles.com). lying down with a pack of chips and a controller in hand certainly puts of weight on the player. exercing could help a lot. and by exercising it doesnt mean literally exercising. it just means doing some physical activity that the person likes - could be sports, dancing, etc. this way they will have physical exercise which helps to develop their social character as well. too much gaming is bad for eyes as well (as we all know) if gamers do want to play it would be best if they played in intervals. parents seem to be concerned on controlling their children to play games. they fix the time rate where they can play. but this isnt proving to be uselfull and it doesnt seem to be working.
gaming market is really large nowadays. every year high quality E3 games are produced which makes gamers hooked onto them for hours. this has been a concern for their parents. so they try to control their children, which hasnt been working. instead, this makes them agressive and their relation with the parents worsen. the best possible solution could be "self-realisation". being the best, it is also the hardest. gamers should realize how much they are spending, both money and time, how they are harming their physical health, how games are affecting their studies and their social relations. it they realise it properly, they might feel disgusted and i am certain that even thought they might not stop completely, they will definitely decrease the amount of gaming time.
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Gaming and obese. (2007, december 18). Retrieved from www.onlinearticles.com
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