Computer Games

        Today's prompt is asking if i agree that playing computer games is a waste of time and should not be allowed. Honestly, my answer will be yes and no. There are ways that playing computer games can benefit a person and there are ways where it can truly ruin a person. Should they be allowed? Yes of course. Why would society need to ban computer games? I don't think computer games are that bad of a thing for people in order for them to ban them. Here are some reasons why I say that computer games are a waste of time and are also not a waste of time, but beneficial.

         First, computer games are a waste of time because they sometimes get people addicted. Some of my classmates play games all the time and I don't know why. Every class period they play the same game over and over again. Sometimes it's all they can talk about. Computer games can be a bad way to use free time also. Rather than staying in your dark room playing computer games, you should go out with your friends and have a good time. By good time I don't mean go out and play computer games with your friends. Something like go play a sport or watch a movie or maybe party like there's no tomorrow. Computer games can cause people to be anti-social. If a person is so addicted to computer games and that's all that they think about, they might not have many friends to interact with in real life. The only friends they will have is their online friends in the game world. This can be really unhealthy and harmful for the person. Having a social life and interacting among people is extremely important in everyones lifestyle. One cannot just live life avoiding people in the real world and go about their days playing computer games all the time. Too much computer games can hurt your eyes as well. Many "gamers" are visualized as geeks with glasses and a gaming t shirt. The reason they have glasses is probably because they play so much computer games that it ruined their vision! Having glasses is technically not a bad thing at all, but having glasses means you need special help in order to see. Why need help if only you had protected yourself before it all happened? Also lag on computer games can cause stress for the gamer and can lead to violence if the gamer is angry enough.


        Next, computer games are beneficial in that one can learn many things from games. Different strategies are placed in games and a person can really learn from that. For example, if you are playing an NBA game, you can use your player and practice moves against the computer. However, when you witness your player doing those moves, you can practice them in real life. This is a really beneficial way to learn and get better at basketball. Many people also play Call of Duty. Because of that, they know many things about guns or military strategies. Some people get influenced to join the army because of Call of Duty. Games are extremely famous among people nowadays and have a great influence on their lives as well.
       

        I believe that computer games should be allowed, but have a limited amount of time that it is able for usage. Games can be very beneficial to people, but too much games can be very harmful. If everyone can just limit the amount of time that they play computer games, they can actually get benefits from the computer games.