Week 7 Blog- Video Games

Video games are often looked at as a complete waste of time and very bad for one’s health.  What people don’t see when they look at and think about video games is that they can actually help you in more ways than one.  Hand and eye coordination can be improved and increased when playing video games.  Knowing the controls on the controller while looking at the game helps that tremendously.  Video games can also be a great way to relieve stress.  If you are really overwhelmed with homework or work or anything that stresses you out, taking a break from it and playing a video game can be relaxing and fun.  Games can also be a good way to bond and have fun with friends.  In today’s games and game systems, it is easy to talk to one another from your own houses through the game.  This feature is called live.  I’m not saying everything about video games is helpful and good.  Some video games are very violent and can give your gamers the wrong view on certain things.  Video games can also cause kids and adults in some cases to not do what they are supposed to do while they just sit on the gaming system.  

It all depends on what your view is on video games.  To me they are both helpful, and disruptive, but I still enjoy playing them.  Some of my favorite games to play are Madden Football and Halo 3.