Ethics

The Impact of Computer Games On Society

 

 

 

 

The Bad things

 

The impact videogames have on society are that some games end up being really violent and that can provoke people to kill or hurt people in real life, it can mentally affect people to make them do or say things along with swearing and getting angry a lot. Playing games too much can also make your eyesight bad which might make you have to buy glasses. Another problem is that people can get too addicted to games and end up dying in their chair from playing a game for over 12 hours at a time. Playing videogames is really bad as it can be so addicting that people stay away from school and work and just stay at home all the time.

 

 



Another problem is that people can get too addicted to games and end up dying in their chair from playing a game for over 12 hours at a time. This kind of thing happens from time to time, usually in Asian countries as people there really get addicted to their games, here below is just what can happen, it is a real news article.

 Cost is a big problem with playing videogames as most videogames cost a lot of money, even free games require you to spend money on in-game items, there is no escaping this unless you want to pirate games which is illegal yet a lot of people still do it. The cost of them makes the market for them very big and videogames are slowly becoming one of the most popular things in the world.

 

 





 



The Good Things

 

There are many good things about videogames however as people can do things like make mini games and maps and videos that are usually called 'machinima' as they are movies made in videogame. These kinds of videos have gotten millions of views and are very popular, sadly not many people make these anymore. There has been a tool released last year called Source Film Maker which people can use to make films using props and models from games in the Source engine, it was used to make the Team Fortress 2 Meet The videos and it is available to download for free on Steam. 

 

Along with that there are also very educational games and games that teach people things like Brain Training or Cooking Mama which are really helpful to both kids and adults to help them learn different things such as their Math, English and also cooking skills. Videogames can also really improve your hand-eye coordination and your strategy skills, mainly RTS and FPS games can help improve these things which do help out in the real world and improve your brain.

 

One of the main bad things about videogames is that if you play them a lot then you will most likely be sitting around and eating snacks, this isn't good for you as there's a good chance you'll end up putting on a lot of weight which is a big problem these days. It is a good idea to exercise from time to time rather than sitting around playing videogames and getting fat as that will stop you from doing lots of things and you'll end up dying younger.