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The Positive Side of Video Games

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When I was a child, various video games were very popular in my city. At that time, I always played it after I finished my homework and thought that the video game was just like the virtual world and it had become a visionary place. Some video games would cause me to feel relaxed when I needed to release stress. Unfortunately, my mother disliked me to be absorbed in playing a video game so, she usually controlled how much I played it. However, my father didn't think so, he thought that I was too closed and I was always afraid of to do some simple things. He often bought many video games for me to play and he hoped I could change my character and it could make me happy to receive education. Actually, the video game can be basically divided into five types such as sports, general entertainment, fantasy violence, educational games and human violence. Speaking for myself, my dream is to be a business manager; I like to play video games about business management or simulated video games. Nowadays, video games have been used by humans as a way to release stress of real life. The first video game was a two player tennis game. Right now, games have gone from simple designs to games with advanced dramatic game on consoles such as Xbox and as one of the main sources of amusement. Not only does it offer fun for many people around the world, but it also gives various benefits for people. Games have become even more popular than ever before and it can be a whole new world which is the culture within a culture. Video games are changing our life so much, because it has various types such as Ipad, Xbox, DDR and so on. Today, some games help to lose weight, others help to learn knowledge and some even make people learn to be more social. Even though many people still believe that video game can cause some negative influences for player, researchers argue that the video games are able to impact player’s physical activity, education and social abilities. To begin, most opponents claim that playing video game always leads people to become fat and indifferent. Actually, it is just one-sided. Playing video games can be benefited for people to improve physical activities. Some video games also help people to lose weight. According to technologies developing, a variety of the game has been coming out, such as Ipad game, Xbox and PSP especially Java. These kinds of games also help people to do more exercise than real life, because players have to move the body into these game so that their calories burn faster. G, Lee & Cable (2008) state that Wii Fit video games increase energy expenditure and physical activity compared with action which stay sedentarily to play video gaming. Also, Dance Dance revolution(DDR) has become the best games by people to choose. It is to be one of most popular games around the world . In addition, (Students enjoy fat-busting video games 2005) Robrietta Lambert is a female teacher, she likes to use Dance Dance Revolution in her losing weight classroom, she said that it was a good way and most students don’t like choosing basketball or jumping rope to lose weight, they tend to do exercise with the music video game. Also, Matejcik (2007) claims that Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) is a very popular program in class, it not only can help children to burn calories, develop bone density and combat obesity, but it also lets the child feel happy and can be suitable approach to teach them. According to Gallaway & Lauson (2006) of, “DDR, which is usually played by teens, help burn calories and improves visual and aural pattern-recognition skills”. Losing weight is only a good way for some players who want to keep fit to play video games; however, video games have been used in hospitals. A group of doctors and public health researchers said that video games may let young patients escape from the stress of their health problems. In other word, it keeps them better about medical program and even helps them get fit, (Can video games help sick kids feel better faster? 2006). In China, some hospitals use video games to treat patients, such as playing music games, touchscreen games, because it can transfer child’s attention to ease quick anxiety. Clinical studies have claimed that the video game based therapeutic method which offers an int

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