Video Games Are an Evolution of the World

Video games are an evolution in the world, constantly changing and expressing ideas into the world. Video games are an expression, giving people a chance to tell a story they create. A story that many people around the world will play, and possibly enjoy. But in recent years, games have gotten more and more violent. Games have sparked controversy on whether they can be good for people, or cause behavioral problems. It’s a topic that has caused numerous debates. Well the truth is, video games do not cause behavioral problems, but in fact they can be beneficial to people.

Video games have the power to do more and more. With technology, games are able to have a more realistic look. With people actually looking like people, and environments looking more realistic, developers are able to create games that look more like real life. With the release of Doom, it sparked some controversial debate. The goal player is to shoot other living targets to accumulate more points. Violent games like Doom create controversy and are to blame for tragic events that happen (Vitelli 1). As years go by, video games are still changing and new genres are appearing, for people to try and hopefully like. In 2004, the company Blizzard Entertainment, revolutionized the world of Mass Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG’S) with the release of World of Warcraft (WoW). With over 9 million players as of June 2007 (Chittom 2).

With Video Games, becoming bigger and bigger and having more more violence, can led to blame for tragic events, that involve people making bad behavior choices. In June 2005, a couple in South Korea went to their local internet café to play WoW. They did not expect to be their for to long, so they left their child home alone, wit...

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...). A study done at the University of Rochester shows that people who play action games, that require them to think on there feet have showed to make decisions 25% faster then normal people and make choices and act on them 6 times a second (“Raise” 4). When playing certain games, they don’t have dialogue, but only text, so the player has to read the dialogue to understand what’s going on in the story, which helps people improve there reading skills (“Raise” 2) Games can also improve peoples teamwork skills as they ca formulate goals to complete the task that they are given, there sense of color contrast, and can be an emotional outlet for kids who need to release some aggression (“Raise” 4). Gaming is not always bad what people make it out to be. It helps the brain and it can improve the person’s social life and can be a healthy out lit for aggression.