Some people regard video games as harmless fun, or even as a useful educational tool. Others, however, believe that video games are having an adverse effect on the people who play them. In your opinion, do the drawbacks of video games outweigh the benefits?

People's opinions differ as to whether or not playing computer games is beneficial. While there are those who maintain that video gaming is an educational method, I believe that these games have a negative influence on the users. From my perspective, I think that video games bring about more harmful impacts than positive ones. There are numerous reasons why people might argue that video gaming can bring some benefits to the users, one of which is that video games can be both entertaining and educational. People who are users or gamers are transported into the virtual world where the user can interact with many different people in the same game. As a result, the virtual world will be an environment that is more interactive and exciting than the outside world. Another justification is that computer gaming will encourage people to improve their creativity, concentration, logical thinking and problem solving, all of which are useful skills outside the gaming context. Moreover, games such as puzzles are increasingly used by schools to improve students' thinking ability. Although some people disagree, I support the view that video games have more disadvantages than benefits. If people spend too much time on computer games, they will be highly addictive. Therefore, playing video games will increase users' rates of depression and anxiety because video gaming often requires the gamers to spend many times for them to give scores, new targets and frequent rewards so they can keep playing. In addition, in the present days, teenagers tend to stay at home playing games and not going out or doing sports which will cause potential problems to their health such as obesity, sleep deprivation. Besides, this also affects the learning of students who often stay up late and spend too much on playing games, leading to not complete class assignments. In sum, while there are sensible reasons to believe that playing video games have some benefits to the users, my own view is that potential dangers of video games are more significant than possible benefits.