A good addiction
...ant to do is stay inside by yourself all day and play them, but that’s not true since games don’t get really fun unless you’re playing with your friends. Moments like these make video games a good form of entertainment. Like with an awesome book or movie, once you start a good video game it’s hard to stop playing it. There are those games of rare quality that can easily consume hours of your time. The ones that have you up all night, with bloodshot eyes that you can hardly keep open, while you stare at the clock and think “why the hell am I still awake?” Some people say that video games are addictive and while that may be partially true; they obviously have bad effects for people who play them too much. A game called Everquest is notorious for this. The game has even been nick named “Evercrack”. There are stories of people who have gotten divorced and lost jobs because of this game. Everquest belongs to a genre of games called MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) that require a tremendous amount of time to accomplish anything. While I find these types of games boring, there are a lot of people who are willing to sit there for months trying to find that one item they needed. Games are no longer only for the kid with the bottle cap glasses, who gets beat up every day after school. In fact ask pretty much any person in school if they like video games, and the likely answer will be yes. Go to a university, and in the dorms you will find many PS2s and Xbox’s eagerly awaiting the return of their owners from class. The most popular kids in your school probably play them. As home consoles become more advanced, so too do the video games that are played on them. They are becoming more and more realistic, to the point where it’s hard to tell that the images are not real. This becomes a point of concern for many irrational people, who think that violent video games are brainwashing people into becoming the next Charles Manson. You would have to be pretty mentally unstable already if you allow games to influence you in such a way. Many people are quick to label video games as bad for their violence. However, the opposite can be said about them, as they contain many beneficial effects. Video games require you to be a fast thinker, always aware and looking for possible threats. Games like Shenmue and Wario Ware have situations in them in which you have about two seconds to make a choice so that you don’t die, and can move on to another area. Moments like that not only provide an adrenaline rush and a feeling of euphoria (upon successful completion), but they also help improve your reaction time. That is something that can help save your life, maybe helping you avoid a serious car accid...