The Changing Face of Video Games

Video games truly have change quite a lot over the years. All video games are addicting but after a while, humans tend to get tired or bored of the same thing. I personally don’t have any experience with video games since I don’t own any (which is pretty abnormal wouldn’t you say?) However, I have played with them. I remember there was a time when McDonalds gave out mini video games for their Kid’s Meals. I had two of them but after a month or so when I beat the whole game, I felt that it was unnecessary and it became boring. I’m pretty sure the same thing would happen to other games as well. Most likely, the harder games would keep one more interested longer.

I have once played with online games such as Runescape. In the beginning I thought that it was cool and got pretty addicted to the site. But after a while, I realized all I was doing was the same thing over and over again. It became boring and soon I quit playing. After I quit, I realized all I did was waste a whole lot of my time. I mean, was there any benefits in killing monsters and getting a high skill on something? You can’t even brag about it to your friends.

I don't think that video games would ever be all beneficial. Even though games like Wii Sports are now developed, I think that they are still harming people. People still would get addicted to the game and not know what is going on around them. For example, there was an incident with a boy who jumped off the tree because his parents took away his video game. Video games can always do damage to people. Even staring at the screen too much would harm one’s eyes.

I think that video games are still going to be video games. Think of it this way: if games such as Cooking Mama and Wii Fit were developed and said to be beneficial for us, why should we pay over 100 dollars for it when we could just do the real activities ourselves? Instead of playing Cooking Mama over the DS, shouldn’t we go and try to cook the meal ourselves? Instead of playing tennis with a remote facing the TV, can’t we go with our friends and play a REAL game of tennis?

 

In my opinion, I think that video games are now just for the purpose of entertainment. All of the games which are said to be useful are just activities which anyone can do every day but has been translated to a screen with a controller. Personally, I think that video games are for the purpose of getting rid of boredom and not for promoting healthy benefits for everyone.