Is gaming taking over our lives?
A research carried out by scientists shows that gaming is becoming more of a problem as people are gaming for longer periods. Although everyone enjoys the odd game here and there, is gaming becoming a larger problem in our lives as its impact is increasing?
Gaming is perhaps a great way to spend some time with friends or if you are bored and home alone, although are they really taking over our lives and having such a big impact on us? - Photo taken from: http://www.geeksugar.com/Old-Gaming-Console-Pros-31081660.
Perhaps, perhaps not.
Gaming appears to have a massive impact on everyone as people are becoming more and more obsessed with it. Almost in every family in the UK there is someone who has a device which you can use for gaming. The PlayStation systems. The Xbox's. The iPhones/iPads. Gaming. However, it may be fun and interesting to the audience that play on these devices but it doesn't warn you about the consequential obsession of gaming as people are easily influenced by the modern climate of advanced technology and to the influence it has on the people who use this technology.
Many people believe that gaming brainwashes people and alienates their children into playing their games/devices and to distract them from concentrating on their actual work - this is true as many students have noticed the change in their work ethic and their overall attitude to improve after 'dropping' gaming. Because of the wide spread and huge advertisement of gaming consoles it is very hard for it not to have such a big influence on the public. Also it makes life harder for the parents who have little children because if a child sees a device of technology that they like the look of then they will typically cry out to their parents - which will make their parents feel guilt tripped into allowing their children to have the brand new piece of technology.
It does not make a difference on whether you decide your child or yourself should ban gaming in your life, because no matter how hard you try; because of the modern and massive influx and advertisement of gaming the probability of it having an impact in your life is quite likely.
The problem of gaming is not exactly a brand new thing, however a group of scientists who have been doing some research have recently found and published the concerns and problems(uncorroborated) arising around the area of gaming taking over peoples lives - and since the rise of obesity is increasing everyday - this is resulting in the rise of questions being asked by many people across the globe as to what extent of an impact gaming has over our lives.
The scientists from a Canadian research centre who were the people who raised these major issues in a document published last month written by, Professor Paul Browning, actually did not actually do any tests concerning the matter of gaming taking over our lives making his research rather unjustified.
Word count: 505 - First Draft. 24th October 2013.
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