Video games are becoming more and more popular, common and well known throughout society. It is also having more of an impact on the way it influences people and football.
Some say that video games are bad for our health, we shouldn't be playing them as they are addictive, they distract us from our education and they promote violence in our lives, and those of young children who regularly play video games.
I believe that in some ways video games are bad for us as they we don't gain alot from them. The video games are played, sometimes for hours at a time and then at the end of this we have achieved nothing, except maybe completing a few levels on a game.
They have the ability to get someone to play them for hours on end. In the eyes of the game creators this is a positive thing as it will mean more income for them, but is it helping children of today?
Although video games are frowned upon often i can pick out a few positives from video games. One of them being the knowledge. Some video games, strictly speaking about football can help young people to learn about the game. Games such as FIFA 12, Pro evolution soccer and Football manager gives you the chance to learn about the game. FIFA 12 has slowly become the most popular football game and it is a close representation of the real game. It will teach you things such as the offside rule, which is very hard to understand, but with constant playing anyone would slowly come to terms with the rules, meaning they will have learnt something from playing the game.
Some say that video games are bad for our health, we shouldn't be playing them as they are addictive, they distract us from our education and they promote violence in our lives, and those of young children who regularly play video games.
I believe that in some ways video games are bad for us as they we don't gain alot from them. The video games are played, sometimes for hours at a time and then at the end of this we have achieved nothing, except maybe completing a few levels on a game.
They have the ability to get someone to play them for hours on end. In the eyes of the game creators this is a positive thing as it will mean more income for them, but is it helping children of today?
Although video games are frowned upon often i can pick out a few positives from video games. One of them being the knowledge. Some video games, strictly speaking about football can help young people to learn about the game. Games such as FIFA 12, Pro evolution soccer and Football manager gives you the chance to learn about the game. FIFA 12 has slowly become the most popular football game and it is a close representation of the real game. It will teach you things such as the offside rule, which is very hard to understand, but with constant playing anyone would slowly come to terms with the rules, meaning they will have learnt something from playing the game.
You will also be playing as all the popular players whilst playing this game. This means that you are able to see for yourself the moves that these players perform in a game over and over again on the video game. This can lead to individuals trying to recreate these moves themselves, thus influencing people to play more football.
with all the positives comes the negatives and people will always criticise the videos games saying that they are not good for any of us. So for as long as these people criticise then video games will always be seen as a negative thing, no matter how many positives are taken from them.
with all the positives comes the negatives and people will always criticise the videos games saying that they are not good for any of us. So for as long as these people criticise then video games will always be seen as a negative thing, no matter how many positives are taken from them.