With the development of science and technology, video games, as one of the most popular way of entertainment, have developed very rapidly in the past two decades. Especially after a variety of different game devices appear, more and more people are beginning to become addicted to virtual video games. It already become an important part of people’s lives but playing video games has advantages as well as disadvantages. Some people think video games can help to relieve stress, train flexibility, reform the boring old - fashioned way of education, and most importantly, it created the opportunity for children to overcome difficulties and even can be a great help in the scientific development of education. However, on the other sides of view, many think spending too much time on the video games is just a waste of time and it might bring many bad consequences such as prolonged stay in the room caused by the damage to the eyesight and the body, as well as because addicted to the virtual game and lack of social experience and other issues. Hence, my research paper mainly focuses on which point of view is more reasonable and I suggest that readers should consider this issue from a different perspective.

First of all, although I personally think that video games are more good than the harm, according to secular opinion, many people still hold the opposite opinion nowadays. So, I would like to point out some of the disadvantages of playing computer games first. This mainly reflected in the physical harm and psychological harm. For example, the disadvantage for the body will be vision loss, Spondylopathy，Heart attack and other diseases. The disadvantage for the mind will be lack of concentration, Irascible and emotional. However, the most concerned problem is that video games are really easy to get addictive and it is even been known as 'psychotropic drugs'. 

As we all know, South Korea is a country famous with video game power.  Video game is a very important part of people's life, and many people even play video game as their career. However, researchers point out the dangers of video games, including Internet addiction and gambling. According to some Korean scholars in the study of behavior, social networking and cyber psychology, they found that people indulge in the video game in the past few years were more and more obvious, which also includes a large number of teenagers and children. These problems also occur in many other countries. “Psychologists estimate that 10% of South Korean schoolchildren have shown signs of video-game addiction, thought by some psychiatrists to be one of the highest rates in the world, along with that of China.” (Geoffrey 41). For solving the problem of addiction, South Korean government even created law for avoiding teenage to play the video games. “In 2011, the government passed the "Cinderella Act," commonly known as the "Shutdown Law," which prevents children under the age of 16 from accessing gaming websites between midnight and 6 a.m. Under the system, anyone in South Korea wishing to log into those sites must enter their age-encoded national I.D.” (Melia 35). Normally, when teenagers and video games come together, people’s view will always be negative. Such as teenager are easy to addict to video games and it can cause violence, hindering people from going outdoor and lose their social skills. 

However, there are many people, not to mentation, the video game makers, who do not agree that video game is simply a bad thing. They think the original intention of the video game is to allow people to have more entertainment, and to relieve stress. Besides that, playing video games can help us to relax, make us think more and develop our minds and when you encounter some things not fun, playing computer games can make you feel happy. Playing computer games can also cultivate unity ability, computer double game let us understand, usually two people help each other, unite together, will taste the joy of victory. In fact, the most important point is video game actually equivalent to giving the player another life, a life allows failure and mistake, a life that is free and full of creativity and the infinite expansion of the imagination of life. For example, the video game producer Jane McGonigal published a public speech on Ted about how “Gaming can make a better world.” (Jane 1). During the speech she said the video game can make life more meaningful for a person, because in the video game, everyone can become the protagonist, get better relationship, work and life. So, the video game can often make the player feel more than themselves and will provide a sense of accomplishment; therefore, in the spirit level, the video game is able to give people the sense of support and promotion.

Besides that, while many people think that video games can also be benefit for education. we have to agree that video game is an important part of human society nowadays, it not only attracted people's interest, attention and energy. It has also become a way to learn new things (Maria). For example, through the simulation game, it can promote children's learning, develop children's coordination, critical thinking and strategic decision-making skills (Morgan). There are also article paper point out that through the video game interactive science education methods, for the natural curiosity of the children, the special effect (Hilton). There is also a way through the video game to learn and teach, researcher mentioned the new teaching methods and benefits, as well as the school restructuring caused by the challenges. (Chee)

In fact, we have to admit that because of the attractiveness of the video game, there are many people in which lost themselves to the video game. They give up the real life, and making people believe that video game is like a drug. However, video game itself is not bad, just like the fire, it can bring you the warm and light and it can also destroy your house when you are not using it correctly. So, only if people use it improper, then it will appear with those bad results. Hence, I think the question is not simply 'whether the video game is good or bad', people should really see video games like a normal tool in our daily life. We need to understand the benefits and disadvantages of the video game, and how to play the video game effectively and harmlessly.
