My research question is how teenagers can benefit from playing video games without becoming addictive. Myself is one of the teens that love video games, but I have seen many of my friends were punished by playing video games. I am also a lucky one that my mother agrees with me to play video games as long as I stay in a high ranking in class. So, I have much more experience than others about video games. But more I play, more I can learn from video games. From every unique character the designer created has their spirit. Loyalty, brave, smart, fearless, etc. Every time I play video games, I was like in a different world to experience different life which seems fascinating to me. I think most people who are addicted to playing video games are a focus on the surface of games but not souls. Video games are not just killing and shooting, most of them are trying to express the spirit to make people think about it and learn from it. From the develop of the society, playing some of the video games now are sports like playing basketball and soccer. People treated these gamers as athletes. And even in colleges, students there are playing video games as a way to complete with another school. “In a recognition of the popularity of e-sports on college campuses, most Big Ten universities will field teams in the multiplayer online game League of Legends and compete in a style resembling conference play, in a partnership with the Big Ten Network.”  (Tracy, 2). It is also a movement that shows playing video games is a way to a successful life. From the beginning that I chose video games as my research topic, I realized it is a good chance for me to express what I want to say to make people think playing video games can benefit to teenagers. In my opinion, playing video games do bring teenagers benefits to their lives. 

From restricted behavior to teens to legitimate international sport, playing video games made incredibly progress through this period. But there is a long way to go. As we always saw, every new item came to the world needs to be criticized and then became standard and accepted by people, such as playing video games can bring teenagers benefits. Video games were treating as a drug in the first place. But most of the games have been addressed as “Drugs” are unreal. “When educators have discussed games, they have focused on the social consequences of gameplay, ignoring significant educational potentials of gaming. This paper examines the history of games in educational research, and argues that educators have largely ignored the cognitive potential of games.” (Squire, 9). Parents way to high-value the social reputation to video games, so their full attentions are focus on the words they heard about the match rather than game itself. Some incredible games with good wills are ruined by reputation only because the company has a famous game named “Game of War.” Some educators think all games from this company are full of violence and blood. But even “Game of War” is a strategic game that challenges every player’s patient and management. “Games have always been an integral part of our culture. These structured forms of play have been used to entertain but also teach useful skills throughout the ages. Some of the earliest recognized games were used to teach valuable survival skills in a safe and structured way.” (Shepherd, 7). So, we can’t judge a game from its reputation, the only way to test it is to play it, maybe you can find the charming parts from it. But indeed some teenagers were addicted to playing them and dropped out of school. I still remember when I got the first handheld game player, I barely eat and sleep about a week. Thanks to my mom, she took it from me, so I got time to think: Am I really like playing it? The answer is yes because I enjoy the feeling that conquers every challenge I met in the game. I like the feeling that I saw a happy ending. I enjoyed this time that the game brought me to make me laugh, excited even sad. At this moment, I realized why so many people are addicted to playing video games. It is a metal drug to make people satisfied. Some people are lured by this easy-coming satisfy, so they don’t want to wake up. But I have a goal in the real world- to be a successful person. I am so greedy that not only in the game but also in the real world, I will be a successful person. So in my opinion, individuals who addicted to playing video games, they all don’t have a clear goal even they are confused about their future. So, they addicted to something that success seems easy to grab in there such as playing video games. On the other words, people addicted to playing video games are not videos’ faults. They should find out their problems not just only blame the video games. How can we because of the attract of a match is too high to blame it? “For the most part, the gaming industry is interested in creating games solely to please the consumer, so that they can generate revenue. However, there is an impressive set of games that are creating for other purposes than just entertainment value; these games are called serious games. Traditionally, if a game was designed to teach, train, or persuade then it falls into this classification.” (Shepherd, 9). 

Time goes by, and video games now are not considered as “drug,” playing video games become a job. You can choose to be a player if you got high-skill, it pays well and has high reputation. For example, most of the children love playing soccer and dreamed of being one of the members in their beloved club. Now it is an opportunity that they can play FIFA in their beloved club as an employee. “It’s a dream for every little kid to play for their favorite club when they are a grown-up,” Weijland, a five-time Dutch FIFA champion, said. “But I think, when I was 12 or 13 years old, I knew I wasn’t going to be good enough for that. So, it’s amazing that that dream still came true in some way.” (Williams 2).  Here is an alive example that approves one sentence is correct. “No matter what your job is, when you do this job good enough, so you will be successful.” And this sentence came true to Weijland; he plays FIFA well, so he was employed and trained with soccer player. His former dream achieved. Maybe now there is still some people especially olds consider that playing video games can’t be a job to feed yourself. But there is case may make your views change. A 16-year-old boy came from a countryside in the southeast of China. He knew nothing because his parents can’t support him to study. Ten years ago, he used the only money from his pocket booked a ticket to HongKong. And he worked there as a security of a video games club. He learned skilled there, and three years ago, he used all his money that earned in the past two years to buy five tickets to London, as a game player with his other teammates to play an International Match. The champion’s reward is 20,000 pounds. This reward is the money that the five teenagers can’t ever image.  But because of the Jet Lag, they lost the first place and won the second, the worse thing was, the second would win nothing but a ticket to home. They were desperate when this thing happened. But they didn’t give up and keep playing the game. Finally, a company decided to fund this small team, and this team soon won the championship in the country. And then, after a long road and much time, they met Korean team in the final match. There was no doubt that they lost the game because, at that time, Korean already announced that E-Sports as the legitimate sport. So the training and strategies that Korean had were much more than the small team had. But, this second place not only gives the glory to China but also made the government begin to think to support the E-Sports. He as the capital of the team soon became famous in the country and earned reputation and money. He devoted his best time in his life to a sport he loves. And finally, he achieved his goal and became a successful person. So why you guys say that playing computer meant to be a loser. Playing video games can be treated as a real job. If you spent much time and effort, maybe you can be the next one who influences the country even the world. 

Video games can be good tools for teaching teenagers some useful knowledge. Good video and computer game designers manage to get new players to learn long, complex and arduous games. Designers of good games have hit on exemplary methods for getting people to learn and to enjoy learning. “They get themselves learned and learned well, so that they get played long and hard by a large number of people. This is how they and their designers survive and perpetuate themselves.” (Gee, 9) It’s easy to play and enjoy a game, but it’s hard to play it well. Video games designers created many interesting but educational games. Always these games require more time to accomplish all goal. And during this period, teenagers can learn so much knowledge from it. And the knowledge gained by this way always not easy to forget. On the other hand, this teaching method can reduce much lower the cost of education. All you need to do is buy a game and enjoy it. Otherwise, if you ask for a tutor, how much you are going to cost? “‘Empowered Learners,' ‘Problem Solving’ and ‘Understanding’ and concludes that the primary impediment to implementing these principles in formal education is cost. This, however, is not only (or even so much) monetary value.” (Gee, 10). Teenagers can learn so many things from playing it. And one thing you should realize teens learn things much faster if they are interested. And use video games to attract teenagers’ attention and encourage them to play is a good way to make the teens learn more. Moreover, teens can learn much more strategies of learning from playing video games which make their study more efficient. 

Do you know video games can make children even smarter?  Gabe Zichermann shows how games are making kids better problem-solvers and will make us better at everything from driving to multi-tasking. As the emerging generation has placed so much stock in gaming as a central component of their lives, he believes that video games could be an excellent tool to teach social skills. He says “This world sets boundaries too much. You can only like video games or books. You can't like both. YES, you can. I love reading a book the brings me into someone else's imagination and sends me on a never-ending journey. Book and video games are very similar. They both create the world where the person can escape for hours and find enjoyment. I love video games and books alike. I would never let my kid not play video games or not read books. It's their choice.” I can’t agree more. Some of the parents still think that playing video games can reading books can’t place together. But instead of reading book can gain knowledge, playing video games is wasting time. There are a lot of games with high-value of teaching. You are playing video games another way to study. Some of the knowledge even parents can’t explain to you, but you will understand through the way you play the video games.  Reading books can help you understand more and playing some certain video games also can do that for you. So, playing video games is not a bad thing, it’s good for your life even make you smarter only if you know how to handle them. 

In conclusion, video games can bring teenagers so much benefit indeed. Some of the adults even found a job that can feed themselves or support their families. Also playing video games is a good method to learn new knowledge, this way is easier for teenagers to accept. Because instead of a dull and thick textbook, colorful and amazing video games seem more attractive to teens. And when you experience the life in video games, you will learn much more things that you don’t know at your age. These experience and good characters can encourage and stay with you till you grow up. If one day you are facing a difficult choice, why not think about if you are the character in the game, how can you deal with it? After that, I believe you can make the right choice. And playing video games can help kids learn things fast. As we know, if you display something alive is much easier for kids to remember than pictures. And video games can be this tool. The colorful image and interesting senses can easily get kids’ attentions and help them learn things. However, video games also have their bad sides like killing and blood. These senses can create terror and even make teenagers follow their behaviors. Even some very famous game can make big mistakes. Super Mario Run finally can be downloaded by iPhone, but soon an author found out there is a wrong gender politics in this game. The princess is treating as a gift to be given the person who saved her. “I will never let my daughter play such a game with gender issues.” (Suellentrop, 1). So choose a right and great video game is very important. All the good games require details calculate and much time to practice. It is also a challenge for people who hate using their brains, but the feeling of success after you complete your mission is unforgettable. In my opinion, playing video games especially some good video games is not easier than reading an abstract novel, the feeling comes after you conquer all the challenges will make you believe that every step you take, every second you spent, every time you told yourself not give up is worth.  
