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1. Effects Of Playing Computer Games
As we enter into the 21st century, we experience a significant change in the
way our society works. We now rely on technology more than anything, from doing
the simplest task like telling time to the most difficult like analysing the galaxy. We all
need technology to enable us to achieve such task with the quickest of result.
Nowadays many people have access to this technology for instance the computer. It
is use on a wide basis and large number of children play computer games for long
periods of time on a daily basis. This will cause this number to experience several
effects from this activity both negative and positive. The negative effects will be that
the person will have health problems and also lack in performance. The positive
effects will be able to make fast decision.
The bad effects of playing computer for extensive amount of time will effect
the well being of the children that will lead to health problems. This addiction of
playing the computer will lead them to suffer obesity due to lack of engaging in
physical activity. A research in America shows that 1 out of 7 children who plays the
computer more than two hours will lead them to be overweight. Obesity will also lead
to other health problems such as diabetes and heart attack. Besides that, when
staring at the computer screen for a long time it will inevitably cause the eye to
strain. It occurs when you are carrying out the same motion over and over again
such as looking back and forth from paper back to the monitor when working. It also
will lead to some other eye problems such as astigmatism.
Other than that, if we let this children continue using the computer for long
periods of hours will make this children to lack in their performance. When a child is
to occupied with the computer causing them to lose focus of their surrounding

2. causing them to exhaust all of his concentration that will lead to be unable to perform
well in both academic and physical activities. The reason for this is because they did
not acquire adequate amount of sleep causing them to lose focus in class, being
unable to join in other sports clubs and unable to finish task or assignments that was
assign to them. This lack of participation in both of the aspects will lead them to fall
back in their life causing them to be isolated and unable to socialize with other peers.
It will then lead them to emotional problems such as depression, become hot
tempered and etc.
Lastly, although there are more negative effects than positive effects of
playing computer especially when using it for extensive hours then intended but still
computer is a part of human life. It contributes to be able to make fast
decision. Sometimes the player does this almost every second of the game giving
the brain a real workout. Video games on the computer can be used to train soldiers
and surgeons, according to the study. Importantly, decisions made by action-packed
video game players are no less accurate. The ability of being able to make quick
decision will enable them to multitask very efficiently because they are used to focus
on different movements all at once. For example in a strategy games, when you are
developing a city then suddenly an unexpected surprise like an enemy might
emerge. This forces the player to be flexible and quickly change tactics. This
example shows that how playing the computer can also helped the brain to being
able to make quick decision so that they could save their time and focus on other
important matters.
As a conclusion, playing computer games for long periods of time shows that
there are both positive and negative effects of submerging into this addiction.
Although it may seems that there are more negative effects compare to the positive

3. but with the proper usage of this outstanding technology, the positives can out shine
the negative. This the task of the parents because the large number of players that
play video games are children. They must educate them so that they can balance
their academic, physical and also their gaming life so that can enjoy all aspects of life
and not be hiding in behind the monitor screen shutting themselves from the outside
world. They must be able to achieve this balance so that they can live their life to the
fullest.
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4. Pre-writing
Able to make quick decision:
 Brain workout
 able to multitask
 save time
NEGATIVE
HealthProblems:
 Obesity
 Diabetes
 Heart attack
 Eye problems
Lack of performance:
 Lose focus
 Be exhausted
 Unable to performin
academics
 May be isolated
THE EFFECTS OF
PLAYING COMPUTER
GAMES
POSITIVE

5. REFERENCES :
1. http://www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk/component/content/article/1-
nof-in-the-media/338-tvvideo-games-and-child-obesity.html
2. http://www.livestrong.com/article/278074-negative-effects-of-video-
game-addiction/
3. http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/34-the-good-
and-bad-effects-of-video-games

6. NAME: ISYRAQ NASIR
ID: 0322177
MODULE: ENGLISH 1 (ELS 3215)
SESSION: JANUARY 2015

7. CITATTION:
Abstract
Trust for America’s Health 2007 Annual Report by Colin Waine. Article about
negative effects of video game addiction by Drea Christopher (2015).