Video Games - advantages and disadvantages

1. VIDEO GAMES
Advantages and disadvantages

2. ADVANTAGES
To develop skills that children need for the
learning process;
 To stimulate children’s imagination;
 To be good and enjoyable entertainment ;
 To be challenging and fascinating;
 To play different characters in different
environments;

3.  To increase interest in a certain topic or
area;
 To give children role models to look up to;
 To develop children’s decision making
skills;
 To improve children’s social skills;
To improve children’s confidence in the
real world;

4. DISADVANTAGES

To affect the players’ behaviour:
● may increase the amount of
aggression and violence / make kids
uncompassionate and insensitive towards
death;
More aggressive games on the market
than educational games; they have got a lot
 To make children feel
of power;

5.  Causes health problems such as:
Neck pain;
Backache;
Repetitive strain injuries;
Eyestrain;
Headaches;
Chest pain;
Fatigue;
Mood swings;
Addiction.