Video Games !

History
Thehistory
Thehistory of
of video
video gamesgoes
gamesgoes as
as far
far back
back as
as the
the early
early
1950s,
1950s, when
when academics
academics began
began designing
designing simple
simple games
games and
and
simulations
simulations as
as part
part of
of their
their computer
computer science
science research.
research.
Video
Video gaming
gaming would
would not
not reach
reach mainstream
mainstream popularity
popularity until
until
the
the 1970s
1970s and
and 1980s,
1980s, whenarcade
whenarcade video
video games,
games,
gaming
gaming consolesandhome
consolesandhome computer
computer gameswere
gameswere
introduced
introduced to
to the
the general
general public.
public. Since
Since then,
then, video
video gaming
gaming
has
has become
become aa popular
popular form
form of
of entertainment
entertainment and
and aa part
part of
of
modern
modern culturein
culturein most
most parts
parts of
of the
the world.
world. As
As of
of 2016,
2016, there
there
are
are eight
eight generations
generations of
of video
video game
game consoles,
consoles, with
with the
the
latest
latest generation
generation includingNintendo'sWii
includingNintendo'sWii Uand
Uand
Nintendo
Nintendo 3DS,Microsoft'sXbox
3DS,Microsoft'sXbox Oneand
Oneand Sony's
Sony's
PlayStation
PlayStation 4andPlayStation
4andPlayStation Vita.
Vita. PC
PC gaming
gaming has
has been
been
holding
holding aa large
large market
market share
share in
in Asia
Asia and
and Europe
Europe for
for
decades
and
continues
to
grow
due
todigital
distribution.
decades and continues to grow due todigital distribution.
Since
Since the
the release
release ofsmartphones,mobile
ofsmartphones,mobile gaminghas
gaminghas been
been
aa driving
driving factor
factor for
for games
games to
to reach
reach out
out to
to people
people not
not
previously
previously interested
interested in
in gaming,
gaming, as
as well
well as
as people
people unable
unable to
to
afford
afford or
or support
support dedicated
dedicated hardware.
hardware.

Video Games
addiction and
consequences
Physical consequences

Physical
Physical consequences
consequences of
of gaming
gaming addiction
addiction include
include carpal
carpal tunnel,
tunnel,

migraines,
migraines, sleep
sleep disturbances,
disturbances, backaches,
backaches, eating
eating irregularities,
irregularities, and
and
poor
poor personal
personal hygiene.
hygiene.

Social Consequences

People
People who
who are
are addicted
addicted to
to gaming
gaming encounter
encounter situations
situations like
like this
this all
all

the
the time;
time; situations
situations in
in which
which they
they have
have to
to choose
choose whether
whether to
to
interact
interact with
with the
the real
real world
world or
or continue
continue living
living in
in their
their virtual
virtual one.
one.
Sadly,
Sadly, the
the real
real world
world rarely
rarely wins.
wins.

Social
Social consequences
consequences are
are aa very
very real
real part
part of
of gaming
gaming addiction.
addiction.
Addicted
Addicted gamers
gamers spend
spend so
so much
much time
time playing
playing that
that their
their personal
personal
relationships
relationships get
get neglected
neglected and
and sometimes
sometimes disappear
disappear altogether.
altogether.
Among
Among addicted
addicted gamers
gamers who
who are
are married,
married, up
up to
to 50
50 percent
percent report
report aa
strain
strain in
in their
their marriage
marriage as
as aa result
result of
of their
their addiction.
addiction.

conclusions

Gaming
Gaming addiction
addiction is
is

serious.
serious. Though
Though there
there still
still
is
is much
much debate
debate about
about
whether
whether it
it is
is a
a diagnosable
diagnosable
disorder,
disorder, there
there is
is clearly
clearly a
a
segment
segment of
of our
our society
society for
for
whom
whom gaming
gaming is
is more
more than
than
just
just a
a casual
casual pastime.
pastime.
These
These people
people need
need friends
friends
and
and family
family members
members who
who
care
care enough
enough to
to intervene
intervene
and
and try
try to
to help
help them
them break
break
the
the addictive
addictive cycle.
cycle.

THE END
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