Signifcance of Video Games

The development of video games over the past decade have been astonishing, however the affects that following playing video games have been known for being long term. The significance in the development of Video games is great. It plays a huge role on children because it affects not only their cerebral growth but it also effects he functions of their daily lives. These aspects primarily affect the child’s future performance academically and socially.
When presented with content that contradicts what values you were previously taught, it can be avoided when older but no so much as a child. With modern day video games, violence is displayed differently than before. In video games like COD (or call of duty) and GTA, it’s clear that violence is encouraged and is awarded. These games teach children that harming or potentially killing others or themselves is the right thing to do. Tis type of encouragement of the wrong values can tamper with children’s cerebral development. Because their brains are still developing, it is harder for them to distinguish what values are the correct ones to follow. This confusion of reality and fantasy can make kids repulsive and violent with their surroundings. The propaganda of violent video games has spread worldwide sales exceeding $21 billion in 2013.
With violence playing a big role on the values with children, communication with others also get compromised because of playing too much video games. It can largely impact their social life with their surroundings and limit their speech development. When the brain gets adapted to playing video games constantly, it slowly loses the basic communication skills that are needed for daily functioning. In the case of children, they are still learning their basic communication skills and experiencing maturity in their speech but when they are isolated from others, it would not develop the way it should be. This is significant because isolation will only lead to further issues in the future like academic achievement and/or depression, all in which can be long term.