The Video Games : a bad or a good thing ?

Today most of the people are firing at the video games industry, saying that video games are too addictive ... But is that really true for all of them ? Or is this just an isolated case ? Are video games only a bad thing ?

I don't agree with people saying that video game are a bad thing ^^. Even if some of them are really addictive , like candy crush or other small free to play games , and the most of the mmorpg (massive multiplayer online role playing game).Indeed other sort of video games can be addictive too, but not as much as the 2 previous sorts . But why those 2 type of games are so addictive ? When it comes to freenium (free to play where you can buy things that make ones stronger) games the aim is to make the players frustrated, because you block or slow down their progression in the game , thus player get a bit pissed off and buy virtual credit with real one , it's the freenium economical model . The other type of addictive games is the mmorpg type , cause you are asked to play a lot to get the good stuff and to level up your avatar to be able to play on the high level content and playing with other people . In fact the biggest cases off nolifeism ( nice neologism ^^) take their origins from mmorpg games , cause it's really easy to cut oneself for others playing those video , thereby you just replace ones social life by only online players (that's the real problem with mmorpg).

This second paragraph draw a very grim view of the video games industry . But playing video games have many pros when you reasonably play them (reasonably is the big problem here ) . First it's really relaxing and allow you to free your mind from everything . Then it can be a good way to improve your intellect , indeed there is a lot off educative games , and in other way playing video games like rts (real time strategy game) improves your skills in managing information and to proceed them , fps (first person shoot game) improves your reflex . Therefore playing video games is not that bad, in fact playing most of video games need you to use your intellect and capacities . Moreover it's a good way to make many friends , by just communicating with other players .

I will conclude by saying that playing video game doesn't pose any threat if you play them in a reasonable way, and they are a really good way to improve your intelligence , reflex , knowledge . So why don't you give it a try ?