Video games can be addictive and bad for you

Being a fan of video games myself I can assure you that some of those games that are available for us to play on mobile or especially on computer are very addictive and can definitely get us to be lost while playing and not considered the time that is spent. Video games are fun and all but they can also be addictive.

Some information on video games

Games in general are fun to play and video games for a fact are basically just games but they are played on a computer or mobile phone which is a virtual game , which is on the other hand very easy to control and easy to lose yourself and spend a lot of time playing which can be very addictive and unhealthy for you and as a fan of video games myself I can assure you that I spent a lot of time playing some video games with tons of hours spent on them and sometimes it actually made me tired and wasted some of my energy, well actually a lot of my energy, by continuously playing some game that I like. Those sort of entertainments are designed to Hook you in and make you play for a lot of hours and maybe spend some money in them like virtual goods or virtual item skin color that can be applied and played with, like a weapon skin or a character skin which can be bought or earned depending on the game's design. Some type of games just to mention some:

Skyrim which is a game that is full of adventure and a great storyline, ancient styled game with armour included and great visuals, Skyrim was popular and still is very popular and also is very addictive because you want to finish the storyline so you end up playing lot and more and more to finish it faster and know what's going on.

Another type of games which is a first-person shooter game like Valorant or Counter-Strike or even zombie games like Left 4 Dead or Serious Sam games which some of them require you to Survive by killing zombies and have fun with friends and others tend to make you play in a group or a team against another team or opponents in a competitive environment of somehow planting bombs or rescuing hostages, while giving you the option of purchasing virtual goods with real money and those games tend to be really addictive and time-consuming and energy consuming especially online multiplayer first-person shooting games where you can get mad or angry sometimes if you are not relaxed and you end up getting some how depressed which is very unhealthy including the addiction of playing on top of it. Yes they are fun and yes you can spend your time while getting entertained but it's not healthy.

Your eyes get damaged with time

Playing a lot of video games or spending a lot of time watching TV or watching YouTube videos or spending a lot of time on your mobile every day and especially and in a close distance to the bright monitor can definitely damage your eyes or give you a shorter eyesight which in return requires you to have glasses, so the best way to do this is purchasing glasses which are for gaming and they will protect your eyes from the brightness of the screen. They are called gaming glasses.

Lack of sleep

Playing a lot can get you to stay awake all the time and have less sleep or a disturbed sleeping shedule because you keep on playing over and over again especially online multiplayer games with friends, while being in the comfort of your room. Lack of sleep can damage our brain and our general health and is very bad for us, and sleeping less can get you to be depressed and stressed in the day.

Player unknown's battleground Pakistan ban

Player unknown's battleground is a game where you play with or without your friends online for trying to win the game by finding or looting items and weapons and simply hiding or camping while advancing to kill the other players in the same lobby or server and using your Tactics to win and Survive , so basically it's a surviving or survival game which is very addictive and was banned in Pakistan because it was too addictive for the players. Pakistani players still play this game especially on mobile where is called PUBG Mobile using some sort of a bypass, and this game is very famous in India as well. What an addictive game to get banned by the government.

Gaming makes you fat

With all the fun and games, gaming do make you fat if you sit and play all the time while eating snacks or junk food on the computer or on your mobile phone which in return will make you gain a lot of calories therefor getting fatter and maybe reaching obese level which is very dangerous for our health and very unhealthy and your cloth will not fit you anymore so you need to buy new clothes that are bigger size than what you're used to.

Gaming can cause problems between relationships

Keeping this one short and simple if you have a girlfriend or a boyfriend, a husband or a wife and you keep on playing every single day for a lot of hours while ignoring your significant other or not spending enough quality time together you will hurt the relationship and therefore you will have problems.

Finally, gaming can actually make you money

Yes you can make money by playing video games while streaming them on platforms such as YouTube or twitch or nimo TV or others providing in some cases you have a bank account to receive the funds or money gifted to you by the viewers or followers. Popular streamers on Twitch for example make a living and a lot of money streaming video games and streaming themselves playing but again it's still very time-consuming and not so healthy for you and is actually very hard to start if you are not famous already, you need a lot of gaming skills or special skills if you want the people to get attracted or have attention on your channel.

The conclusion is, video games are entertaining but bad at the same time and monitoring yourself and your time is the best you can do, stay in control and don't let the games play you.

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