Video Games Effect On Human Development - 1783 Words

In the modern era, a huge topic of controversy is video games, specifically how much and how long people should play them, if at all. People have associated increased violence and other problems with violent media. Science on the other hand, states that games can have a greater positive impact on human development. Both sides present plenty of evidence to support their claims, but are video games detrimental to people? Despite the negative view of video games that people possess, the games do have beneficial effects on people’s learning, critical thinking, social and real world skills. Video games have made a huge impact on pop culture and the military has made good use of them as well. Using their popularity, the United States Army has†¦show more content†¦Some players who play these types of games have been proven to have better surgery skills than actual surgeons. Meanwhile, video games have also been known to teach people business skills like division of labor, su pply and demand, distribution of profits, and conservation of resources. One can easily apply these skills to real life scenarios whether they are a CEO of a multi-billion dollar company or using division of labor when clearing out their garage with the help of their friends. Video games have incredible benefits not just in teaching people life skills but also learning in general. In his book, Marc Prensky suggests that, â€Å"what digital technology has offered us- and what game designers have adopted and perfected- is a way to understand and adapt to each learner in ways even a human teacher never can† (Prensky 90). Prensky explains his argument by connecting it to what a parent treasures most; their child’s education, in order to convey that video games can be more effective at teaching than teachers. It is a well-known fact that students learn at different paces and sometimes have trouble learning in school because it is either too easy or too hard. Video games present the ability to learn from the student and adjust the difficulty to fit that student’s learning pace. In the same way that they make a good recruitment tool for the military, video games disguise the parts of learning that