Video games are very addictive to many teens; some teens spend hours on games every day. Around 97% of teens play video games but why do they play them. Video games have grown and keep growing, the average video game company makes $12 billion yearly in revenue. Many teens play different types of video games, about 74 percent of teens play racing games making it the most popular genre, puzzle games at 72 percent and sports games following at 68 percent.

The upside of playing video games outweigh the downside.

Many types of video games can affect your brain in a good way. For example, a study was conducted where 23 adults at the age of 25 played 30 minutes of ‘Super Mario 64 ‘ for two months. The patients had a dramatic increase in memory formation, spatial navigation, motor skills in the hands and strategic planning. Video games have also been proven to slow down the aging process. Action video games have proven to help people with dyslexia to read faster and more accurately.

Video games are good for teens because they also give them something to do, which is why many people like to play them.Video games for me are an easy way to talk to my friends at a different school and relax. Video games are an easy way to bring something impossible to reality with a touch of a button.

Although playing an excessive amount of video games can hurt teens and adults in the long run. Between fatigue, headaches, isolation from others, restlessness and poor personal hygiene video games cause downsides but do more good. Studies have shown that playing an excessive amount of video games results in an increase of depression and anxiety. Many bad habits from video games have caused diseases such as postural, muscular and skeletal disorders and tendonitis nerve compression, and obesity.

Cutting down on your time while playing video games may lower your risks of the side effects of excessive amounts of video games. Substituting playing video games with something like playing basketball or read a book.

Overall video games downsides should keep people from exploring the video game world. Video games give people the excitement when they win and keep them in the game when they lose to get better and win. Leveling up also keeps people interested in the game by trying to be a higher level than all of my friends.