Benefits of Video Games

The gaming industry is already multimillion dollar industry and is still growing. It's level of growth is quite unimaginable. Our children will definitely be handed the credit for the industry that is booming. Computer games have become very popular for children and teenagers with the ages between seven to sixteen.

This younger generation find these games irresistible, especially the strategies used to build the games, the graphics, and the quality of the sound and of course, the interactivity. The medical benefits of playing games have now become the new strategy to advertise or market these products by the gaming industries.

Studies have shown that players that play a lot of video games have better scores on vision tests compared to those children who do not play. Improvement of the child's logical thinking ability and problem solving skills are also a cause from all the playing. SimCity, Age of Mythology, etc where the gamers have to build houses, cities and make war strategies aid them to develop their logical skills and also help them make better decisions. Children also improve their communication and problem solving abilities with educational games and they are able to locate things easily without stressing to much and so on.

Studies have also shown that teachers have found improvement in their students' mathematics, spelling and reading for those children who are fond of playing these games. Nowadays, the government is thinking over and researching on the many ways on how to integrate such games to the academic curriculum.

Parents just need to monitor how much time their children spend in front of the screen playing games and also the type that the child is playing and they will see a lot of benefits.