Benefits and Drawbacks of Gaming

  In 2023, playing video games as entertainment is not an uncommon thing to do in your free time, but in fact, there are 3.09 billion active ''gamers'' worldwide. Of course, there will be benefits and drawbacks of gaming and everyone knows that gaming can help you relax your mind and let you have fun. For drawback, playing a video game for a long period of time can hurt your eyes, but that is not all of the benefits and drawbacks of gaming.

  Here, I am going to list out all the benefits and drawbacks of gaming according to my own experience and other gamer's experiences. As you might know, gaming is not only limited to adults which means children and teens can also play games and playing games is very common in the under-18 community. There are currently 618 million active under-18 gamers worldwide. After you start playing a video game, there is a high chance of you getting addicted to it if you don't control how much time you play the video game, and even lots of adults are getting addicted to video games, so there is an even higher chance for children or teen to get addicted to a video game. Once you are addicted to a video game, you will be unmotivated to study or work and just want to keep playing the video game, That is why lots of parents and teachers disagree with children playing video games and protest to limit children's screen time. I did a questionnaire with teachers and parents at my international senior school and asked them for their opinions on the benefits and drawbacks of gaming.