Do video games cause any harm to your health? Have they more of negative effects than positive? In one word, both.

Parents frown upon the video games as time-wasters. Media blames playing violent video games to be one of the strong reasons behind crimes and extreme social behaviour. But many researchers and psychologists find that playing video games can benefit you with many things.

Let’s put the positive and negative effects of playing video games on a balance.

Benefits:

• Improvement in motor control and spatial skills
• Better planning, Resource Management and Logistics
• Quick analysing and decision making
• Memory and Concentration
• Learning to respond to challenges, failures and frustrations

Drawbacks:

• Addiction and Increase in aggressive behaviours
• Social Isolation
• Create confusion between reality and fantasy
• Neck and muscle pain due to long sitting in the same position

Playing the video games for a limited time can be OK. But you need to choose quality games and use more natural technologies like OLED (gamechanger for eye protection).