Video Games Harmful?

Video game use has been studied in the development in young adults for many years. It is implied that young people tend to use the games as a distraction from pain in their lives, thus making it an inequity to many “gamers” to put a limit on video game use. Using video games to relieve pain is often seen in children with infirmities and receiving medical treatments. The games allow the children to focus on something other than pain for long periods of time. But other than a distraction, how are these games good, rather than a negative influence? There are games that have been shown to help many children with disorders like Autism. Some video games may increase hand-eye coordination and problem solving. Hand eye coordination is the way your body aligns your vision with your fine motor skills. “Eye movements are slaves in hand-eye, eye-hand coordination, because hand motions directly affect the external world” (Journal). Basically, hand eye coordination is very important to everyday life and is applied to each and every task performed from sports to basic life.
Many of today’s video games have to do a lot with strategy. Teenagers are challenged to be able to notice minor details and figure out what to do about it to reach the next level. Due to this, these kids develop better problem solving skills than kids their age who don’t play these games. "It's not the button pushing that's important, It's the problem-solving. And we saw that when we surveyed professionals who grew up playing video games. What's a surprise is that they're better at things you need in business — like team play and careful risk-taking." (Medical).
On the other hand, many argue that the increase in teen violence is due to the video games played by children. This information has been studied by many, but most of the studies have shown incomplete information about any connection between video game violence and real life violence. Much of the information found is unable to prove that it is the