What are your opinions on computer games?

Firstly do you think computer games are a good or bad thing %26amp; why?

What are the side effects of gaming?

Do they change people's behaviour, or improve learning etc?

Thanks :) xWhat are your opinions on computer games?
It depends on the genre of games. The control schemes for games themselves are very productive the mind, games seem ludicrously childish but people don't realise the skill needed to memorise them all and play games without looking at what you are pressing. Shooters are especially good at keeping your mind on the edge, and my real-life reflexes are definately better thanks to all games. Some games are also beautifully written and have stories that match some top tier films, and are disgracefully under appreciated in the mass media... The bad sides are when you look at the clock and realise you have been up for 22 hours without having a sip of water or eating, this is not healthy but it happens regularly in the gaming world. My body clocked has been awful for years thanks to games. It can be controlled but it is easy to get carried away. Content wise, It's not moaned about in film about sexual content/Language/violence but it is in games...because they assume games are for children, this is entirely up to the parent who should be supervising what their children are playing, this is the part that I agree with about video games, although I am desensitized to violence (which is a bad thing) I would not allow my kids to play Call of duty for instance. So I would say games are like 15 hour crosswords most of the time, very beneficial to the brain, although it can get a little hectic online, there are alot of bad people playing games and it can turn into a verbal showdown alot of the time, this is an aspect that has tainted the gaming (REAL gaming) community for years sadly...What are your opinions on computer games?
Good, because you can learn things from some of them , and there just something to do

Side effects, you could become very addicted to some, end up paying lots of money in memberships.

Changed behavior depends on the person, if there really addicted, then they will pretty much worship the game. It could improve learning too, some games can teach you stuff.

I personally don't think there bad at all.What are your opinions on computer games?
Theres a very large variety of computer games and educational software, its like any other system on the market, its all about choice. I game often, but also use my computer to edit video/audio, and do other stuff.

1. I think their good

2. I've yet to find any side effects of gaming

3. They do NOT change a person behavior, and could improve learning with appropriate software