In the gaming world, there has been a debate on whether or not certain games can be harmful or helpful for kids who play them. On the one hand, confident parents and others state that games can help people learn specific skills and provide entertainment simultaneously. On the other hand, however, some people say that games only distract people from learning anything new or harming their learning skills. While both sides have compelling arguments on each of their statements, we should look into each side and give a reason they could help, along with an example. This way we could show how it helps the people and show if the statement has more weight and support to back it up against the opposing side.

We should first look at how games can benefit rather than harm people’s learning abilities and what they can learn from the games. An example would be a student playing a game about shapes and trigonometry, which was explained briefly in his class but wasn’t covered in depth. This shows how if the person were to use the game, it could explain a subject that wasn’t covered in depth in class or learn more about the subject than the teacher had presented. Another example would be a game where a person has creative limits on how much they can create and make whatever they want if they can imagine it. This would have given so many people the capabilities to do anything they wanted to develop and even make, which can now be done and open themselves up to many more ideas and wonders that others have made up.

On the other hand, we should also talk about how it could affect other people’s learning and how well they could learn if they weren’t in the games. An example would be a person on a game who has been on a fighting game rather than an educational learning game. This shows how, if not managed, the person would simply lose interest in education and only focus on entertainment, eliminating any purpose games have towards education. Another example that would benefit this argument would be if a person who has been on the game all day and only does some work then goes back to the game; they would only remember the game and not the lesson or work they have done. This hurts the argument that games are helpful because they don’t teach the person or help them focus. Would the person be better off without the game? It would be better if the person would return to a piece of paper and pencil because when you are writing, you are focusing more on the work and remembering the lesson instead of just going onto a game and using it and then playing games instead of remembering work.