Have you ever thought that video games can bring more positive things to a person than negative ones? Video games have been around for a long time, and new games are being made right now. All over the world, there are gamers playing all kinds of games right now. In April 2013, nearly 671 million people worldwide played an online game using a desktop or laptop, and 145 million did so daily. With these numbers, what effects have these games brought to all these people? Improved cognitive skills, problem solving and social connections are just some of the positive effects that video games bring to teenagers. Video games have been shown to improve cognitive abilities. For example, “A 2013 study found that playing shooter video games improved a player's ability to think about objects in three dimensions” (Kotz). From this quote we now know that video games can increase our depth perception, or our ability to perceive objects in the distance, which is important for driving. Furthermore, children who play video games that involve paying attention to many events that happen during the game are able to use this skill in the real world (Weber). Playing these games may mean that we can have a better attention span than before, as these children are focused on the events in the game, this may mean that the children can be more focused on real life events. Furthermore, a study conducted by Queen Mary, the University of London and University College London found that people who played Starcraft performed higher on psychological tests, completing cognitive flexibility tasks much faster and faster. more accurately (Guarini 1). Games like Starcraft involve many task events happening at the same time which can cause such i...... middle of paper......yable and have been for many years. Developers who work on video games are working to improve the game, certainly also creating new games for everyone to enjoy, which makes having video games enjoyable. Spending long hours on these games doesn't mean it has to be bad, it depends on how it works on the person that determines whether that person should play the game or not. Works Cited Guarini, Drew. Np, Web. April 6, 2014. Weber, Lisa. "Positive effects of video games on children". Global Post Np, Web. 06 April. 2014.Kotz, Deborah “Do Violent Video Games Have a Benefit for Children?” Boston.com The New York Times, November 29, 2013 Web. April 6, 2014 Gentile, Douglas A. “Video Games Affect the Brain, for Good or Bad” The Dana Foundation Np, July 23, 2009 Web. April 6 2014