Importance Of Games In A Student's Life

 Games help in keeping our body and minds healthy. Games especially play an integral role in a student's life. More than often, parents ask their children to focus on studies and not waste their time in playing games. But, what they fail to understand is the fact that games and sports help in instilling a sense of discipline in a student and make them fit mentally and physically. It also helps in building the self-confidence of a child. It also leads to the development of social skills and reduces stress.

When children play, they get to learn to interact with new people. They feel more comfortable in socializing and making new friends. Also, when kids indulge themselves in games, they feel stress-free. People who play some game or the other are known to have lesser chances of depression. Playing games also teach the child to work in teams. Games require a child to have cooperation and coordination with the team members in order to get success. Hence, a child at a very young age learns the importance of working in teams with the help of games.

People also tend to be happier when they play games. It also teaches them to have the capability to cope with physical and emotional pain. Schools should stress the importance of games and sports in a student's life. People who are in the field of sports have excelled and have always spoken about how one should let a child play. Studies are important but games are important too. Be it indoor games like carom, table tennis, chess or outdoor games like cricket, football, Kabaddi, basketball or any other game that the child finds interesting, parents should encourage them. Parents should be a child's motivator and should understand that games and sports are as important as studies.

Studying all the time might make the child feel pressurized and tensed. Games are a great way to de-stress and enjoy life. Not playing games makes a child very dull and introvert. He/she tries to hide behind books at all times and not interact with people. Books do make a person knowledgeable but sports and games teach life lessons which come into use at a later stage in life. One should encourage the children to play and do what they enjoy. This is the stage when a child grows and learns about various things. Games help them to learn and enjoy life.

A Brief History About Video Games

 It is not long that video games have been invented. But the games are much older than you can imagine. The oldest game is the "Tennis of Two". This game was invented by John Higgingbotham in 1958. The video game of that time consisted of horizontal line on the screen along a perpendicular lie to represent the net. The next video game was invented in the 1960 with "Spacewar". The next game was played using the television.

The video arcade game "Computer Space" came in the early 1970's. So long and so forth came in new inventions of video games. Coming to the present time we now find thousands of games. These are easily available. The makers of the games keep improving them from time to time to cope up with the current situation.

All the games have become downloadable. Thus, people can play in their phones and tablets instead of buying video games. The game might have 3-D graphics, realistic movements, and outstanding sound quality. The greater and most common names of video games are X-Box, Game Cube, PlayStation 2, etc.

Some of the common concerns of this industry are children get more attracted to these games. Where the games increase their mental activity but lessen their physical activity. Some parents even come to blame the manufacturers. Thus, the makers have introduced the interactive games. The dance pads added requires the players to imitate the movements of dance. Several other technologies are also being adopted to make the system at par with the age of the player.

The advantages of using video games for kids-

• Makes the children interactive. The ones that always remained shy would be able to make new friends on the virtual media. Often these friendships can be real.

• Minimizes stress factors if your child is suffering from anxiety. This generally happens due to stressful life and too much engrossment in daily routine without keeping time for the self.

• Increases mental activity. A player has to remain alert about every aspect of the game lest he/she be defeated. Thus, this in real life increases alertness and awareness in the person.

• Leads to the growth of the brain with increases mental activity.

• Increases problem solving skills. This happens because the games are filled with problems and to win one has to solve the problems.

Thus, to conclude it can be said that the video game industry has come a long way. It will continue to evolve and change thus by coming to terms with the needs of modern men.