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Free Computer Games: Relaxation Tool, or Waste of Productivity?
We all know of the rise in computer game addictions. We know how much time people, especially teenagers, have spent looking into the computer screen oblivious to the world around them.
These addictions, however, have been limited by one thing: money.
Computer games cost money; this fact is undeniable. However, this fact is also becoming blurred in the trend of free computer games today.
Free computer games have allowed people to access unlimited gaming opportunities today.
While some people may find this news cheerful, others may find it a bit unnerving.
Free computer games have a lot of advantages in their side.
First of all, it’s free. The single word “free” can change many people’s views regarding this matter.
Money is still valuable today. Despite our innovations, our so-called “progress”, the need for money is still as real as it was during the yesteryears.
Free computer games allow people to enjoy something without having to pay for it.
And that, in itself, is a very good thing.
Another advantage of free computer games is that they relieve stress. If you are stressed out at work, a quick round of solitaire can help you regain your nerves and strengthen your hold on the world around you.
Free computer games also enhance the concentration of some people. While some people may find free computer games distracting, office workers and intellectuals often turn to these free computer games in order to get a better grasp of certain problems.
For while they relax in playing free computer games, these people put their minds to work.
Some intellectuals have even found solutions to work problems within the free computer games they play.
Let us not forget about the educational value of free computer games to children.
Free computer games often offer learning opportunities to children. With free computer games, they are exposed to various learning areas and to different types of interaction.
Children nowadays learn to read faster and communicate earlier because of the help of free computer games.
With the technology made available to them by free computer games, children nowadays explore the world at a much earlier age than children of yesterday.
With the good, however also comes the bad.
With the advantages of free computer games come the disadvantages.
First of all, too much exposure to free computer games can cause addiction. A person becomes too attached to gaming and uses all of his/her resources in order to keep playing.
This would not be bad, if he/she had unlimited resources. However, there is one resource that cannot be bought by money. That resource is time.
No one can buy even one millisecond of time. And some people keep spending too much time on free computer games and not enough time for things that really matter.
Free computer games also limit people’s imaginations. With the advent of free computer games, people found that the need to imagine situations within a role-playing game was unnecessary, even troublesome.
Why imagine, when the game provides you with the visuals you need to play?
Free computer games also cause children to snob the need for exercise and outside play. We develop our physiques from our childhood when we play outside. But because of too much computer gaming, children nowadays prefer to stay indoors locked within their fantasy worlds.
All in all, free computer games are not bad. There is one saying that should summarize this whole issue: Everything in moderation.
And that, my friend, is that.
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