Video Games

n New York, a 16- year- old girl named Kayla was so addicted to Flappy bird it affected her on her schoolwork, family and friends. Kayla was playing Flappy bird on her iphone 6,She was happy because she was on level 400, but her phone went dead, which caused her to throw her phone on the floor very hard, breaking it in half. Video games are addicting

and harmful,violent for young teens.In two articles, authors M. Lee and Laura Finley, and authors Mican Lissitt and Katherine Walker disagree about whether video games are harmful or helpful.

In the article “ Video Games are Addictive and promote Irresponsible Behavior” authors Lee and Finley claim that video games addiction can have a negative effect on personal health. The authors claim that many people are glued to their video games because of their addiction which has a negative effect on their jobs and personal health. Lee and Finley use appeal to pity in the article about a Korean couple who are addicted to video games, they went out to play video games leaving their four-month-old daughter without anyone watching her while they go out to play video games which later they ended finding their daughter dead when they returned. The authors used appeal to pity in the Korea couple story to show the readers addiction on video games are harmful and it can lead to tragic accidents.The authors used appeal to pity about the baby death which helps the argument to show the readers how addiction on video games can lead to tragic accidents. Lee and Finley tell a story about the Reno parents that were addicted the love of video games which cause them to neglect their two childrens by not feeding them. The authors used appeal to pity about the Reno parents that were obsessed with video games. The story of the Reno parents helps the argument, the authors claim that video games can be harmful and addicted to those who play them.

Authors Lee and Finley provide proof to show why video games are so addictive. They cite a study in which researchers hooked up participants to a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine while they played a simple video game. Scientists from Stanford University’s School of Medicine studied this question why are video games addictive. The studies they did on this topic was a expert testimony because they wanted to see why video games so addictive, what was the cause of it being addicted to the ones who plays them. This machine the scientists used on the players during the video game, the brain scans of the players and eventually the results of the players during the video game ,showed all of the players had an increased level of the activity in their mesocorticolimbic centers. This part of the brain is often called the “ reward center” the cause of this being often called the reward center, it is associated with feelings of pleasure. For example, the people who play video games that are addicted to it, often they get the feeling when they gain money. Lee and Finley also use expert testimony, when they mention a “ professor Nicholas Carnegey of Iowa State University who state that people who play violent video games tend to become habituated, or numbed, to violent scenes”(Lee and Finley) Authors Lee and Finley claim violent video games is harmful for young children to play.Authors Lee and Finley finally point out the people who have addiction on video games, has a negative effect on their life. Also it affects the family and friends. Authors Lee and Finley uses appeal to pity, expert testimonies in their article. At the beginning of their article Lee and Finley use appeal to pity in the article about a Korean couple who are addicted to video games, they went out to play video games leaving their four-month-old daughter without anyone watching her while they go out to play video games which later they ended finding their daughter dead