1. Preoccupation Someone who is addicted to video games often exhibits an unusual preoccupation with the game or computer when he/she is away from it. The teen could seem distracted, irritable, or disinterested and may talk about the game almost constantly. There are many reasons why teens start to get addicted. Some teens who get addicted to there game, ends up in fatal condition. VIDEO GAME ADDICTION

2. Violent computer games are having a damaging effect on the "tender young minds" of children, a teachers' union has warned. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) raised concerns about the negative impact of children spending hours a day playing computer games that are inappropriate for their age. The warning came as a survey found more than a quarter of parents say their child gets less than half-an-hour of physical activity outside of school. ATL members are due to debate a resolution at their annual conference in Manchester next week which says some computer games have a negative effect on very young children. It calls for the union's executive to commission research which will allow it to lobby government for the introduction of "stringent legislation" on computer games. WHAT PEOPLE THINK. (NEGATIVE)

3. The possitive effects of playing video games is that you get better reflex skills, it kills your time when you could be making trouble. Some game concoles makes you jump around using your energy. The negative effect of playing video games is that it can make you tired addicted pre occupied with it and not your homework and family things. POSSITIVE/NEGATIVE EFFECT OF VIDEO GAMES

4. "Videogames change your brain," according to University of Wisconsin psychologist C. Shawn Green. Video games change the brain’s physical structure the same way as do learning to read, playing the piano, or navigating using a map. Much like exercise can build muscle, the powerful combination of concentration and rewarding surges of neurotransmitters like dopamine strengthen neural circuits can build the brain. WHAT PEOPLE THINK (POSITIVE)

5. Okay well there are advertisements that are talking about there selling product which are video games and they name the title “Most addictive game ever” Now who would buy that? Well I’ll tell you who teenagers who are curious or addicted gamers who want more, or even people with no life. !! Now half of what they advertise about there addictive gaming product is false. And a big waste of time. Be careful! ADVERTISING FOR ADDICTING GAMES.

6. Medican research tells me…23% of the teens playing video games get/are addicted. Develop poor eating habbits. Teens who play M rated games with more sexual and violent content usually become more violent in real life. MEDICAL RESEARCH SAYS THAT…

7. The history of video games goes as far back as the 1940s, when in 1947 Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. and Estle Ray Mann filed a United States patent request for an invention they described as a "cathode ray tube amusement device." Video gaming would not reach mainstream popularity until the 1970s and 80s, when arcade video games, gaming consoles and home computer games were introduced to the general public.

8. Xbox, Game boy, Psp, Ps3, Game cube, Ds, DSI, Play station, Wii. Ect, are examples of the many brands of game consoles out there. A BRAND OF CONSOLE

9. Legend of Zelda, Call of duty, Mass effect, Gears of war, Assassins creed, Resident evil, NBA2k12. Ect, those are just SOME brand names to popular games for random game consoles. BRANDS OF GAMES

10. Video games as a sport? Well I got news for you… Video gaming is a sport! Infact people pay a great deal of money to see people play, some go on for weeks. THE END ;D Hope you enjoyed that beauty of a prez ;3 <33 ME GUSTA VIDEO GAMING AS A SPORT