Are Video Games Good or Bad?
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Some studies point to varied benefits from gaming while others see only deleterious effects. Video games have both positive and negative effects on players. The real debate should be over how to emphasize the good while minimizing the bad. But according to the data, it does appear that the benefits associated with gaming come only from well-designed video games. And if you build a game to be beneficial, it probably will be not going to have many positive effects or negative, it's certainly going to be negative.