Video Games - Too good to be true?

Compared to the past video game's consoles, we know that video game consoles have been growing for the past 20 years. From Nintendo Gameboy in 1989 to Nintendo Wii in 2006. In the past 20 years, we have known for video games to be bad for you. Parents have been complaining about their kids playing too much video games, how it's bad for them and it distracts them from concentrating on school. It is not just video game consoles that are evolving, the video games that are put into the consoles are also evolving. First video game created was Pong, then Mario and Luigi took over. As years continue to pass, games continue to advance and attracting more and more people to buy and play them; Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, Guitar Hero, Rock Band etc... Unfortunately, as they continue to advance, they become more violent, with shooting and killing and that sets the wrong example to children. Though there are some video games that appear to be "beneficial" such as Brain Age, Cooking Mama, Wii Fit, and Wii Sports, are they really good for you like they say or are they really too good to be true?

If you're asking for my opinion on whether or not the "beneficial" video games are actually "beneficial" for you, I would say that they have some advantages and disadvantages to it. Video games like Brain Age, Cooking Mama, Wii Sports, Wii Fit are games where you are not just sitting down on your sofa and you keep playing and playing. They are games where you're physically active and you're not just sitting down and playing for hours non-stop. Brain Age is a video game where there are a series of activities that requires your brain to work out math equations, count syllables in words, etc... Cooking Mama is a video game that has different recipes, where you are cooking in order to make the dish. Wii Sports and Wii Fit, is where you're doing a variety of exercises, as well as earning points. Video games like Brain Age, Cooking Mama, Wii Fit, and Wii Sports say that it's good for you, as it requires you to use your brain and become physically active, but in general, it's still a video game and that would mean that people will get addicted to it. I have seen my cousins, friends, and other people play video games such as Brain Age, Cooking Mama and Wii Sports, there may be some good in them, but when I watch them play, you can tell from their faces and their facial expressions that they are still very concentrated and aggressive towards it, and by then it's just another video game, whether or not it's good or bad for you. In general, whether or not a video game is good for you or not, it's still a video game and it's meant for it to be addicting, therefore making the video game doing harm to you rather than helping you.