THE ADVANTAGES OF ONLINE GAMES

Have you ever heard about an online game? An online game is a video game that is either partially or primarily played through the internet network. Online games can be played on console or PC. There are so many online games that people can play especially for teenagers. Gamers will interact with other gamers in online games. In the same server room, gamers meet other gamers in the world. However, online games have good or bad effects. Many people especially parents think that playing online game have bad effects. Other people think that playing online game have good effects. In my opinion, online games are very advantageous for gamers because gamers can improve their cognitive skills, english skills and social skills.

            First, Online games have been linked to improve gamers’ cognitive skills. Online games can improve their hand-eye coordination, which is very useful for their daily activities. There are numerous activities that can improve gamers’ hand-eye coordination, but most of them aren’t as appealing and rewarding to gamers as playing online games. For example, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Counter-Strike needs hand-eye coordination to improve their tactical, patience and reflex skills. Online games can also improve their time on making critical decisions. Certain games such as Fallout 4 can improve their decision making. Gamers can decide to ally with The Minutemen, The Brotherhood of Steel, The Institute or The Railroad. Gamers can also make decision to choose their companion or friend to help the character (us) through the harsh Commonwealth which is a city that was destroyed by The Great War between The Communists and The Liberalists 200 years ago. By having their ally or friend by our side, enemies such as raiders, gunners, synth (Synthetic humans), and mutants which roam the once known as “The Commonwealth of Massachusets” can be defeated easily. So, most of online games give gamers a chance to increase their cognitive skills.

            Second, Online games have been linked to improve gamers’ English skills. Online games can improve their vocabulary, which is helpful to improve words that they haven’t even known before. Keep Talking and Nobody Is Going To Explode is an online game that has a lot of conversation which is the key of the gameplay itself. Gamers can find the synonym of words that they don’t know in that online game. While they’re playing, their listening skills also improve as well. For example, the narrator of the game involves a victim who will hold an active bomb and a bomb squad officer who can defuse the bomb. This moment requires a conversation between them because the bomb squad cannot see the bomb so the officer must guide the unexperienced victim to disarm the bomb. As gamers, they must know  what they are talking about in the game. By playing games, we can learn how to deepen our skills in English such as pronoun the words correctly, and use separable and inseparable phrasal verbs that very useful for daily life. Gamers can do this by trying to imitate a dialogue from the game he/she had just played. Gamers meet each other in online games that require the gamer to speak English because is an international language that is used by people in the world. So, online games can increase their skills in comprehending / understanding the english language.

            Last, online games have been linked to help gamers to socialize. By playing online games, gamers can make new friends with other gamers in the world. Gamers who have enough English skills can communicate with other gamers easily. Gamers who used to be shy and lack of confidence when socializing with others, gamers may give suggestion to others easily while playing online games. Gamers can work as a team with their friends during the game. Online games require gamers to communicate effectively with their team. A gamer who follows directions from another gamer can achieve victory in the end. Much like basketball, baseball or any other team sport, solid team work is crucial in online games. So, by playing online games gamers’ social skills improved.

            Cognitive skills, English skills and Social skills are the three advantages of playing  online Games. That’s all about good effect about Online Games. Don’t think negative about online games, but think about good things about online games. Why don’t we try to find out another good things about Online Games?