Unit 6

The video games on Costa Rica society

Addiction or hobby for people?

The phenomenon of video games has grown rapidly over the years thanks to this new technology. It is said that today, for many people this kind of distractions become addictive patterns of overuse and the hours that young people spend on these games.
We often see our children as they spend hours with these games that in some cases are aggressive and show violence or uncontrolled behavior. It has been mentioned in several psychological studies like these games alter the behavior of young people making them more prone to aggression.

But on the other side are those who take as a hobby and has concluded that this kind of games improves relations between players. And it creates different skills as they apply skills, effort and participation in each game by creating a sense of social relationship.

The idea of this review is to give a perspective for Costa Ricans who use this type of game and see the positive and negative of them. This knowledge and responsibility every person leaving to form an addiction or just be a hobby. The decision is theirs!!!