Last week a friend of my sister returned the Wii (it's a Nintendo video game console) to us. That day my mom said: -Lilian I don't want to see you sitting down on the sofa for many hours, that videogame are only a piece of junk-. And since that day I have not been able to play more than 1 hour. I think that a lot of people -especially mothers- say that videogames only destroy the brain, but they don't understand that you can obtain some benefits from videogames. I write this blog for those people.

To start off, video games are a technological evolution. The video game console is an apparatus that you connect to a T.V that has an integrated audio and video system in which you can play a lot of adventures or sports video games with the use of a controller. There different types of games, video games: RPG (role-playing-game), shooter, suspense, horror, action and others. There are also different ratings for the video games.

Early childhood- video games that can be played by 3 years old children.

Everyone- children of 6 years old or more can play this video game. 

Everyone 10+- children 10 years old or more can play this video game. 

Teen- Only for children older than 13 years.

Mature- this video games has scenes of violence, sexuality, etc.  This type of game is only for people older than 17 years old.

Adults only- this video games have scenes of violence, blood or sex more prolonged. It are only to older of 18 years.

When a child starts to play video games, the areas in the brain which have the responsibility of memory development, strategy, and fine motor skills in the hands, are bigger than those of a child who doesn't play video games.

A person who plays videogames can make decisions 25% faster with 37% precision and the motor skills are 12% faster than a child who doesn't play videogames.

When a person plays videogames, his or her reflexes are better than a person who doesn't play video games.

The eyesight is better too. A gamer can see in cloudy areas and differentiate more colors.

With video games you can improve your creativity and originality.

But we need to understand that we can´t spend more than two hours playing video games because if we do, our eyesight  will get worse and our hands will lose mobility. That´s when we lose the few benefits that we gain from playing video games.