The one piece of technology I CAN live without are video games (systems, games, etc.). I admit as a child, I owed and played SEGA. I even had a few Gameboys. Sonic the Hedgehog, Frogger, and Pokémon were a few of my favorite games. Back then I felt I couldn’t live without them.

Now, video games are starting to disgust me. I have felt this way for quite some time. However, my so-called hatred seems to be increasing with time. On Tuesday, during peer-review I had the opportunity to read Chase Crawford’s paper concerning video game addition. I was very pleased to witness someone (specifically a teenage male) bring attention to the topic and in general the affects of video game usage. It made me happy to discover, I wasn’t the only one who sees a major problem facing our youth and nation.

I could go on and on about how video game usage has gotten out of hand but I’m not. Instead, I’m here to suggest a few ideas to take the place of playing video games as a past time. One, read a book. I bet if my parents encouraged this I would be a much better reader and/ or speller. Two, exercise. Sitting in front of a T.V or computer is not good for your physical health. However, participating in sports or other recreational activities is.


^Really???