Top Two Reasons Why Children Love Video Games

Gone were the days when we used to see a lot of children running around the backyard or in the neighborhood streets playing “tag your it” or skipping rope until they stop to catch they breath after all of that running and jumping around. Nowadays when mom needs the kids to help out with the household chores, she no longer has to walk outside and scream for her children's names so that they can hear her and come over. Instead, she just needs to walk a few steps from the kitchen and into the living room, where surely her little boy or girl has their eyes affixed on the television screen while playing a video game.

Yes, video games are now the latest game trends for little boys and girls these days. And sometimes, parents complain that it is much harder to get them away from the screen than from their gang of friends. So just what is this fascination of kids for video games? Here are some reasons that can perhaps answer this question.

* Video games are easy to play and they can be conveniently played while sitting or lying down. Yes, that is right. All you need is a wide screen and a joystick or a game pad to work on the controls. Video games are often played in the living room where most television sets are placed or inside your little boy's room if he has the privilege.

Video games entail no running or walking around as the players on the screen do that for you. You simply have to move the controls left or right, up and down so that the characters in the game come to life. And as your hands are doing all the work, you can just sit on the floor or lie on the carpet or on the sofa, making sure that you can see the screen and you can comfortably push the buttons, whenever you need to. It is the same as watching television, the difference is that you have more control of what goes on the screen and make up your game's story as you go along.

* Video games are a game of smarts, skills and strategy. Contrary to what people who dislike video games may think, the game is not about being lazy yet it is a game that requires its players to be smart, quick to react to the game's situations and clever enough to plan and carry out strategies that outwit, outsmart and get the better off the enemy and win the game's ultimate goal.

The oldest and perhaps the earliest video game that was introduced and gained popularity was the Mario Brothers game and it involved rescuing a Princess from the hands of the Evil Dragon. And to get to her, Mario and Luigi had to do all that they can to overcome all the dragon's guards and soldiers, jump through the mountainous trenches to be able to reach the Princess and free her from captivity.