Video games are games played on consoles with a screen such as a monitor or touch screen. People who play video games can become addicted to the game if they play continuously for long periods of time. Some games can make the player frustrated because they constantly fail or lose, players can suffer mental breakdowns and sometimes become physical. Families affected by video games experience a loss of money and communication. I believe that video games have a negative impact on families, this argumentative essay will talk about the negative impacts that video games have on families. Video game addiction is a problem that many people face when playing games, they may become addicted without knowing, but eventually their addiction gets stronger with time and they will realize it. Video game addiction comes from the brain and when the gamer's brain comes up with a game that has a good reward system that rewards the player. When the brain feels good, it wants more, so the player keeps playing until reality takes over, but eventually the player comes back for more. When a family member is addicted, it causes reality problems within the family. According to Peter Gray, “A distraught young man in South Korea plays a video game for fifty hours straight without stopping to sleep or eat, goes into cardiac arrest and dies. Video games are therefore addictive, dangerous…” These South Koreans have no one to watch over them or restrict what they do, so they continue to play without stopping or eating until they die. On BBC News, a Korean couple let their own baby starve while raising a baby online, they fed their baby every 12 hours and returned online...... middle of paper .... .. a console for their Christmas present is a bad thing because children are easily addicted to games and they have a powerful impact on what they learn. A major problem in most families is money and the amount of money spent on games each year can be used for foreign holidays, family trips or other family activities. of video game addiction http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201202/video-game-addiction-does-it-occur-if-so-why http://www.sciencedirect. com/science/article/pii/S0022103112002259 http://kotaku.com/5110323/teen-shot-parents-because-they-took-away-halo-3 http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/ 2013/12/02/parents-choosing-tablets-over-video-game-consoles-this-holiday-season/ http://motherhood.modernmom.com/effects-video-games-family-2945.html http:/ /news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8551122.stm