The days of playing board games are over at least until the power goes out. Kids do not want to play monopoly anymore; they want to play Gears of War and Halo 3 with all their friends online. That is what you will hear from them is, "Dad, I want an Xbox 360 for Christmas so I can play Halo3 online with other people so I don't have to bug you to play with me."

After The Times attacked computer video games recently, parents should take a look at an equally good, if not better way for them and their kids to have harmless fun, while also improving their mental flexibilities and social skills. On line skill games - beats unfettered sex and violence any day...

A lot of parents are clamoring about their child playing too much video games. According to some studies, it is attributed this to the physical reaction of the brain due to the excitement produced by the video game.

Reasons why allowing a child a reasonable amount of video gaming time can help improve their reading, memory and comprehension skills.

Children, often times without their knowledge, are able to gain a variety of educational tips and tools when playing video games.

There are various reasons why kids these days love video games. One of these reasons would be the employment of comical characters and vibrant colors which undeniably looks attractive to the young ones.

There was a time in my life when I didn’t care for video games at all. I had to have the radio on whether I was cleaning or doing a jigsaw puzzle and if anyone (I called them the gamers) wanted to play a game in the living room, they had to do it with the sound off.

It remains unquestionable that video games rank as one of the most popular forms of entertainment there are these days.

A lot of their character lives; Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog have played on different playing fields. Their home companies have been competitors from the beginning and with the creation of Mario and Sonic the rivalry increased.

Video games serve many purposes. They can be used as a form of entertainment.