{"id":120,"date":"2016-05-02T05:54:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T05:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/?p=120"},"modified":"2020-12-04T00:56:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T00:56:58","slug":"are-video-games-really-that-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/2016\/05\/02\/are-video-games-really-that-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Are video games really that bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The video game industry is a global phenomenon. There are over 1.2 billion gamers across the planet, with sales projected soon to pass $100 billion per year. But their very popularity fuels the controversy that surrounds them. They frequently stand accused of corrupting the young &#8211; of causing violence and addiction. But is this true?<br \/>\nHorizon reveals a scientific community deeply divided. Some are convinced that video games incite aggression. Others insist they have no effect whatsoever on real-world violence. But away from the controversy, there is a growing body of evidence that suggests video games may help keep the brain sharp, and could soon revolutionise how we combat mental decline as we age. Whether it&#8217;s running, swimming, cycling, or hula hooping, we have always been told that doing regular exercise is one of the keys to a healthy and happy life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BBC Horizon 2015 || BBC Science | Are Video Games Really That Bad ( BBC Documentaries 2015 )\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x38qzq8&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Illustration <a href=\"http:\/\/www.123rf.com\/clipart-vector\/video_games.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">source.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video game industry is a global phenomenon. There are over 1.2 billion gamers across the planet, with sales projected soon to pass $100 billion per year. But their very popularity fuels the controversy that surrounds them. They frequently stand accused of corrupting the young &#8211; of causing violence and addiction. But is this true? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coding","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2158,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/2158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}