By Muhammad Firdaus Roslan
GOMBAK, 5 MARCH 2016: Online Gaming is what we called playing games using internet to connect to others in the game. Besides that online game now is becoming popular among the youth. Some people argue that online game is bad for us and others argue it is good.
Surprisingly online game is good for our motor skills.
Some examples of online games are Defence of the Ancient (DOTA 2), League Of Legend (LOL) and Clash Of Clan (COC). These online games are the most popular games among the youth even some elderly people also play it for fun.
Nazrin Azri, a second year history student said, œOnline gaming now is a good thing because we can avoid having youth taking drug or alcohol.”
“Some online games are good to us because they train us how think fast and react quickly. If we keep train we can improve our motor skills,” he added.
According to Bavelier (2012), œAction game players make more correct decisions per unit time. If you are a surgeon or you are in the middle of a battlefield that can make all the difference.
Daphne Bavalier who is a cognitive researcher explains how video games help human being to be focused and multi-tasking. You can see her talking on online games at this link https://youtu.be/FktsFcooIG8 .
Furthermore the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) will have a selection to represent IIUM in electronic sports (E-SPORT). The main event will be held at Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology (KICT). We can see that even at university level online game has been accepted.
Online games can be addicted for some people because of the fun playing games with other people in the internet.
Besides that we need to manage our time well so that our daily life is not filled with just playing online games. Nevertheless, online games are allowed to play to gain fun but we need to control ourselves. Do not over extend playing online games.***