The gaming industry is now a growing multi million dollar industryThe credit for the industry booming, could be very well handed over to our childrenComputer and video games have been very popular among children and teenagers aged between seven to sixteenThe gaming industry is now a growing multi million dollar industryThe level to which the industry has grown since its conception is unimaginableThe credit for the industry booming, could be very well handed over to our childrenComputer and video games have been very popular among children and teenagers aged between seven to sixteen.

The strategies used to build the games, the graphics, the quality of sound, the interactivity all make them quite irresistible among the younger generationGaming industries now have a new strategy to market their games - the medical benefits of playing gamesNot only medical benefits but also educationalWe cannot just ignore it as a cheap marketing strategy because they do have researchers and doctors to back them up.

Researchers have found that frequent game players score better at vision tests as compared to non playersIt has also been found that playing these games could improve children's logical thinking ability and problem solving skillsGames such as SimCity, Age of Mythology, etc where gamers have to build houses, cities and develop war strategies help them to develop their logical skills and also help in decision makingEducational games help to improve their communication and problem solving abilities, alertness, locating things easily without straining too much and so onAmerican teachers have also found improvement in their students' mathematics, spelling and reading amongst children who play these gamesThe government is pondering and researching ways to integrate such games into the academic curriculum.

Where on one hand the games do prove to be beneficial to an extent, at the same time, its ill effects cannot be ignoredDoctors have found a possible threat to these frequent gamers, affecting their healthCommon complaints found among children obsessed with games are eye strains, wrist, neck and back pains, etcPhotosensitive epilepsy, headaches, hallucinations, nerve and muscle damages etcSpeculation is going on about whether playing games can cause obesity in the long run.