Gaming and Social Ethical Issues

Games have become a very popular activity for people among all ages. Most of them are use computers for entertainment purpose. In entertainment these computer are given different ways to enjoy. Such as Music, Movies, Games, Applications are some of them. In entertainment computer games are one of the most popular software’s of the young generation in the world. These computer & mobile games are used by teenagers, kids and most of the people are addicted to computer gaming. Sometime all family members are used to play when their leisure time. The video games have become very modern and realistic. Day by day computer game developing companies are releasing different types of computer games to the market word widely. Adventure games, shooting games, fighting games, knowledge games and simulation games are some of them. This computer games can be categorized in to two main parts such as Single player computer games and multiplayer computer games. This both game category have ethics, social issues, professional issues and legal issues such as,

1. Action games (killing the people and animals)
2. Abuse drugs and using alcohol
3. Stories of Criminal behavior
4. Sexual photographs / videos and violence towards women

In the new technology and high speed internet connections are very popular for multi-player online games. When we are playing the online game we have to register with our personal information and financial information’s. Ones the game has been updated the personal and financial information’s such as credit card information, e-mail address and photos. This information’s can be hacked and use for harmful things.

What are the ethical issues in playing video games extensively for entertainment and recreation, as well as they can act as a catalyst in reducing tension? Due to the advancement of technology, video games evolved and grown to become a great empire affect those in this area. And thus are bringing many of the ethical issues to our attention because of this development.

As a result, we must recognize how the new video games affect to the moral of the people who play them. Ethical issues for video games that affect many people as follows: violence, appreciation, education, and community profiling against women and addiction. Eventually, associated with each topic on violence participate in video games. Studies have shown most of the children who are playing violent video games are not fear to the horror of violence because their mind accustomed to the violence behaviors. Some children solve the problem using the experience gain from violent video games. Children continue playing realistic violence game arise the impact on children. Children and adolescents participate overly so obsessed with video games. They are spending more time for playing these games so in future make problems such as:

• Poor social skills
• No time to spend with family
• Less school homework and hobbies
• Less exercising and becoming overweight
• Less reading ability

In education aspect some video games are ethical and some of them are not ethical.

When we are talk about the social issues paying video games. The games who are playing in online, game servers are automatically registering the player creating profile on it. It is a one of the risk to the game player who is playing on line computer games. Such as talking, chatting and instant, massage to the players. The game players have to register online to play the games. During the game the player has opportunity to communicate with the player who is playing on line at the same time. Then the other player can get details such as email address and personal information etcetera. During the game the computer hackers can hack player’s profile such as face book, credit card information, e-mail address. The hackers use the player’s information for the illegal activities such as hackers can send virus, spy wares, Trojan houses and worms, porn site or terrorism purpose and much more bad things.