Ready….aim…fire! This is the usual line that explodes in your ears as your computer show those three dimensional images in war zones, whether on the deserts, the metropolis or in outer space. The low pitch voice of the controller directs you to locate targets and destroy them with those weapons that you can ever think of….laser guns, mortars, rockets, bombs…oops, don’t forget those other gadgetry that makes the defense ministers to shout for a ceasefire. Yes, teens want virtual games that are full of action and they can always access them in the internet.



Many websites are offering games online. What you just need is register, follow instructions, pay a minimal registration fee if required, or look for free. You can challenge opponents from around the globe and match your skills against them. If you choose, you can download these games and play them in your computer. Just all the same, the plan is to destroy your enemy and proclaim yourself a self-made hero.

Studies have shown evidence that virtual games develop the much needed skills that teens require to become competitive. These skills include agility, presence of mind, fast decision making, a comprehensive knowledge of the tools and gadgets within the game windows and console and make use of them at will. Playing games allow the teenagers to improve their computer skills! As the teens constantly play the same game, his mastery will greatly improve and so with the tactics in winning the game. The influence to the teens’ intellect is so great that the teens may now have an easier way of understanding complex problems and solve them in a faster pace. These games are teaching them to consider important factors and to initiate actions faster than those teens who shun away from online games.

Although it is quite possible that some teens will get discouraged if they lose the games, the countless opportunities to always come back on line and play the game again will make the teens comfortable on losing because they can always fight back. Hence, there is no need to worry on issues pertaining to discouragement, frustrations and having an inferiority complex on the teens. On the other hand, these games open the minds of the teens the opportunity to meet challenges and adversaries, the big possibility to lose, accept defeat and triumph on victories.

Virtual games are also making the teens to become physically active. These games will make the teenagers to jump, shout, swing, frown, stomp their feet the same as if seeing actual games. This transforms the internet cafes into small auditoriums. They can punch, swing their club, maneuver the steering wheels and throw that three-point shot. Can it be not a good exercise?

Parents must always take the necessary precaution. Sitting over a long period could cause obesity among the teens. Even if these jerks will burn fats, these could not be enough as compared to playing outside with actual basketballs and swinging the badminton racquets. Teens want to improve their intellect which they can get from virtual games. They too need to be physically fit by doing outdoor games. After all, who does not want their teens to be healthy intellectually and physically?