As you have probably noticed by now if you have gone through other parts of the site, there are many conflicting thoughts and even studies regarding this topic. This leads myself to believe that there are multiple factors that result in the effects these studies are showing us. Video games are a way to express one's self. You control your character, you decide how they will act, you choose how they will respond. It is not a simple answer that all video games are bad or all video games are good. The effects of video games, positive or negative, depend on several factors, the most major one being you and how you play the game. Video games, by themselves, have little to no effect on you mentally, but what you do and how you react can.