Are video games bad

No, In truth nothing is bad for you in moderation. Parents and politicians will always want to something like video games for their turning out bad. The truth however is that games arnt bad, they are just a way to relax when coming home from work and a good way to do things that you cant in real life like F1 racing.
Parents are far to happy just to give their kids a game if it will keep them quiet for a few days. Parents need to under stand that they should take more of an interest in their child's life. you say by playing games you wont get your homework done. Well how about sitting down with your child and helping them with their homework.

When you say you wont get any excursus by playing video games, well how about you and your child go and play football or go swimming. Theres nothing wrong with video games, just aslong as you do other things aswell.

Allot of people say video games are too violent. Yes video games can be very violent but that doesn't make your child violent. Iv been playing games since i was 6 and at that age even i knew that theres a difference between fantasy and reality you just need to teach that to your kids. Try playing the games with them, That way you can have some bonding time with your kids and it will help you see what all the fuss is about.

If you are so fussed about games being so violent then you can always use the parental settings on the consoles. Every console these days have parental settings which can limit what games can be played, check the console manual on how to use them and for computers just use the help menu for info. As for buying games, games all have age ratings just like films and just like with films the cashier will not sell them to people under the age on the box so if you buy your kid a game look at the age rating and decide whether your kids are mature enough to play it.