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/^t/The second threat posed by video games is connected with the fact that these games affect young people's mental and psychical development. Youngsters who spend a lot of hours playing video games usually look as if they have been absent from the real world. In fact, they are because even if they leave their computers in order to go to school or to have a supper they are still in the world of the game they have been playing. These video game addicts seem to think about nothing but their latest "computer adventures". Additionally, they are usually at the age when their bodies are rapidly developing and video games may affect this development, too. Instead of playing football with their peers, which would be natural for them, children choose "indoor" video games. They sit in front of the monitors for many hours which may result in their worsening eyesight and bad physical condition in general. Unfortunately, such pale young people with an absent look on their faces are not a rare sight in the present streets.