A method for controlling a video game is provided. The method includes causing a control unit, which controls the vide game, to recognize first coordinate data indicating a first display position of a first object on the image display unit, causing the control unit to display the first object on the image display unit on the basis of the coordinate data, causing the control unit to recognize an indication position where a player contacts on the image display unit, causing the control unit to set a region for the player to select the first object, the region having a prescribed area, and causing the control unit to recognize whether or not the first object is selected by the player, on the basis of a positional relationship between the first object and the region