When people hear the word Video Games, the people especially the adults immediately think that it is bad, not good for the health, promotes violence, makes a person mentally ill, and many more not so good stuffs. All of the negative thoughts are pointed at it. But why? Not all video games are bad. They are even sometimes used to educate individuals.
The best part about video games is that it is for all ages! You just need to find the right game suitable for you! Like when you are bored, you want adventure, then, you can try to play adventure games like ‘Super Mario’. Let’s say you want a dystopian game or something thrilling, then, the game ‘The Last of Us’ is what I can recommend to you playing. If you are an adult and want to play something that can make your brain work like really hard, then you can try games that are logical, problem solving type of game, you can try ‘Tetris’ or any other games like ‘Uncharted’.
Video games are even made to teach history. Games like ‘Assassin’s Creed’, ‘God of War’, and ‘Call of duty’. Yes, they are gory, but isn’t that our history that we’ve been learning is like that? Many video games are gory, many video games show and sometimes promotes violence. But that doesn’t mean that the whole bloodline/ history of Video Games is bad.
There is something called simulations. These simulations are games too. And guess what simulation they create. They create flight simulation for future pilots so that it can reduce the probability of accidents. They create a simulation of an operation (medical field), for doctors to make their decision more precise and correct. Construction simulation too is a thing, so that they will see the probability of how it will be created or how it will be presented. Simulations, so that everyone can see the outcome when they do something like that in the real world, and it is a video game actually. It is a video game and you are learning from it.
I’ve been playing video games too. Ever since I was merely 3 yrs. old, and I often hear many hateful comments about video games. And what I do about it is try to learn what their reason to hate it and try to understand, and then I will share my opinion/ thought hoping that their thought might change.
My thought is that, video games are healthy for your health. You just need to control yourself. Do not be addicted. Because everything that is too much is not healthy for you. Finding the right game, can bring joy and fulfillment to your life. Actually, for me, our whole life is just one big game, and your choices affect how the game will end. You have one life, and there is no save point. Just a continuous game time, no pause, no cheat codes, no walkthroughs, no adjusting the difficulty settings, just you and the world. And just a tip, if you don’t encounter any enemies, then, you are not in the right path. You know what I’m talking about, if you play video games 😉.