12/21/2020

Class 505 cohort A

When we think of video games we usually think of action titles like Call Of Duty, Halo, Madden, Fifa, and Among Us. But what if I told you that video games are good for you? Well you might laugh, heckle or snicker, but the truth is that video games are good for you. video games help you with eye hand coordination and teach you life lessons. So who’s laughing now. All in all video games are good for you. Try it.

A recent study from the University of Toronto found that people who regularly play video games, particularly action titles like 'Call of Duty' or 'Assassin's Creed',perform better in motor tasks and improve hand-eye coordination, than people who do not play video games. 

Life lessons do not usually come out of video games, but it does happen. For example leo G has learned a common Life Lesson, but it was from a video game called 2K21 has taught Leo to never give up and always believe in yourself.

On the other hand Aron D has not learned a single Life Lesson from video games such as fortnite. Which just goes to show you some people do learn Life Lessons while others don’t.

In life there are people that think video games will help you in life and then there are people who think the exact opposite. In this case video games have helped Leo G with his basketball dribbling skills. Now a quote from Leo G. “ “Playing video games has improved reaction time in life and it has  helped me become a better basketball player.” which goes to show that video games can help but this did not help Aron D. After someone asks Aron this question do video games exist in real life? Aron often replies by saying “video games don’t help me IRL”

Like I said in the beginning video games are good for you. And after reading this you still dislike video games. Well here’s a shocker: video games are bad for you.  Video games can still have cons like it is bad for your eyes if you play for more than 30-40 hrs per week or you do not go outside that much anymore. But all in all pick up a video game to see if you like it. Maybe Call Of Duty or among us console pc or mobile just try it. Yes video games can be bad for you, but they can also be an escape.