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give me 1 reason how video games are useful

give me 1 reason how video games are useful or make a positive impact (genuine question all good vibes just asking!! 🙂 )

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Reply 1

DataVenia

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Original post by user1298371

give me 1 reason how video games are useful or make a positive impact

Video games do not seek to be "useful" or to "make a positive impact". Their purpose is to entertain.

Reply 2

NameUserer

They're fun. Communities from around them: speedrunners, modders, artists, cosplayers... They inspire ludicrous volumes of creativity and ingenuity. They're capable of telling stories impossible in any other medium. They're just great.

Reply 3

Picnicl

They would teach you how to answer your own question.
Another reason is they hone decision making/strategy.
Another reason is they tell stories in a way that involves the player to the maximum.

Reply 4

username5955039

Original post by user1298371

give me 1 reason how video games are useful or make a positive impact

Teamwork some games require multiple players or as a multiplayer on the online world your collaborating with other games to achieve an objective or an aim.

Reply 5

random_matt

Keeping your mind sharp can help keep Alzheimer's away.

Reply 6

Laffer

Original post by user1298371

give me 1 reason how video games are useful or make a positive impact

Keeps thousands of bored young men off the streets and numb to their worsening situation, just a modern version of panem et circenses.

Reply 7

lalexm

Original post by user1298371

give me 1 reason how video games are useful or make a positive impact

Employment - for the designers, developers, distributors, marketers, advertisers, retailers etc.

Reply 8

TooWeirdToLive

Original post by user1298371

give me 1 reason how video games are useful or make a positive impact

Thought I'd comment as I have a very specific memory that I was reminded of today.. weirdly. Games happened to introduce me to new words or concepts when I was young.. for example I played Pokemon Ranger: SoA taught me the word 'altruism' before I even read it in a book or at school..

So I suppose video games (like any media) can educate, even if that is not its main aim...

Reply 9

Kallisto

Entertainment Forum Helper

People whose mother tongue isn't English and are playing videogames in English language improve their skills. At least it helped me.

Reply 10

ICEcold_Stoic

They inspire, whether that be creatively or otherwise.

Personally speaking, characters like Arthur Morgan and Kiryu are protagonists I can relate to on some level.

Reply 11

gjd800

Help make good drone operators.

Reply 12

Kallisto

Entertainment Forum Helper

Original post by random_matt

Keeping your mind sharp can help keep Alzheimer's away.

In terms of educational games, that is without a doubt true - at least to sharpen your mind.

Reply 13

cherrycosmos

Original post by user1298371

give me 1 reason how video games are useful or make a positive impact

may inspire creativity

Reply 14

liamwalker.81

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Reply 15

We Sink

They release endorphins

Reply 16

Kallisto

Entertainment Forum Helper

Original post by We Sink

They release endorphins

And oxytocin, the happiness hormone. What is a better use for a game than to make people happy!

Reply 17

JVM2020

It is entertainment.

The companies will make games and love their money. When you buy their games, you increase their profit.

I find them quite fun to play. Nice way to pass time in an enjoyable way.