Assignment # 4 - Buddy Goodwin - Video Games

All my life I have been raised under the idea that video games are bad for you, that there are no benefits to playing them, and that they are strictly a waste of time. For the majority of my life I have just gone along with this belief because I have trusted the people who have told me it. However in more recent years as more and more multiplayer games come out and as I become more stressed I have come to believe that video games aren't strictly a waste of time. I have come to believe that there are some good things that come with playing video games. This doesn't mean that I think playing video games for hours every day overall is a good thing. I think one good thing about playing video games especially with other players in a co-operative manner is that you improve your social skills. In many video games today you work with other people online, weather that's people you know or random people, to achieve a common goal and I think there are benefits from doing so. Another benefit from playing video games on occasion is that, at least for me, it helps re-leave stress. Playing occasionally on the weekends or after school after a long day can help me chill out and re-leave stress I have built up.