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Fine...I'll be original if I must...
(in no order)
1. Video games expose people to new ideas: just like movies, there are innovative video games that introduce themes and ideas people are unfamiliar with and there are junky violent ones that add little to the culture or the gamer's perspective.
2. Video games give people the chance to imagine: people can be anything they want through video games...people crave adventure and action and can rarely get it in real life. It is cool to imagine what you could or even what you couldn't be and play as it.
3. Video games are a break in life: they are simply another avenue of satisfaction to endulge in in a fast-pcaed world, though too many of them can be a distraction and end up being detrimental. I'll agree to that statement my parents often make.
4. Video games require critical thinking: sure, they are not novels or psychological studies but the puzzles required and the logic found in many games teaches a gamer to develop skills that allow for faster and more insightful thought.
5. Video games offer thrills at no cost to society: on consoles and PCs, gamers can take over the world, build their own city, run down pedestrians, and skate on a fiery board through Boston...let's hope that these behaviors don't start appearing in the real world! Video games feed people who like to break the rules and be someone else the oppourtunity they need to do this in a light-hearted and fulfilling way. Some people may disagree and say that the large violence is caused by video games, but I would argue otherwise: books have long been violent or racy and we don't blame them? Anyhow, I believe the environment and values a child is taught has a larger role. No one I know who plays GTA has suddenly become more understanding of hit and run drivers or gang fights.
6. Video games are fun: now I'm not the type of person to say "if it's fun, do it" because there are always consequences for an action and they can be bad. But, having stated that the bad effects from video games are from overplaying them not from being influenced by them, I'll say here that it's not bad at all to indulge in video games. There is no reason not to enjoy yourself with some digital mayhem or world-saving, and it is a great way to pass the time, especially with friends.
7. Video games bring people together: it's like any other activity or cause. Video games provide people with things to talk about and a way for people to meet. They are meant to be played in groups and lead to friendships and discussion just like a movie or novel.
8. Video games are a steady source of economic growth and employment: from a business standpoint, they are a solid investment. Video games are constantly evolving, and the jobs that go with it continue to change and multiply as well. THis allows for programming talent to be used and artistic liscense to thrive in a market system. Now, video games are more products that capitalize off another cultural phenomenon like a hit movie.
9. Video games lead to developments in technology: the intense graphics available in video game engines can find their way into vocations and markets where they are needed for far more important matters like military simulations and graphics for other pursuits.
10. Video games give people dreams: in a world where so many people are pessimistic and bleak, video games can inspire new ideas and give people visions of what they want to be or do.
Of course, all these thigns are a stretch...10 is a lot and some reaching admittedly. Plus, there are arguments against each one, but this at least is a start. You like?
Doom
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