Blog Post #5 Can Gaming be good for us?

There are many that believe gaming is bad for people and children. There are also many people who believe that gaming can be very good for us. It is all about how that person sees gaming and how gaming has impacted them in their lives. In Why we Play and Gaming Can Make a Better World we hear the sides of the argument saying that gaming is good for us.
When people play they are optimistic and believe they can achieve anything. In Jane McGonigal's TED talk she says that all of the worlds problems would be solved if people had as much optimism in their every day lives as they do when they're playing games. I also believe that video games can be a good thing if people are playing for the right reasons. I believe that because when people play games they have a sense of personal empowerment to win but if they're winning at life then they will always feel empowered and the world could be a better place.
This also relates to accomplishing your goals. This was talked about in Why we Play about accomplishing your goals in a game can make you feel more confident in real life. If someone can accomplish a goal in a game then they should be able to do the same in real life.
It's easy to see the benefits to playing games. If people can use the positive feelings they have when playing games in real life it can help make the world a better place.

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