Do Video Games Develop Important Skills For Me?

Do Video Games Develop Important Skills For Me?

As a child growing up in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, video games have become increasingly popular to me for that the technology is new and exciting to use and interact with. Right now the “wired generation” being the children of this age (me), playing video games, side-tracking them from real world problems, making it the new “norm” in our technologically driven society we as a country live in. It has been more than 20 years since video games had been invented, one of the first being an arcade video game being Pong (which was a tennis sports game featuring two-dimensional graphics), this creates a lot of data to study on. There have always been speculations onto how video games have affected us mentally from the violence that is shown on some games, and physically as exercising is becoming less apparent when you do not have to move your body around, only your hands. Post modernity applies to this as a new way for people to gain skills that apply to everyday life such as reading – As I may play, some adventure games forces me to read carefully when playing games, and by practise, my reading will improve as reading carefully in video games will help me solve problems which may be untaken in a game. Logical thinking is another skill that can be acquired whilst playing games as by practise, my thinking can improve when making decisions as I am playing one, for example, I need to gain access to a building but it is locked, thinking logically, what different ways can I enter? I could select a key from my inventory, find a key somewhere nearby, or even have to destroy the door. Observation skills, man making skills, vocabulary development and note taking are all other skills that I have learnt from playing games.