Montero 1
Pedro Eduardo Montero
Professor:
English 101
16 February 2016
Societal Myth
Over the last few decades society has carelessly blamed videogames for all sorts of bad
things. Even some media outlets have falsely accused video games of everything from antisocial
behaviors to the growing violence in school campuses. On the contrary, in recent years we have
been learning that video games are having some beneficial transformative effects on the facets of
life of many avid gamers like me. For instance the way we acquire skills, communicate, and the
way we form relationships; videogames have shaped all these factors of our way of living.
One of the positive aspects of gaming is that it can build problem solving skills. Playing
video games allow for us to develop fast puzzle solving abilities which many people consider to
be brain training. An example of this can be seen in our armed forces; recently the government
has been using video games as simulators to train the military. Furthermore, common
professional fields like the medical and flight industry are also starting to use the methods of
video gaming to train their staff. In the article “How Games Can Help You Learn”, Sonali
Acharjee tells us that “Games stimulate the release of dopamine in your brain which sharpens
your attention and forms the basis for learning.” He also adds that “Today tech designers are
coming up with more and more games with an educational message. This is an important step in
getting schools, parents and even students to start viewing play time not as a distraction but as a
