Reply To: Gamers

DovidBT… no one is saying that.

You know, I learned something really amazing growing up from a video game.

My sibling was playing a mystery spy video game where he had to figure out clues to get to get keys to move to the next room, and then the next level.

He was really good at it, and I used to just watch. Sometimes, I would play too.

One time, when he left the room, and put the game on pause, I wasn’t supposed to touch anything. But, I wanted to try. For days, he was stuck at some high level, trying to figure out how to get there key.

So, I was a novice and didn’t know the rules. After clicking on a bunch of objects or something, I just went to open the door, and rhe door opened! Just like that. No key.

My sibling came back to the room, astonished.

How did I find the key?!

Huh? I just walked to the door and pressed the button. That was it. I made it to the next level.

Lesson: Sometimes the door is open for us, but we may be so used to jumping through hoops that we don’t realize that we can just walk right in without a special key — just turn the knob, just like that.

There’s likely many more lessons that I learned from that game. Anyway, some video games help sharpen your mind. You learn how to work with your friends too. Granted, yes, there are other ways to learn such lessons.

But still, not all video games are violent.

Sadly, the games many kids play today are violent, though.