Do Video Games Make Us Dumber?

For upon |Most people think that video games will rot your brain and make you stupid. But, did you know that’s not true? None of it is. Video Games can’t physically make you dumber, it just increases other behaviors that make you seem dumber. Video games are good for kids our age.

It lets them play with friends and allows them to keep up with trends. But every once in a while, there is a game that comes along and ruins the whole gaming community, puts YouTubers out of business, and makes a lot of the community unhappy. The most recent of these games is Fortnite. As long as the gaming community is not addicted to games like Fortnite, video games are good for people.

These games include Rocket League, Forza Motorsport or Horizon, Minecraft, Overwatch, Sea of Thieves, Fallout, Cuphead, Halo, Fifa, Destiny, Call of Duty, and a TON more. People should just try to understand that videogames are like an advanced version of social media. Overall, videogames are a part of modern society, and people who think it makes people stupid should just stop judging and just enjoy video games. After all, they are made to be fun.

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Do Video Games Make Us Dumber? (Continued)

So, you may agree with my argument but are still looking for further evidence. In this continuation, I will give you evidence, examples, and more reasons why Video Games don’t make us dumber. The first question most people ask is ¨If Video Games don’t make you dumber, then what do they do to you?¨ according to psychologytoday.com,

¨First, computer games have made kids techno-savvy(shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments.) in a way adults are not, and they appeal to their vivid imaginations with a fantastic alternative to reality (enabling them to “escape” their boring life routines). Second, computer games require skills, and those skills are transferable to other tasks.

There is evidence that in the past 50 years, IQs have been increasing in all industrialized nations, and technology plays a part here as increases are found in computational intelligence (abstract reasoning skills and speed of processing).¨ So that means that Video Games don’t make you dumber, or do anything to you that matter. It is just because your parents don’t understand everything that goes on as well as you do, so, they will have a hard time making good judgments of what is right and wrong in this situation.

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Next, people want to know if Video Games make people violent. The truth is that video Games don’t make people violent, they increase/encourage these behaviors by being violent themselves. Games like Halo, Call of Duty, and other realistic shooter games make people think that violence is okay and not a bad thing. If you were to say I killed 50 people 100 years ago and now, you will get very different results. In the long run, Video Games are a good thing in today’s world and parents should try to understand that Video Games now are a lot more socially complicated than the classic arcade games they once had.