I've never been a fan of video games. I never had them in my home, and I never planned on having them in my future home.
I feel like being in this major, we have heard all about the evils of video games. I can think of many different classes that I have taken at BYU that have convinced me even further that video games are horrible and your children will be more violent and have worse grades if you allow them in the home.
I found yesterday's lecture kind of refreshing, actually. Previously I had had this hugely negative view of video games. The same might be true, but now I realize that there are some merits to some types of video games. I think that really, the distinction needs to be made in my mind that not all video games are mindlessly and graphically violent, or highly addictive. Many are educational and can help with spatial reasoning, among other benefits. Although I will still hold a negative view of that group of video games that portray violence, and the highly addictive MMORPG type games, I can now feel good about having positive opinions about games like RockBand and Wii Sports, and other games.
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I've heard that one reason the USA won the war in Iraq about their occupation of Kuwait (Operation Desert Storm) had a lot to do with the skill of US pilots who were raised on video games, having much more dexterity and quick reflexes than the enemy did.
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