We talked about video games in my Media, Family, and Human Development class yesterday. For a very long time I've been pretty against video games, especially the violent ones. I've seen how they can be addicting and lead to outcomes that I wouldn't consider the most desirable. Also, when it comes to violence, the scriptures talk pretty strongly against murder as a very serious sin, so I personally don't see how pretending to commit that "sin" by shooting and killing on video games is good for our soul.
But, none-the-less, it was interesting for me to learn in class that those who play video games and become pretty good at 3D navigation, which has shown to be helpful in things such as laposcopic surgeries. Who knew that laposcopic surgeons who previously previously played video games had an advantage.
Well oddly enough, this morning my husband was watching a video about video-gamers helping scientists figure out protein folding. The scientist turned it into a game called foldit, and low and behold, the gamers were better than the scientists at it in figuring out how to do the protein folding. Anyways, it's pretty interesting and not very long, so you should take a look at it! So it appears to not all gaming is bad, but the skills you learn can actually be helpful.
Here's the link: http://youtu.be/axN0xdhznhY
My brother is addicted to video games and quite good at them. He also is very good at other, quite intricate things, such as cake decorating, drawing, math, creating music, and some other things. Although his video games cannot do more good for him than bad, I sometimes wonder if it helps him in his other talents.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading about this and thinking I should put it in my lecture! But I totally forgot! So thanks for the reminder, I'll have to put it in next year!
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