Gamers

I agree that sports and games have an influence on gamers.  However, unlike most I do not only think it’s a negative influence.  Similar to class, I believe that video games do allow gamers to have a voice in their own virtual world and this gives them the feel of solving real world problems. Most of the popular games like “Call of Duty” and such give gamers the feeling that they have saved someone’s life or stopped a huge problem in the world such as poverty.  Although I think these games do give gamers that feeling, I don’t think it will ever transfer into the real world.  For example, a lot of people mentioned in class that just because they play violent video games, it doesn’t mean they will go in the streets and kill everyone.  I feel the same way as far as solving world issues.  They may do it in the game, but that does not mean they will go in the real world and solve anything. I think, with the proper research and dedication to this issue, that maybe some people will see the connection between the virtual world and reality, but I think a lot of gamers play to feel like empowered individuals at the end and when the game goes off that’s it.  I have never heard of this idea and I didn’t know that people even took time to research such, furthermore getting a degree in it, so it really amazes me that there could possibly be a positive connection between video games and solving real world issues.