Why do we play video games? Of course, the most obvious answer to that question is that they’re fun. Something you can do with your friends or hell, even your family if you so choose. Every gamer in the world will give you the same answer to why they play video games. I have a bit of a different perspective on this matter. As a person who has been gaming for the past 15 years of his life, these games along the way had taught me some things along the way. As far-fetched as this sounds, it has taught me how to treat other people well, ethics, morals, you name it and most importantly “Winners don’t use Drugs”, a reference to those who know what I’m talking about. It has however, taught me how to not be ashamed of who I am as a person and try not to care what other nay-sayers will think of you.
Wait wait, before you all die from boredom, I have one more thing to talk about. Let me reinstate the question one more time, “Why do we play video games?”. As you all may know, when playing video games, you take on a different persona than yourself, just like the famous tabletop game Dungeons & Dragons. By taking on this persona, you do not have to be yourself. You can immerse yourself into this character and sort of drown yourself into that world and not worry about the harshness of reality. For those few hours in the day, the world is in the palm of your hands. You influence what happens to it. For most of us social recluses that have turned to gaming to cope with life, we play games because there is somebody in it that trusts us, depends on us and most of all believes in us to strive for greatness. Thank you for listening. and most importantly thank you to whomever got through this whole thing without wanting to slam their head against a brick wall.
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