It’s popular belief that video games are addictive and turn people into dull headed zombies. This supposedly wrong notion about video games is sought to be set right by no less than the Federation of American Scientists.
Everyone agrees that repeatedly doing a thing will result in almost perfecting the task. Video games by their very nature involve repetition to a large extent. By repeatedly playing a game, the child gets to master the techniques and tricks to win the game. To win a video game you have to plan and strategize, as almost all the games are based on a story line of mysteries and surprises. When a child playing a game repeatedly, learns the tricks and cheats to win the game by trial and error, he’s honing his skills in analytical thinking, multitasking, team building and problem solving under pressure. These are the qualities that every employer is looking for in his prospective employees.
However, one can’t rejoice that playing video games will give him /her good job, for, not all the games are so positively oriented. Except for a handful of games, all others promote violence and destruction. Besides this, none of the games are...