Games expand our emotional experience. We live in a stable, well-organized world (many of us). It is a super nice for the society in common and for each individual in particular. But this creates some… boredom. We need the excitement of adventures, exploration, even battles… Video games give this emotional experience.
Games improve attention. You can’t succeed in many games unless you are totally concentrated on the process, totally involved in virtuality. One unnecessary thought, and your car flies away from a virtual road. One distraction of eyes, and your hero is pierced by deadly spikes. Attention is something we really need to succeed in the real life too.
put? What if I run into that wandering pile of poo?"
Games improve creativity. Often, gamers should create something in the virtual universes. Even if no, they should find a way to accomplish some tasks, a successful way to play – this involves the creative skills and develop them.
Games improve memory. Playing games, we should remember a huge quantity of tricks, features of virtual locations, other things.
Games improve improvisation. Unpredictable situations ask for innovative decisions and actions.
Games improve spatial orientation. Walking in the virtuality is a nice exercise for this and it’s present in games of different genres.
Games improve communication skills. In team multiplayer missions, we should coordinate our activity with other guys. Often gamers play in one team again and again, becoming friends
Games improve constancy. In modern games, players need lots of time to finish missions, to develop skills for playing on a good level. Playing one game is like working on one thing. It involves also planning of your actions for the future..
Also, games allow to relax, to cure of stress, and thanks to this to see situations of their real life in totally different light.