Aliens take over Earth. Ants enslave human begins and force us to dig tunnels. A cruel tyrant ascends to a throne covered in his victim’s blood.
Video games offer us hope. Even when the future seems dark, the player can turn on a flashlight and make everything brighter. The player can thwart evil and restore balance to the game world. The player can solve any problem.
But video games should remind us violence and aggression cannot solve our problems. Our world needs this reminder.
Video Games Nebula 
Often in video games, as well as other mediums, great violence is merely a front for a deeper message: good will always triumph over evil. Strong points you bring up here.
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Thank you and thanks for sharing your insights. 🙂
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Well said. The world definitely needs this reminder…
Just like providing cable TV may lower pregnancy rates (ha!), maybe providing immersive games will give people an outlet for their anger and teach them a thing or two in the process, as leonrdo117 alluded to.
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Maybe games can be an outlet too. Interesting point.
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One of my biggest reasons for liking video games is that they give me a world I can save. I want to save ours too, but it’s impossible…
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The same here. I know it’s just illusion, but I love the feeling that a prole like me can actually make a change, at least in a fictional world. Ah, the discreet charm of escapism :^)
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Yes, it’s fun when a video game characters, working with others, can change the world for the better.
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It doesn’t have to be save-the-world scenario. Even helping a single community, like a village or a town, to overcome its enemies, is incredibly satisfying. This is why I loved endings in Fallout games so much, each location gets a different ending depending on your actions. You can’t save them all (poor über-Deathclaws and Broken Hills 2), but I always get that warm fuzzy healing in my heart when I finish the game and see people from my favourite town living happily ever after.
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Living happily ever after is always a good a ending.
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Living happily ever after is always a good a ending. I know what you mean.
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But never lose hope! We can make this world better. 🙂
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Lol! You win.
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