Okay- a conclusion to our video game unit in 150 words GO!!
At the beginning of these four days I felt no draw to video games what so ever- I didn't even want to participate in this unit. That's how done I was. So naturally, the on-going question that I set out to answer was "what makes video games so appealing?" After many failed attempts to play a wide variety of video games, I think I as a video game numpty have found the definitive, 100% true answer.
Like any form of modern electrical, technical medium, video games allow the players to immerse themselves into as world that was previously exclusive to books or films. Whether you're playing alone or with a group of friends, a blockbuster game, first-person shooter, movie game or comic book turned game, video games allow the player(s) to escape from the crap-fest that is reality here on planet Earth.
Sure, there are other factors that we discovered like getting to know a different version of your favourite characters, or building your ideal society, or even the joy of killings things, including your friends, but full immersion is the common variable that unites them all. Even if you are aware of it or not, video games allow all, newbs or experts, to escape what ever is going on in the real world, turn your brain off, and focus on a singular task- that is the true appeal of video games.
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