Playing video games doesn’t make you a better person. But that’s not the point

Games have that same electric tension you might find in the theatre, but instead of watching the actors, you are both the actor and the audience.

Games can be eerie, surreal, joyful, quirky, terrifying and hilarious. If you never engage with them, you’re missing out on part of the richness of contemporary culture

As games become more complex and their algorithms interact in unpredictable ways, there’ll be things you experience that no one else has or ever will

who wouldn’t want to feel as though they are Ezio Auditore, the absurdly fit, tower-climbing, parkour-running roof-jumper of Assassin’s Creed? 

This article goes through the audience pleasures you receive when playing video games and discusses how they are actually good for you, they will allow you to experience more things in life compared to someone who doesn't play games and that gaming helps increase the way you think and how your reactions and day to day decisions are improved.