Friday, August 25, 2017

Does Entertainment Keep Us Healthy? (part 5)


If anyone has ever called you a “gamer,” then you probably fit into a category of people that find stress relief when playing games. Perhaps traffic was really awful on the way home from work, so letting off some steam in a single-player action video game can do wonders to release pent-up aggression and calm the nerves. Sitting down on the couch with a family member or meeting a few friends online to play a video game can be a great release, too. If you can gather around a table to play a game with other people, it can be another wonderful way to leave the anxieties and concerns of the world behind. It's almost an unspoken rule among gamers that we don't talk about politics, religion, or any other weighty topics that are sure to evoke a wide range of impassioned responses. Instead, gamers focus on the game, laugh together, and forget the rest of the world and their opinions about it for a few hours. Honestly, I don't think there is anything wrong with that—the world will always be there waiting for you when you're ready to concern yourself with it again.


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