 Reputed surgeon Dr.

James Clarence
Rosser Jr.
 Plays Super Monkey Ball
 Co-authored study:
• Surgeons at least 3 hours/week 27% faster
and made 37% fewer mistakes in surgeries
I am going to tell you how video
games are good for you
 I’m an expert
 I’ve been gaming since I was 4
 Several gaming systems
 Hundreds of games
 Two gaming websites
 Not just a waste of time

 Not only are games fun, but…

• Games can positively impact your life
 Video games can improve your
physical wellbeing
 Video games improve vision
and visuospatial abilities
• Shawn Green and Daphne
Bavelier of the National
Institute of Health
 Gamers vs. non-gamers
 Video games can improve your
physical wellbeing

 Subjects matched shapes appearing in a series of

circles with ones displayed at the side of screen
 Gamers completed task faster
 Video games can improve your
physical wellbeing
 Subjects asked to identify flashed
symbol
 Gamers more accurate and faster
 Applies in real world – navigating
traffic
 Video games can improve your
physical wellbeing
 Video games cause weight loss
• My dad lost 2 pounds a week playing Wii
Tennis

• Habit of eating when bored, forget

 Video games can improve your
physical wellbeing
 Dr. Unnithan et al. (2006):
• DDR met heart-rate
standards for developing
and maintaining
cardiovascular fitness
 Video games can improve your
physical wellbeing

 West Virginia putting DDR in all 765 schools to

battle obesity
 Video games can improve your
mental wellbeing
 Video games can treat mental disorders

• Psychologist Michael Posner of Cornell

University studied effect of games on ADD
 Video games can improve your
mental wellbeing
 Those who played games
showed significant
improvement
 I have ADD and I find that
because gaming requires
focus I develop this ability
 Video games can improve your
mental wellbeing
 Video games improve job
satisfaction and productivity
• Professor Jeffrey Goldstein et
al. (2003) studied game
playing at insurance firm
• Some forced to play games at
work, other forced not to
 Video games can improve your
mental wellbeing
 Gamers felt better about their
jobs and worked more
productively
 I play video games as break
• Relieve stress
• Improve morale
• Motivate harder work
 Conclusion
 Criticized, but little
evidence of harm
 Benefits demonstrated
 They’re fun
 Can be anyone
• Holy Paladin
• Futuristic cyborg marine
 Can do anything
• Build civilizations
• Save the universe
• Destroy it
 Conclusion
 Beneficial physically and
mentally and provide
countless hours of
entertainment
 Throw out misconceptions
about games and give
consideration and even
praise they deserve
 Bibliography
 BBC News, March 2003.
“Video Games ‘Good For You’” (viewed April 29, 2008)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2943280.stm
 BBC News, November 2003.
“Games at Work May be Good for You” (viewed April 29, 2008)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3247595.stm
 Ben Silverman, Yahoo.com, April 2007.
“Games are Good for You” (viewed April 29, 2008)
http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/games-are-good-for-you/513460
 Michael Marriot, The New York Times, February 2005.
“We Have to Operate, But Let’s Play First” (viewed April 29, 2008)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/technology/circuits/24docs.html?
_r=1&pagewanted=1&ei=5070&en=2a6a39a7c52f5e90&ex=1177473600
&oref=slogin
 Unnithan, V. B., Houser, W., & Fernall, B (2000). “Evaluation of the
energy cost of playing a dance simulation video game in overweight and
non-overweight children and adolescents.”
International Journal of Sports Medication, 27(10), 804-9.