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Why Creatives Should Play More Video Games
Gaming isn’t a waste of time. It’s a tool that can provide a variety of benefits.
One of the biggest traits of me is that I’m a gamer. Ever since I was little, I often spent more time playing video games than doing other activities.
Of course, that’s one of the contributors to my health not being where I want it to be, but despite some of the long-term hinderances gaming has done in my life, it’s provided a good deal of benefits.
Benefits that are often overlooked.
A lot of people think that gaming is a waste of time or that it instills a lot of hate and negativity and there is some truth to that.
In recent years gaming and in general the tech industry is believed to be the domain of men, when not so distant in the past the industry was actually a feminized industry. This has sparked a lot of toxic men within the gaming industry.
But I believe these are pocket issues. Issues that can be addressed over time as the industry changes and develops.
Because more people are starting to realize — or at least I hope — the benefits of video games and what gamers bring to the fold. A lot of big gamers have supported a number of big causes as Mat Pat (who runs two Youtube…
