In the article entitled, How Might Video Game Be Good for Us, the author addresses the top questions and concerns many people have about video games and the effects they have on people today. The article, written by Jane MCGonigal, makes the reader first compliment on how something can be classified as good and for the reader to first debate the topic in their head before continuing the reading. Jane directly addresses the top questions that society has  on video games and she breaks down the article into three main points which are do video games improve our skills, do video games bring happiness to players and what is their purpose of video games in society.  I like the way she set up this article because it helps the reader identify what  it means if video games are good or bad for us. She takes a very scientific and research based approach to each question. She uses a lot of research that has been done on video game players to back up her claim that these games help improve different skills and help people of all ages. By taking this approach she backs up her claim with hard scientific evidence in which people cannot dispute her claims.  She also interviewed actual video game players to see their true feeling about games and the effects they have on them. Lastly, Jane shows what Philosopher’s think on the topic of video games. She talks about how philosophers say that gaming is good because it helps people enjoy life more. She makes the point that people only play video games because it distracts them from their bad lives and makes them fell happy for a bit and that is a good enough impact for video games to be considered important and good.

This is a well written article and the author provides good facts to back up her statements. I was really surprised by the interviews she did with other gamers. Th interviews talked about how people play video games because it takes them away and calms them down and that is how I fell when I play video games as well. The other surprising thing about this article was all the scientific research she showed on video gaming and all the different benefits it can have on people. I found it interesting that different video games help improve different parts of our skills. I recommend this article for anyone who is curious about  whether or not video games are good in society. Overall I would give this article a thumbs up!