Video games also have another use (if approached properly): fighting depression. They are essentially the antithesis of the depressive cycle. You have a goal, y

Video games also have another use (if approached properly): fighting depression. They are essentially the antithesis of the depressive cycle. You have a goal, you do something to meet it, you get another goal... This active approach can actually be used to rewire the brain out of passive descent into proactivity (now go exercise, go learn, go eat properly). The knife-edge their is the addiction factor for some games. So it depends.