And because of it, gaming has helped mold my educational life. In the past, I learned the basics of English literature, from the concepts of a story arc to character development. However, it was this video that got me to break out of my comfort zone and see the real world. I could see and hear the many different arguments over gaming, whether it is destructive or beneficial. I could feel the sensation of information surging toward me. I could see the different types of evidence that people had to prove their argument. Overall, it made me enjoy researching certain topics. And yet, you must first push aside your emotions to see the full picture. As for me, it was not so …show more content…
Deep within me, my heart felt as if it was on fire with some sort of passion that I never even knew about. Then I began to feel an intense pain around the tips of my fingers. And yet, it was a pain in which I did not mind. I finally had woken up for my own despair, and I had returned to the internet and onto Google. All I saw was the phrase “Are video games bad” on the search bar. I then pressed the enter, and saw the results of that search. One by one, I looked up and down, side-to-side, everywhere of the websites that I clicked on. I was able to see multiple different sources and their arguments, from talking about skills that aren 't just virtual: they can help you do better in real-life situations, like from the article “Video Game Are Good for You” and how, “they can help you do better in real-life situations” (Steffens), and how “people that may be aggressive, but it isn 't violent” (Falcon) from the article “Video Games: Bad, but Not All Bad”. All while my mind was as an ocean breeze, my heart as a race horses sprinting to the end, my fingers as flesh that had paper cuts all around, and my eyes as a peasant begging for water. It was as if I was hypnotized during my research of what I desired. And during this quest for knowledge, I could learn many new research skills: spot many errors on peoples’ opinions, as they would contradict other arguments, see firsthand on what games can do and whom they