In “Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter” Tom Bissell finds video games appealing for the simple fact that he can get so engaged in them that he loses track of time. I think a lot of gamers tend to do that. They say, I am only going to play for an hour and before you know it seven hours go by like in Bessel's case. Playing video games seemed to have helped Bissell in his depression; as for he was thankful to have had an “extra life”. Video games can be fun but can often, frustrate. He picked apart the elements that made video games satisfying, compared to movies and books. Bissell wrote that, “More interesting to me is what games can do and how they can make me feel while they are doing it.” I like that and believe that is interesting for I
