6. Skills Dont Transfer
Video games do require skill; lets just get that right out there. If youve played a game long enough, you know the tricks and learned what to do and what not to do. You have to have fast reflexes and a sense of your in-game environment. For multiplayer games your mind goes a step further through repetitiveness and memorizes ever map to the point you could draw them in your sleep. These are all great skills, but they dont quite transfer to reality. Bottom line, youre pushing the right buttons to make your character go, but life is a lot more complicated. Studies have shown video games do improve some motor skills and problem solving, but thats about it. Youre not going to get social skills, logical skills, or any general understanding of anything. Things you encounter in life cant be solved by skills from a video game. Sure you can use your problem solving to figure out a solution, but then you realize you have no idea how to utilize that solution because you spent too much time playing video games. And no you dont get social skills from co-op or multiplayer gaming because half the time youre screaming your head off swearing how much better you are or ranting how one guy cant get laid in real life.