8 Ways Video Games Make You A Better Person
3. They Expand Your Interests
Gaming can be an all-consuming hobby to unhealthy levels if you let it be, but it can also expand your horizons and point you towards interests you would've never entertained otherwise.
Case in point, there are countless reports online of Stardew Valley players taking up gardening in the "real world," while many have surely picked up history books after playing through the Total War games.
Elsewhere even a franchise as fanciful as Metal Gear Solid has made many players interested in philosophy, while games steeped in rich real-world cultures just might foster a lifelong fascination with them.
And so the evidence is clear, that video games can make you a more well-rounded and inquisitive person by helping diversify your interests and curiosities. So much for games supposedly dulling and softening the mind.
If a game has made you seek out more information about a pastime or cultural concept outside of the game itself, then it's basically transcended the very medium in the most enriching way.