In addition to thinking about how habits influence our decision-making– it’s also interesting to consider the ways in which gaming in general could influence decision making.
Many people say that violent games can make a person more violent. Touching on themes from Gaming as Career Development, games could actually just influence how a person reacts to violence. First person shooter games could help potential soldiers think faster in dangerous situations, it could also affect how likely any gamer reacts to people in pain or in other dangerous situations.
If gaming is mainly used to escape from the realities of life, it could negatively affect a person if there comes a time in their life that they don’t have this coping mechanism.
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