Books and Games

Recently, a friend of mine, a gamer, just finished his first book. Not like those kiddy type of books but a legit book that was a few hundred pages long. And he felt very accomplished. For the first time in his life, instead of playing computer games, he took up a good book and explored a new and unusual dimension which he had never been before. The familiar characters he used in games disappeared and he was brought to another fantasy land where everything is much more different.

   As my friend has now come to realize, not only games are entertaining, but a books as well. In my opinion, a good book is better than playing games. It all depends on the type of book and the game. A book in many ways is similar to a game but has even more different. Why is it similar? Because as I stated above, it brings you to a place you would never dare to venture in real life. Imagine a Shooting game such as Counter Strike. Who would in their right mind go out to war for fun? Now take a book which depicts a person in the midst of war. The general idea is the same, where the main character does whatever it takes to survive the war. But games are just games. They don’t show what it’s really like to be at war. Most of the time it’s just you going to the battlefield and killing people. A good book on the other hand will tell you how the character felt and make you feel how it’s really like to be in the warzone. Rather than just shooting and getting headshots, a book is more realistic it describes in detail of what the hero of the story went through. Thus, you will be more attached to a book compared to a game.

   Let’s look at the perks of reading books.

1.    Broadens vocabulary

2.    Time spent well

3.    Doesn’t cost a lot of money

4.    A lot more but too lazy to think

For computer games meanwhile,

1.    Trains hand-eye coordination

2.    Make new friends/Bond with friends (If playing with friends)

3.    That’s about it

The bad side of it however,

Reading

1.    Unsociable

2.    Spoils eyesight if read in wrong position

3.    Not very sure

Computer games

1.    Electricity bill.

2.    Spoils eyesight no matter what position you are in

3.    Waste of time

4.    Encourages a lot of swearing

5.    Some more stuff

   So as we can see, based on what I typed, computer games just aren’t as good as reading. Therefore, I say that we should all take up a good book and start reading today. Your school textbooks are not included. I personally recommend Harry Potter because it is amazing. My all-time favorite book. So to everyone out there wasting time by reading this dumb blog post, pick up a book and read.

Of course all this was just for show. I advise gamers to continue gaming because it is so much more exciting than reading. Or read Harry Potter.