For twenty years, every time there is a shooting of any kind committed by a young man, people blame video games. They say that video games make people violent. But that's not true. Video games can make people violent when playing them, but that violence never leads further than screaming at the television screen. Video games should not be abandoned. In fact, video games help people improve their motor skills, the military uses video games for training exercises, and many people use video games to relieve stress. Many people view video games as bad and say they rot your brain and cause violence, but research shows they can actually help you. Video games have been shown to help with hand-eye coordination. You better hope that if you're having a procedure, your surgeon is playing video games. They found that if a surgeon plays video games, they make 37% fewer errors, are 20% faster and get 42% better results in laparoscopic surgery (laparoscopic surgery involves making a small incision in the abdomen instead of a large one to perform surgery). and suture drills than these surgeons who have never played video games (Hampton). A study at a Florida hospital showed that doctors who played video games for six minutes before performing virtual surgery improved their patients' outcomes. A hospital surgeon conducted an experiment in which 300 surgeons participated. 150 of them played video games for six minutes before performing virtual surgery, while the other 150 surgeons did not. Surgeons who played video games before surgery scored higher than surgeons who did not play them. Thanks to this study, the hospital surgeons' lounge now includes a games lounge, so... middle of paper ....... Helping children suffering from stress is also a good thing than video games can do. Studies show that video games can increase a child's resilience in four different areas: mental, physical, emotional and social. If children play online games and are surrounded by supportive people who provide encouragement, affiliation and support, it helps them to be more resilient. Video games also help children learn healthy behavior, learn from mistakes, mastery, and build interpersonal relationships which also contribute to resilience (Kulman). Video games are known as a healthy outlet for aggression or just general stress relief. Video games are like books and movies; they offer a kind of “escape” from reality and an escape into the world of trouble. Video games are known to be of great help to those who have been in traumatic and stressful situations (Meixsell).