Why I play games

I'm doing some research on gaming at the moment so this article was very topical.

Margaret Robertson, videogame writer and consultant, and the former editor of Edge magazine, gives a personal view of why she plays games. Yes, she agrees, games are boring and repetitious. But... and here's the interesting bit, "It's that games are educational.

It's not what they teach - since what they teach (a smattering of Chinese history excepted) is largely useless. It's that they teach.

Brains love to learn. For everyone, there's some kind of learning that is as satisfying for their brains as running all day is for a border collie."

So find the game that your brain likes and you can give it a workout and have fun at the same time.

Brilliant!

BBC NEWS