How do games affect the mind? Well, there's a lot to talk about games in general. From the history of gaming, to the wide variety of gaming in America! I mean, think about it, you must have played at least some kind of game, but first I must not get ahead of myself and first educate yourself more about the history of gamin in America! How did gaming come to America? Good question, let's start from the roots, before the games even arrived in America. Dating back to at least 2300 BC, Greeks, Japanese, Chinese, and even Romans were known to play risky games for fun. Let's review the type of games played by these countries. The Greeks and Romans both had some sort of Colosseum where they pitted people against each other to fight to the death. Just like a sport, like today's MMA, wrestling, boxing, karate, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Aikido and other physical combat sports. So, as you can see, games were definitely involved in Greek and Roman culture. Moving on, what about China and Japan. The ancient Chinese game “GO” is a strategy game that has much more in common with Chinese checkers than with chess! Yes, the first records of Chinese playing this game date back to 548 BC! As you can see games have been involved in Chinese culture! Ok, now let's talk about Japanese games! Sumo wrestling dates back to 250-552 AD Almost 2000 years ago, obviously the Japanese started playing the game a while ago! All these games we talked about, Go, Sumo Wrestling, Physical Combat Sports, they are all ancient games played by people a long time ago, so there must be a reason why they play these games! Well, we'll get to that later, we're still in gaming history, so calm down. Let's move on to how video games came to America! Ok, so we know the roots… middle of the paper… s. A clear example is the Flappy offer! Remember how happy you were when you passed the first stupid pole! That sense of accomplishment! Now let's talk about the theory of recreation. Have you ever thought in life, do you know what would be nice if I got married today? And if I did this in real life, where would I be? Well, that's what recess is for. Games like Sims. You play a person's life in the game and do what you want to do in your life. You basically remake your life or "recreate" it and make this person's life awesome in the game! Well, you see that people in this game feel happy to do something that they may never be able to do. Like being able to be a thief in a game because you know you would never do that in real life. Have you ever wanted to be a really fit person? Well, in the game you can, so why not? You see, this is how recreational games attract people!