Author: Arsh Kabra

We all regard video games as a way to spend free time. But our parents have different views such as, “Games are making you ignore studies,” and “Games are making you dumb and anti-social.”

The negative points of playing video games are known by everyone everywhere, but did you think that there are positive points to video games? In fact, video games can actually make you smarter!

Before we continue it is important to note that too much of anything is bad. Even water. Seriously, water toxication actually exists. The things said in the rest of the article are only true if used in moderation. I’m not talking about video game addiction.

With that being said, let’s continue.

There have been many studies that have proven that video games actually do make you smarter. One study held in the Max Planck Institute had people play Super Mario ’64 for 30 minutes a day for two months. After these two months, the studies showed an increase in grey matter in areas associated with memory, strategic planning, and fine motor skills of the hands. They are actually using video games as therapy for disorders affecting these areas.

Surprisingly, action games can increase attention to detail in individuals. This is better explained in the YouTube video “Can Video Games Make You Smarter?” by AsapSCIENCE. This article is based on this video.

There are also many educational video games. They help in the education of both young and old. Examples include Mojang‘s most recent Minecraft: Education Edition which is the most loved among students.

There are even video games that may help children with dyslexia read more effectively. In one study by J.D Gabrieli, dyslexic children who played regular video games were shown to read faster and more accurately than the ones who did not.

Other studies show improvements in eyesight. Not only can gamers read smaller fonts, but they also have an easier time differentiating levels of grey. Better practised action gamers were 58% better at seeing fine differences in contrast than the people who do not play video games.

Video games have improved memory in the elderly with special brain teasing video games. These specially designed video games have slowed the aging process of the brain by 7 years.

Video games can help you focus more. This is also better explained in AsapSCIENCE’s video mentioned earlier.

As advancement in medicine occurs, surgeries are being completed remotely. This has many parallels with video games because it has a screen and a remote control. Studies have also shown that surgeons with previous exposure to video games showed less errors and faster completion of surgeries than those without.

There you go: playing video games will make you a better surgeon! Tell that to your parents.

Of course these skills are only useful if you use them, which you can’t if all you do is play video games. So enjoy your video games, but in a controlled time and go outside occasionally and explore diversity, because that’s how you’ll win at the game of life.

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The following is the code that was used to make the Base Mod in my video tutorial on Minecraft Modding.

package tutorial.generic;

import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.EventHandler;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.Mod.Instance;

import cpw.mods.fml.common.SidedProxy;

import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPostInitializationEvent;
import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPreInitializationEvent;

@Mod(modid=Generic.MODID, name=Generic.MODNAME, version=Generic.MODVER) //Tell forge “Oh hey, there’s a new mod here to load.”
public class Generic //Start the class Declaration
{
//Set the ID of the mod (Should be lower case).
public static final String MODID = “generic”;
//Set the “Name” of the mod.
public static final String MODNAME = “Generic Mod”;
//Set the version of the mod.
public static final String MODVER = “0.0.0”;

@Instance(value = Generic.MODID) //Tell Forge what instance to use.
public static Generic instance;

@EventHandler
public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event)
{
}

@EventHandler
public void load(FMLInitializationEvent event)
{
}

@EventHandler
public void postInit(FMLPostInitializationEvent event)
{
}
}

Copy and paste this code. For all those that are confused, check out my Minecraft Modding Playlist on YouTube:

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It was the Biology class in school when it happened.

I sit alone on my desk, next to a wall. Sometimes I just lean on the wall. I was doing exactly that when our biology teacher, Vandana Ma’am called out, “who is into video making and editing?”

Just for the heck of it, I put up my hand. “O.K., there is a competition for you, come here,”

At that moment I said to myself, “Phas Gaye Yaar…”  I went over to her table. She had a paper with something written on it. She told me that it was a link and told me to copy it. “What?” I said to myself, “copy a  link?”

It was www.lpi.ursa.edu/humansinspaceart/challenge

when I got home, I saw that it was an INTERNATIONAL competition.

Now, I am almost done and you can see the video on YouTube on the 30th of November.

 
Thanks,

ABU.

Have you ever seen the X-men movies?

What would you be able to do if you were a mutant?

This is my view…

My codename would be Arshinator. My awesomeness would probably show that I am worthy of that name.

My powers would be Telekinesis, that is the power to control all kind of stuff, and the power to turn into any sort of animal. ANY sort of animal.

This would seriously drive fear into the hearts of my enemies. I could assemble pieces of metal into a robot at the drop of a hat. I could create bullets the same way.

But none of this exists. I am doing this blog for the heck of it.

Goodbye

Dear readers,

In this post, I make an extremely IMPORTANT Announcement, SO LISTEN UP!

My last book was completely a mess, so, I’ve decided to write another book. This book is about a superhero. I have finished three chapters and have no intention to trash it.

I walked into the grove,
Which had the smell of Mangoes,
The aroma was sweet,
I looked up to see, The Ripe mangoes to eat.

A farmer came along,
Singing a song,
And told me to sing along,
So I said to him,'Hang on!'

'I don't know your song,
Just run along,'
As I walked out of the grove,
which had the sweet smell of Mangoes.

Nefu Xnoen is a boy, talented, flexible boy who lives on Mars. He is a human. In the year 2204, Indians had made it possible to live on Mars. But a race of Aliens, Evil aliens, have decided to take over the solar system. Mars is next in the hit list. Mars is destroyed, killing the parents of Nefu Xnoen. He is determined, on earth, that he shall avenge his parents’ death.Will he survive?

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This is a song that I like very much, and I think you will also like it when I sing it. This is me singing it.

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