For the past twenty years, whenever there was a shooting of any kind, committed by a young male, people blamed video games. They say video games make people violent. But this is not true. Video games can make people violent while playing them, but that violence never goes beyond screaming at the television screen. Video games should not be suppressed. 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 consider video games 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 plays video games. They found that if a surgeon plays video games he makes 37% fewer errors, is 20% faster and gets 42% better results in laparoscopic surgery (laparoscopic surgery occurs when a small incision is made in the abdomen instead of a great one for performing surgery) and suturing exercises compared to those surgeons who have never played video games (Hampton). A study conducted at a Florida hospital showed that doctors who played video games for six minutes before performing virtual surgery improved patient outcomes. A surgeon at the hospital 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 had higher scores than surgeons who didn't play them. Now, thanks to that study, the hospital's surgeon's lounge now includes a gaming room, so... middle of paper.... Helping kids with stress is also a good thing that 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 approval, they help them be more resilient. Video games also help children learn healthy behaviors, learning from mistakes, mastery, and interpersonal connections which also help with resilience (Kulman). Video games are known as a healthy outlet for aggression or simply to relieve general stress. Video games are like books and movies; they provide a kind of "escape" from reality and an escape into the world of problems. It is known that video games are of great help to those who have experienced traumatic and stressful situations (Meixsell).