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The satisfaction derived from clearing a level, beating a boss, or completing a game is usually exhilarating, and being able to experience this with your friends made victory that much sweeter.
Whether we realize it or not, these games were teaching us a valuable skill. As I’ve said before, the ability to work with others in pursuit of a common goal defines the influence of a community, and gamers practice teamwork quite often.
It’s no wonder then that we see the gaming community making its mark in the fields of philanthropy, policy making, and economics. For the sake of brevity, I’ll stick to one recent example of gamers influencing Australian policy.
The Australian government received a lot of criticism a few months back when its plans to censor the Internet were announced. Citizens protested in various ways, but nothing really came of it. Now the Australian government is attempting to prevent games with adult ratings from being sold.
What ever is a gamer to do? Well, if forming your own political party and preparing to run in elections against established politicians seems ludicrous, then you are not an Australian gamer.
The gaming community formed the Games 4 Croydon party, and they are preparing for elections that will be held March 20. How is that for teamwork? Of course, we still don’t know if they will be successful, but if we look at gamer statistics, such as the average age of the Australian gamer (30), we can get an idea of how strong their voting power is.
I’ll certainly be blogging about the results as soon as they I know them. Keep an eye out for that post ;D
I think if gamers saw everything as a game (not in the imature sense) but like you said, "...in pursuit of a common goal" then we'd have a bunch of successful people in this world. Some might suck more than others, some might even go "prestige", but we'll all just keep using those extra lives untill we get to the final level.
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