So games are good at teaching and reinforcing patterns. Brain exercising.
Games teach people stuff at a subconscious level for the most part.
People don't play to learn, they play to have fun. Games are not fun if they aren't challenging or present unfamiliar patterns.
So if I want people to play and enjoy my games, the games have to be able to exercise their brain.
About violent games. I think there's good uses for them too. It provides aggressive people with an outlet where they can attack virtual objects without hurting any real people. I think this can prevent violent crimes.
But for peaceloving people, it can also be a concentration exercise. I'm sure everyone has use for that. (Steve plays Halo right?)
I started playing Quake Live now that it's available. (for Linux even) This is awesome because it allows me to challenge real people from all over the world and balances it to my skill level. I stopped playing Quake because the bots are too predictable and boring, and I couldn't play online because then I'd just have to fight people that are waay too good compared to me.
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