Scammers 1Studies show that video games can actually benefit you. Often when you hear people talk about video games, they're usually talking about how they ruin people's minds. While there is little evidence to support these claims, there is also evidence to defend them. Video games can have many social, educational and/or cognitive benefits. Not all video games are considered violent, such as Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat or Battlefield. Instead, there are games that are considered prosocial games and are rated E for everyone. So, to name a few, include Mario, Family Games, Lemmings and Dance Dance Revolution. These are games in which they are known to help or, in fact, even benefit social skills. While violent games, as well as other violent media in general, have been associated with the promotion of violence; so it stands to reason that prosocial games can actually have the same effect and promote prosocial behavior. Many experiments have been carried out to test this theory on the effects of prosocial video games. What the group found was that after playing a prosocial game, participants engaged in more helpful behavior, such as offering to help clean up a spill caused by the experimental group. They were also more likely to agree to future visits that required more study and research without additional compensation for their time (Routledge). Another experiment conducted by a separate study group was cleverly set up to make it appear as if an encounter was taking place between two people. one of them being a member of the experimental study group. An angry woman bursts into the room where research is taking place with several participants. The woman ignores everyone in the room, but begins to harassC...... middle of paper ......es-greenBavelier.pdf>.Crooks 6Griffiths, Mark. “The educational benefits of video games.” Humanities.ucla.edu.Sheu.org. Internet. March 5, 2014..Guarini, Drew. “9 Ways Video Games Can Actually Be Good for You.” Huffingtonpost.© 2014 TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc., July 11, 2013. Web. March 5, 2014..Routledge, Clay. “The social benefits of video games.” Psychologytoday.com. SussexPublishers, LLC, June 7, 2010. Web. March 5, 2014..Squire, Kurt. “Video games in education”. Doczine.com. No. Internet. March 5 2014..