Game Design in Real Life: The Benefits of Playing Games

Caleb Compton
7 min readJul 30, 2019

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All too often, whether in the news or in movies and television, people decry the supposed negative effects of video games. Whether this means claiming that violent games are to blame for school shootings (which they absolutely are not), or that they get children addicted to gambling (maybe don’t put gambling in your game, just in case). However, rarely if ever are the positive benefits of…

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Caleb Compton

Software engineer by day, game designer, writer, and enthusiast by night! I love learning about games and sharing what I learn with all of you!