Could you survive without any video games? If you can then good for you because I know that I couldn't. Right before I started writing this blog I added up how many hours I have into all my steam games and it summed up to about 700 hours and that is only half of my games. I am mindlessly connected to the virtual realities created by video games just like millions of other people. A lot of people think that video games are dumb but if you really look at them they are a little amazing. I think this because somehow people turn rows and rows of coding into virtual realities that just keep getting more advanced and realistic. In a way video games have influenced my life more than most real people and for that reason I believe that they are essential to not just me but to the world as well.