The video game to save the world

So the idea of McGonigal's that there will be fun, world-saving video games is about as real as the Hogwarts professor whom she shares a similar last name with. Video games are an escape from real-world problems, not an outlet to engage in them. Of course it would be great if there was a FUN game that doubled as a world-saver, but I think it would also be great if every time I ate a cheeseburger, I would BURN 900 calories. I'm not counting on it.

I don't understand her point about playing a video game to figure out how to solve a water crises, or whatever it may be. Someone would have MADE the game, which means someone would KNOW how to solve the crises. I don't understand her thinking. That's like saying "Oh man, if you watch this movie, you could learn how to be the first person cure cancer and be a billionaire!"....oh yeah? Well then what about the people who MADE the movie? They obviously know how to cure cancer then. It just doesn't make sense to me.

However, I think the people who say that "wasting" all your time playing video games ruins your life and you do nothing but watch video games, therefore no one should play them, are just ignoring other vices. What about people who watch TV all day? Listen to their mp3 players all day? Shop all day? None of those things are saving the world either.

Another concern I have is when people say that playing tons of video games causes you to be an introvert and seclusive. How do we know? How do we know that these people weren't ALREADY this way, and video games give them the outlet? If it's not video games, maybe they would have their headphones in all day listening to music in their room. Maybe they would be in a corner reading a book all day. Either way, they are excluding themselves from a social life. I just think it's difficult to say that because of X, they are Y. Maybe it's because they are Y, they enjoy X. People seem to think of video games are very low class and either blame it for violence, or blame it for laziness, or blame it for introversion. I'm just not sure we aren't choosing one enjoyment people have, and ignoring similar ones that other people have.