experts say that playing video games helps improve memory maths skills and patience.However you must play sensibly or you can have health problems. Sam Oliver for example a 14-year-old British boy could play video games for hours but then he got Nintendo thumb. This happens when you make your thumb do the same action again and again like pressing a button on a game console.So when you sit in front of your computer screen ready to play your favourite game make you play it safe.