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How many of us have ever heard our mother’s telling us that the TV will rot our brains?
Remember the first time you ever stayed up until the sunrise playing video games? Mom had a few choice words to say about that as well.

While it truly is not a good practice to stay up all night playing Halo 3 or staying up all night for any reason really. Video games have come a long way in providing not just entertainment but also educational games as well. You can find games for pre-school aged children all the way up to games to sharpen adult’s minds as well.

X-Box 360 offers many types of games that are educational for the young and old alike.
You can find everything from puzzle games like Bejeweled or even Tetris like games that require quick thinking and movement of shapes that sharpen decisions and reflexes to trivia games that test your knowledge of different subjects. You can play different versions of Scene It, the game that tests your movie and TV knowledge or you can play Are You Smarter that a 5th Grader. I guarantee you; you will walk away from that one feeling like you should maybe start school all over again.

There is even a game called Brain Challenge. This game offers a wide variety of activities that boost brain activity and develops stress management skills.
Even some of the strategy games that are available are useful. While at first glance they may seem like just another game to conquer, they are actually very good at helping to sharpen the mind to think ahead and plan strategically in situations to get to the end result. Like playing chess, you must always think 2 moves ahead and have a specific objective.

So, while not all games are considered educational. There are some that are out there to be more than just mere entertainment. So, rather than rotting your brain they may actually improve upon it.