This week the new, much anticipated, Call of Duty videogame came out and millions of people bought it. In the first week of the game being out there has been thousands of years of combined playtime. This got me thinking what would the world be like if instead of spending all this time on a videogame these millions of people, including myself, used that time on something productive like community service. If that playtime of thousands of years was put to use at foodbanks and homeless shelters how much better would our world be. That would be millions of people contributing to the greater good rather than sitting in front of a tv all day. The world would be a completely different, completely better place.

Not only is time being spent on the game, money is too. The millions of people that bought this game paid over fifty dollars for their disk. Think about the money that could go to feeding the hungry if all of that money was put to good use. All of this time and money is being wasted on a videogame. Nothing can be done about it, not many people playing right now would rather be volunteering for their community, but it is simply something to think about. How different would the world be if that wasted time could be converted into good?