How do video games encourage teamwork

There are many ways video games encourage team work. In several first person shooters (Call of Duty, Battle Field, StarCraft Franchises) there are team based objectives that multiple people must accomplish where as it would be impossible for a single person to complete that task by himself. There are also several puzzle games that allow multiplayer cooperative play that requires careful planning, timing, and team work. Games, such as Portal 2, where one player controls one robot with a gun that shoots portals and another player controls another robot with that same gun. The two players must then work together to solve difficult mazes and treacherous obstacles in order to beat the game.

But the counter argument is that video games keep people in doors without physical interaction, which counter acts the team work. Not true. Video games actually bring people together in real life. Its like hearing someone talk about a Guns N' Roses Album to a friend. If you really like Guns N' Roses, then your going to probably join in on the ocnversation. Same thing with videogames. If two people are going at it about Halo 3, and you hear something that sounds incredibly off and you are also a fan of that game, then your going to join in the conversation, and that's when you have just made a connection with those two new people that were complete strangers to you.

So in the Too Long; Didn't read answer, Yes. Videogames can encourage teamwork through the understanding of a game and the group of people working together to achieve a similar goal.