Comments on: American Psychological Association Names Videogames “Powerful Learning Tools”

By: Duddee

Duddee — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:25:52 +0000

lol @ moo.
What the studies fail to notice is that most video games are just interactive forms of other learning methods. An average WoW player probably reads a novel a week via chat. Although, none of it is proper english, but it is still reading and hopefully building a kids vocabulary at the same time. Wow (and other games) can teach a wide form of deductive reasoning skills and active thinking. Amazing that just now the media isn’t looking at GTA4 and shitting themselves over what our youth is playing and seeing the potential behind letting your kids spend their free time playing games instead of whining about how they should be playing football or baseball, cause that really teaches them things.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:24:06 +0000

LBRS!

By: mooshimooshi

mooshimooshi — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:19:32 +0000

Metal Gear Solid (1st gen PS) taught me how to sneak around my High School and evade the school guards. So yeah, they are learning tools. Even GTA. A life of crime = you’ll inevitably get shot in the buttocks. Not that I know from experience, that is, because I happen to have a very justifiable fear of getting shot in the buttocks.