Excellent article, Neiako. Those are definitely the perceptions a lot of non-gamers have about video games, and they're definitely mistaken.

I only wish they'd said something in there (rather than just in the byline) that the author is an MIT professor who actually knows what he's talking about.

Well, as I see it there are PLENTY of games out their to satisfy even the most "sophisticatedly" (or wannabe sophisticate) person. These include Brain Age, Chess, etc. They still allow a person to exercise that all important hand-eye-coordination issue and still keep on the up and up.

Great article!

The media and people with agendas can always find convincing statistics when they fail to mention correlation does not imply causality.

I really feel that a lot of the growing problems that today's youth is facing is due to a lowered amount of involvement on the part of parents. Many more families have two working parents, who, even at home, are increasingly busy.

Excellent link. Personally, murdering people and stealing cars in GTA has allowed me to get a lot of frustration out in my life.

Really sorry to say this, but it's a repost.