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If you go to http://www.glsconference.org/ you can read more about it; apparently a few universities and plenty of individuals are holding a sort of conference on the role of video games in society, as far as learning, interaction, and stress relief go.
It's been in the news and in several magazines a lot lately, since other colleges have conducted studies, and a few people have submitted some pretty good theses in the field...basically, playing video games, for adults in particular, is the only way some people learn new ways of thinking and really try anything difficult. Games with puzzles, different possible strategic methods of success, and so forth cause people to work outside of the routine they've gotten used to, especially after leaving college or high school, and instead of using basic thought processes developed already through repetition, they form new ones, stretching their minds in ways only serious mental effort could bring about. And the only reason this is possible is that games are also fun...without even realizing it, today's youth, as well as a large, growing amount of adults 30+, is enjoying education. What's more, unlike formal education, it's not just a bunch of mostly useless facts being crammed down their throats...it's pure thought; effort, concentration, patience, and abstract thinking. Anyway, that's my chunk of words about it; what do you think?
It's been in the news and in several magazines a lot lately, since other colleges have conducted studies, and a few people have submitted some pretty good theses in the field...basically, playing video games, for adults in particular, is the only way some people learn new ways of thinking and really try anything difficult. Games with puzzles, different possible strategic methods of success, and so forth cause people to work outside of the routine they've gotten used to, especially after leaving college or high school, and instead of using basic thought processes developed already through repetition, they form new ones, stretching their minds in ways only serious mental effort could bring about. And the only reason this is possible is that games are also fun...without even realizing it, today's youth, as well as a large, growing amount of adults 30+, is enjoying education. What's more, unlike formal education, it's not just a bunch of mostly useless facts being crammed down their throats...it's pure thought; effort, concentration, patience, and abstract thinking. Anyway, that's my chunk of words about it; what do you think?