Why video games are good for you. What is the influence of video
games on the human mind? Why, they’re the greatest boon to
intellectual development since the invention of movable type.
Not everybody thinks this. The common view from President Obama
on down is that video games rot your mind, sap your strength,
and probably give you acne and bad breath. I don’t claim video
games have been 100 percent beneficial. The Columbine massacre
shooters were reportedly addicted to video games. News accounts
tell of a kid killing his mother with a hammer when she took
away his Sony PlayStation, and of another killing his mom and
shooting his dad when they made him stop playing the violent
game Halo 3. A woman murdered her baby because its crying
disturbed her concentration on FarmVille, which is up there for
most idiotic game on earth. A South Korean couple reportedly let
their baby starve to death while they raised a virtual baby
online, and an American mother did the same while obsessing over
World of Warcraft. A Korea