Video games, as a genre, have been grossly mis-characterized. They don’t on the whole represent a ‘dumbing down’ form of media, on the contrary. Read a bit about some of the more involving and immersive games and you’ll see that the complexity of games causes the player to use a fair amount of cognitive acrobatics, critical thinking, and problem solving skills while playing ’em. Also, it’s not fair to compare books to games – they are completely different forms of media and should be evaluated as such. Both have detracting and redeeming qualities.
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