http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/04/17/grand-theft-childhood-authors-kids-who-dont-play-videogames-are-at-risk/ Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:30:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/04/17/grand-theft-childhood-authors-kids-who-dont-play-videogames-are-at-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 Chris W Mon, 05 May 2008 19:33:15 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/?p=1597#comment-1030 The kids who don't play video games are at risk? Try it like this: the kids who don't bond with friends are at risk. The troubling issue regarding the Virginia Tech incident isn't that he didn't play video games, but that he didn't play with every one else, and they WERE playing video games. The 2 extremes referenced regarding boys and video games both point to the same thing- exclusion/ seclusion. Too much and you're secluded, none at all (when that's the game of choice) and you are excluded. I suggest the subtitle to your aticle here is a risky abuse of context. The kids who don’t play video games are at risk? Try it like this: the kids who don’t bond with friends are at risk. The troubling issue regarding the Virginia Tech incident isn’t that he didn’t play video games, but that he didn’t play with every one else, and they WERE playing video games.
The 2 extremes referenced regarding boys and video games both point to the same thing- exclusion/ seclusion. Too much and you’re secluded, none at all (when that’s the game of choice) and you are excluded. I suggest the subtitle to your aticle here is a risky abuse of context.

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