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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Report on Children and Games

A recent report Byron Reviw - Children and New Technology discusses the risks of children's computer game play. The report seems to assume that adults (who are the concerned parent in the report) do not play games or know games. However, a study by BBC from 2005 showed that more than half of adults between 25 and 50 in the UK play video games. In my opinion, a common hobby in which children are the masters is one of the greatest things digital games have to offer to our society. Unfortunately this is not discussed in Byron's report.

The report includes many troubling issues, but it may be worth reading.

There is also a BBC Radio 4 documentary "Am I normal" by Ms. Byron that discusses addiction and games (available for 4 more days only). According to World of Warcraft fan forums, the idea of comparing games to heroin is not very popular among gamers. What can I add: Do not play Wii, it is a gateway to more dangerous games and soon you find yourself playing WoW!

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