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If one takes arbitrary point systems, as Abbey Grone does in her opinion piece about video games, it seems short-sighted to not
include the education system in that definition, as it is based entirely on an arbitrary point system. But this myopia was pervasive throughout the article, which seemed to imply that all gamers are idiotic slackers with supressed violent tendencies. This could not be farther from the truth. The vast majority of gamers that I know are more intelligent, thoughtful and analytical than most teenagers.

Good games like “Half- Life 2” and “Portal” encourage problem solving and critical thinking skills. And unlike television, video games require you  to be actively engaged in the story. In a recent “Game Informer” article about “Portal 2”, Erik Johnson, the senior project manager at “Valve” said, “It’s less about putting a portal on a wall and walking through it and more about making people think differently while playing the game. And making people feel smart while they are playing the game. And really suprising people with this kind of video game.”


In actual fact, the only people who think video games encourage stupidity are those who don’t play them. If the writer had picked up a controller instead of passing judgement, she might understand gamer culture- and be smarter for it.

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