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Orson Scott Card on Games

Posted by Zonk on from the crazy-man-says-lucid-thing dept.

RexDart writes "Author Orson Scott Card has published an essay on modern gaming at the Ornery American site. Titled Brain Training, the piece touches on many points in the ongoing debate on videogames. While Card concedes that 'there are brutally violent games' and that games are addictive, he argues that videogames and games in general are excellent brain-stretching exercises, and expands from that into intentional mental workouts as a lifestyle and calling."

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  1. If video games train your brain... by BlackCobra43 · · Score: 2, Funny

    My brain must be a level 60 Tauren Shaman by now.

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  2. it's just an exercise by Glog · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Molten Core is simply an exercise before the real battle...

  3. Re:perhaps someone should make a game for Card by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    He's totally tolerant of homosexuals, as long as they keep it in the closet and bang members of the opposite sex.

    It's all about teh reproduction, baby!