Father and Son Learn From Games

Via GamePolitics, a Washington Post article that for once paints gaming as an activity that can bring people together. Apparently you can even learn thing from games. From the article: "I'm sure that not all games are good for you, just as not all movies or newspaper articles improve your intellect or morals. Williams, the professor at the University of Illinois, has studied the impact of computer games on social patterns, and he finds results both good and troubling. But games that teach 11-year-olds about inflation or history can't be all evil, and they may be an improvement on Clue or Monopoly for all I know. Besides, kids clearly enjoy them. That surely ought to count for something."

Comments

Not just computer games...

[BigZaphod]

There's thousands of board games out there that most people (at least in the US) have never heard of that are far and beyond the standard Monopoly knockoffs. I recommend Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne as good entry points into this world, but there's many to choose from and a large, helpful community to interact with.