Louis Priore post 1

http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13726738

Louis Priore-Post 1

As I was looking for a good article for out project in creative writing, I stumbled upon an article called Good Game. I clicked the link and decided to read a little bit. As I started reading it, I continue to read it unlike the other articles that I read. It stated that video games could make a person a better person, unlike many reports that video games cause violence and make a person worse. The article is very straight forward and they have tested the theory with numerous kids on different types of video games and some of the results showed that not all kids become violent and change for the worse, but become a lot more nice and change in a good way. That, however, is starting to change. Two studies showing that video games have a bright side as well as a dark one have been carried out recently.

Video games usually get a bad wrap because of all the violent video games that the chidlren play every day for a long time. They assume that all video games are bad, but they do not see the other side of it. Some video games are good such as mario sunshine, a vidoe game that helps clean up the city from pollution and stuff like that. In this article they show both sides of the story, and experiment with many different children playing violent and good video games. The results were as respected, the chidlren that played the good video games became a better person and tired to help, but the chidlren who played the violent video games became more violent and got more hatred inside of them.

The authors styel was very staright forward and to the point. There was no big words, and it had a good flow. He started off by saying the ovious that video games get a bad wrap, but then went on to say that they may be wrong. Many people would want to read on to see how, espically people who are into video games, or paretns who have teens that are into video games. The author also states how the study might not be one hundred percent right, and explains the flaws that are in the experiment. “These two, later, parts of Dr Gentile’s study might, of course, just be proving that nice people prefer pro-social games.”
In conclusion the author brings up a point that many people belvie in the opposite way. He dared to write about something that many people would not be able to because they would be to scared. The authors article was straight forward and to the point. Tbere was a good flow to it and everybody will be able to read it no matter how old or young the child is. He used many different experiments on children to see what kind of effectes they have on children. The violent video games have a negative effect on children, while the good ones have a positive effect on choldren. He also states the flaws in the video games. He gives to sides to the story and the experiment and keeps it fair and honest.