An infographic for parents who know nothing about games has recently been causing waves with its assertions that games “turn children into impulsive murderers” and “make them into illiterates.”
Certainly an unusual way of promoting travel insurance.
You need to be able to read to play most games in the first place…
Also, I somehow get the feeling that they are just assuming all gamers speak in “1337” speak or game slang. With MMOs I can understand that most young players will start to shape their vocabulary on slang that their peers use, or won’t bother correcting typos for convenience, but that doesn’t mean kids are going to be using slang on school essays and things… at least not the smart ones.
In fact I think most games encourage people to research things about the game or its settings, so for example, if you have a young person playing a game based on mythology or history, they’d become more interested in those subjects and might do research on it.
I often find myself browsing for information, only to find myself unable to stop reading various articles from subject to subject.
I think most of the smart young people in the world are or were probably gamers at some point in their life.
Funny how in America the government hates games but in south Korea they actively support game esport tournaments.
I must disagree with this stupid poster. i am 20 years old. i started playing games at the age of 2 when i was given a cheap 5 dollar hand held game. i started reading at the age of 3 when i owned my first nintendo system. i played a lot of rpg’s. when i was in elementary school, i was already reading at a college level. and i think it was all thanks to video games.
Lazy America, looking for a scapegoat.[/end]
I call soooo much B.S. with this crap.