Comments on: Using Video Games to Bait Newspaper Readers

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:10:24 +0000

It certainly doesn’t compare to “Online, R U Really Reading?” which I thought had some good pros on the Internet age and what it’s doing to/for children and teens.

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By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:09:12 +0000

I enjoyed the thoughts you left over at the NYT site — great comment!

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By: jenny

jenny — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:10:24 +0000

That’s also part of my concern about extremes in this discussion. Comparing Dostoevsky to DDR is like comparing Danielle Steel to BioShock — neither is fair.

By: Jon Gorman

Jon Gorman — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:11:52 +0000

I would guess that video games equaled the complexity of Dickens and Dostoevsky quite a while ago whether that complexity is measures in plot twists, characters, symbolism, or just plain ideas. True, not every video game reaches that complexity, but neither does every book.