GTA gets ‘Wired’ and more positive gaming news.
Chris Baker of Wired Magazine teams up with Chris Kohler to give their opinions on Grand Theft Auto 4. The video can be seen below:
Their key observations of the game consist of them saying how the problems in this new iteration are virtually non-existent. Other than that, their comments are fairly positive.
Moving on to positive gaming news, Game Informer has an excellent article about how video games are becoming a part of our daily lives in terms of education and exercise. They describe their time at the Games for Health conference at the Baltimore Convention Center which can be read here.
Events like these show that games are slowly but surely becoming a part of our daily lives. Of course, the public’s opinion on games still needs work in order for them to be regarded as ‘acceptable’ entertainment.
Maybe NASA can give the public a hand; they believe that games are not responsible for causing violence, and that they can actually be key to learning. The Truro Daily News has the report here.
I agree with this article not only for the obvious reasons of being a gamer. Prior to being exposed to the systems that I am now familiar with, some of the first video games I played were Alge-Blaster 3, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego and SimCity. To improve my typing skills, I even played Mario Teaches Typing. The game is not that bad…if you give it a chance. Long story short, I can see what NASA is attempting to do.
Will their efforts work? I for one hope so…of course, as I stated earlier, as long as Jack Thompsons and Hillary Clintons exist, public opinion has a long way to go.