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The above video comes from a report from Gamepolitics about how video games are being integrated into libraries in an attempt to draw more of an audience. The newscasters in the video ask the question of whether or not games make children smarter.

I think that games can aid in helping children understand difficult concepts, but on their own they are unable to make children smarter. However, I fully support them being used as teaching tools for the betterment of society. This report can be found here.

In keeping with my philosophy with using games as learning tools, that also includes warning parents about games that are not safe for their children, games like GTA 4, which continues to make a negative impact on the news.

Gamepolitics has reported that three teens in Milton, GA were arrested for acts of arson on cars. The teens cited the use of motolov cocktails in Grand Theft Auto 4 as the source material for their attacks. Gamepolitics’s analysis can be found here, while the actual piece is here.

This act of blaming Grand Theft Auto for everything from death to the 7 plauges of Moses has become ridiculous. Personally, I think that it has come to the point that individuals will refuse to admit responsiblity for their crimes, way to go ‘moralists.’

Ending on a positive note, maybe I can get together with the ECA and have them send Barack Obama some newer video games. If it is true that the last game he played was Pong, then he has a ways to go to catch up with gaming culture.