origamian

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Suck at sports? Blame video games!

Jul 21st 2006 9:31PM (Joystiq)

This is my favourite part:

"And there are a whole lot more Kims and Yims and Chungs and Kungs than there are Smiths and Jones playing well on [the LPGA]."

So, he's basically saying that Americans are named Smith & Jones, while anybody named Kim or Chung CAN'T be an American?!?

There are so many things wrong with that, I don't know where to begin.

It's alive! Nintendo DS lite in the flesh

Feb 8th 2006 6:59PM (Joystiq)

Oooh, the stylus fits on the right side -- could that mean the stylus will actually be longer, normal-sized, and USABLE?

Readers pick best webcomic (Jan 8 - 14)

Jan 17th 2006 8:35PM (Joystiq)

Concerned (http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-01-16) had me busting a gut, laughing. It's one of the gaming web comics that I read on a regular basis.

Does Lost owe its soul to video games?

Jan 12th 2006 7:08PM (Joystiq)

Steven Johnson makes some similar points in his wonderful book "Everything Bad Is Good For You". I recommend it to all true video game fans -- it gives you tons of intelligent-sounding arguments to use against those people who say, "Video games rot your brain!"

The overall point seems to be that maybe, just maybe, TV, movies, and video games can be beneficial to cognitive development. And they're lots of fun, to boot.