In December, I decided to buy a Wii. I finally got one in July. They're hard to come by and I wasn't actively looking, but when the opportunity to purchase one came up, I snatched it. By that weekend, my husband had bought the Brunswick Wii Bowling game. Each of my sons had bought a game and one of my son's friends loaned us a game. Now, I felt like I needed my very own game! I think the last vide game (that's a give away there) I played was Pitfall Harry on the Atari system. I started looking around the 'net to see what's out there. I found some amazing information -- but not much help in selecting a game.
Did you know that video games are actually educational? Nothing like sucking the fun out of things, is there?
"The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) has proclaimed that kids need more, not less, vido games..." According to the FAS, video games "can teach higher-order thinking skills such as strategic thinking, interpretive analysis, problem solving, plan formulation, and execution and adaptation to rapid change."
Now that you know game playing can be good for you, I've done my information bit. For now, I'm off to see if I can find Pitfall Harry among the old games from Nintendo. I'll probably have to settle for Donkey Kong.
