MediaReview

TCS: Tech Central Station - Game Off?: "The real case against video games, however, is more than simply a difference of opinion about a new media form pitting old against young. Since the time of Socrates, new forms of expression and art have been met with skepticism, but the skeptics have never divided neatly along age lines. With video games, the critics' case centers around three specific worries: that the games are in some sense addictive; that they retard the development of skills, particularly social skills, in the young and lead to their atrophy in the not so young; and that they encourage violence."