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Saturday, May 24, 2008
BBC Newsnight Sort Of Covers Positive Aspects of Gaming
The aforementioned BBC Newsnight did indeed happen, but it didn't focus on gaming as much as the ad suggested it would. The program explained the Flynn effect, describing the 14-point rise of childrens' IQ since 1950 (which doesn't totally mean gaming years) but they still had on Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad is Good for You, and he named games like Civilization IV that help make "complex problem-solving fun" for this new generation. However, the program barely touched on gaming itself, only showing some footage of Battefield 2, which isn't necessarily the best example for what they're talking about. Oh well, it was still theoretically positive coverage for gamung.
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