Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Gaming's Really Just Good Parenting

Loved this article about a university study that showed that dads playing video games with their daughters have a significantly positive effect on the girls' emotional well-being and the cohesion of the family unit itself.

This will come as no surprise to Tammy and I, who've bonded over a myriad of First Person Shooters over the past decade plus, going all the way back to Star Wars: Jedi Knight Dark Forces II in 1999 (my first foray into gaming). As recently as last Christmas, she and I had a great time playing Call of Duty: Black Ops together for hours on end, and there's really no one I'd rather play with than her (with due apologies to Boneman and McChicken, close seconds).

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