Video Games are Good

I am tired of conversations in the media that begin with the idea that video games are bad…for everyone…always.

Video games can be sexist, or stupid, or boring. But they can also be interesting, and intriguing, and fun. The idea that video games are bad because they are a newer form of media that many adults did not grow up playing is just ridiculous.

The biggest problem I have with the idea that video games are bad, is that talk like that ends up keeping girls away from the games. Concerned parents read some study linking video games to some negative attribute and the next thing you know the parents are limiting their son’s video game time and eliminating their daughters. Since the video game industry has done such a good job of creating an image of themselves as a bastion of manliness, parents are more likely to give their sons a slide. The daughters never have a chance.