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Article: Gaming enthusiasts: Video games getting undeserved bad rap
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- University Wire
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- January 17, 2007
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Aaron Post
University Wire
01-17-2007
(The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With all the buzz about new gaming technology, more college students are hooked on video games than ever before, paying $500 for the latest PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 gaming console. One has to wonder what effects linger from this new gaming surge. Will grades suffer? Are students becoming socially deformed?
If you're not much of a video game buff, you may already be convinced that aside from strengthening your thumb muscles or increasing your potential to develop into a trench-coat-wearing, pale-skinned psycho who hunts people for fun, video games do not really have much to offer.
"Video games really get a bad ...