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Article: WHAT ARE VIDEO GAMES TURNING US INTO?
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 20, 2005
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CONSIDER CONNOR SCHMIDT: 11 years old, caramel-colored eyes, high
cheekbones, dueling cowlicks. Able to rattle off Star Wars minutiae
so detailed it could put George Lucas to sleep. Reads the sports
pages cover to cover every morning. Out loud. Plays baseball,
practices the piano, studies tae kwon do, swallows up bestsellers
like Harry Potter (book 5) and Lemony Snicket (11). Wants to work for
Lego when he grows up. Plays video games. Hours and hours of video
games. Connor had to lobby his parents hard for many months to get a
gaming console, and last summer, to celebrate a good report card, he
finally took home the goods: a Nintendo GameCube in a sleek silver-
matte finish.
The thing ...
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