Article: WHAT ARE VIDEO GAMES TURNING US INTO?

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.

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