Screaming Penguin

http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/19990505.me.11.ram">This RealAudio clip from Morning Edition on NPR has perhaps the most realistic portrayal of gaming's effect on children.In this weeks time there is this great chart of what games are good for kids and what games are bad on a little thermometer. Aside from not getting why "The Ledgend of Zelda" is more educational that flight sims, and driving sims are worse than Tekken, I got a good laugh seeing Quake2 as the "Worst" game for your kids to play. I LOVE Quake. I play alot of Quake, and they don't get it. Yes there is gore, but the carnage is almost a satire. You play the game to execute strategy. You play the game to display your reflexes. When someone's head goes flying across the screen it isn't carnage as such, it is a taunt to the person you just defeated in a game. Rather like saying the Braves killed the Rockies last night. ::SIGH::