Hi Tom.
while your probably correct on less than perfect parenting, at the same time
I don't really see this as a shift in games.
After all it's been a common thing ever sinse the first tv, and there were
certainly plenty of parents in the 80's and 90's who saw their games
consoles as an excuse for child minding. Remember, Roald Dahl included the
character Mike Tv in Charley and the Chocolate factory to lampoon that sort
of behaviour, and that was a book published in the late 60's before anyone
had ever considdered computer games as entertainment.
I don't personally think parents expecting kids to go off and amuse
themselves with something electronic is particularly new, or that the narrow
minded experience is that much of a change. The only major difference is the
far greater availability of games and the way some companies not only churn
them out somewhat indiscriminately, but also that often they include
mechanics that are inherently meant to addict the player to repetitive
actions rather than providing an actual challenge that could be stimulating
to the brain.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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