You know I never resist a chance to hype a story about the positive effects of gaming on youth. It is mostly because: (1) Non-gaming organizations are consistently warning us that games make our youth just a button-push away from becoming mass murderers; (2) My colleagues in the mainstream press rarely mention the positive angles of the gaming experience.
So, when I read a story on Wired magazine’s Web site about University of Wisconsin professor Constance Steinkuehler’s startling observations about her fellow gamers, it was a no-brainer to put it right at the top of this column.