"Games" by: Steven Johnson

Johnson, S. (2011). Games. In S. Cohen (Ed.) , 50 Essays (pp. 196-201). Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's

The topic of the essay “Games” by Steven Johnson is video games and how they have been unfairly criticized. He aims for us to learn from books not from video games. He say that video games do help with hand and eye coordination but it doesn't help with us learn how to think about the logical point of view. He cites information from parenting expert Dr. Spock and Andrew Solomon to support what he is talking about. He talks about the good and the bad part of the media in our lives and how they effect us in the way that we learn how to do things. We are declining in reading but increasing in media.