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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a millennial mom who played a lot of video games growing up and I am in the no video [b]games camp. The games are simply not the same. Back then, with limited graphics, the focus was on gameplay and strategy. Now the focus is on graphics and realism[/b]. It makes for more realistic and addictive gaming experience, with less learning/takeaway skills. [/quote]

I take it you've never played Minecraft or seen Minecraft which is kind of quite an accomplishment[/quote]

I have seen it but I admit I don't get the appeal.  Given its popularity, I don't doubt its appeal and I'm sure it's a great game once I get into it.  But I have no desire to spend hours of my day in a game and have no desire to encourage the same in my kids regardless of how many great attributes the game may have.  I guess my issue isn't with Minecraft per se, but that once kids go down the rabbit hole that is online gaming, it will be very hard to control (as they get older) which games they play and are exposed to (and that is where the differences in games of today vs yesteryears really matter).  It's really a whole mind-set of teaching them to have fun in real life (with all its highs and lows and boredom) vs online life of constant stimulation.  [/quote]

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