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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realized that the boys/men who played video games all day were pathetic - ultimately it helped me weed out the kind of man I wanted to marry.[/quote]

A little condescending aren't we?

I grew up in the Atari, Intellivision, and Nintendo and early PC gaming era.  Playing games encouraged my interest in computers which has carried over to my professional life.  I remember buying a Sound Blaster sound card for my parent's computer so I could have decent sound for my games.  I saved my money, bought it, and installed it all on my own.  When I was old enough I joined the USAF and spent 9 years in the service doing computer work.  Now I do computer work for a govt contractor and make a very nice living to provide for my family.  There is not a doubt in my mind that the interest in computers came from that first Atari 2600 that my grandparents bought for me and the Commodore VIC 20 that I'd spend a whole afternoon typing in code just to see a `O' fly around the screen.  Interest in games if handled properly can be guided to become an interest in how computers work.  My 9 year old LOVES Minecraft so much that we've decorated his room with that theme.  However, I've guided his interest into creating his own games using SCRATCH, a programming language created by MIT to teach kids to understand programming logic.  Kids that don't have that exposure to how computers work are going to be at a disadvantage to kids who do.  It is up to parents to guide an interest in video games into something constructive rather than outright denying it.

[url]http://scratch.mit.edu/[/url]
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