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Originally Posted by crossi
Well in some ways. I'm both a reader and a gamer and gaming can seriously cut into my reading time (I'm not talking about the Angry Birds type of game but those like Civilization and Oblivion where a single game can take months to finish even playing hours a day).
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Same here. I go on binges... for the past week I've been spending every spare moment I have buried in an RPG. As soon as I beat that game, I'll probably spend all my time buried in books for a week or so.
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Originally Posted by crossi
I also agree that encouraging early reading is in the interest of publishers. Reading is a skill that the more you do it the easier it becomes and the easier it becomes the more enjoyable you will find it so you'll do it even more. It is also in their interest if children develop a habit of daily reading. A child that reads will become an adult who reads and buys books.
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And perhaps more importantly from a parent's point of view, a child that reads and becomes very good at reading is a child that is a lot more likely to do well in school. Even more when school is college.
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Originally Posted by VaporPunk
I used to be a very avid gamer. The best CRPGs were books* back in the day, great storytelling, interesting characters, situations that challenged you to think. Think Planescape Torment, Baldurs Gate series, Fallout 1 and 2, etc...
Now its just blow stuff up and pump up yer stats. Which is fun once in a while but nowhere near as engrossing. Maybe I is just getting old.
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You need to play the Witcher games. Haven't seen a developer flaunt their M-rating that way since Fallout 2...