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I see a lot of kids (and now adults) spending so much time playing video games that other things in their lives gravely suffer.
I know one kid that dropped out of college last year because he spent so much time on his XBOX or PlayStation or whatever that his grades suffered and he was asked to leave. Gaming console was a "going to college" gift from grandparents!!! Huh?
So when a neighbor asked me about a $2000 gaming PC for his middle school kid, I told him I thought he was out-of-his-mind to buy something like that for a thirteen year old kid, that thirteen year old kids should not be in their rooms for hours at a time playing video games.
And he (neighbor) looked at me like I was from another planet.
I cannot tell you the # of parents that have told me their kids want to be "professional video game testers" or "tournament video game players." I just have to roll my eyes. Are these people really that naïve?
I'm often asked what they should suggest their kids do instead of play games, and I typically suggest that learning to code is a worthwhile endeavor. That it is a creative outlet, can lead to [very] gainful employment, yada yada yada. And then I will usually get the response like, "oh little Timmy isn't real good in math, I don't think he'd be able to do that."
100% of people that tell me they're using video games to launch some sort of a career are either still just playing video games 2-3 years later, or working at GameStop.
"The video game industry: Training our future Wal*Mart employees."
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