Gabriel was introduced to the Lego Star Wars video game at my friend Josh's house. I have resisted purchasing a video game system so far, but I have upgraded our PC with a nice graphics card and monitor. I went online and quickly found a free demo of the game for PC with enough characters and levels to keep a 6yr old busy for awhile.
It has been fun to watch him learn to play the game. I'm no fan of obsessive gaming, but I do think that some casual playing develops certain skills in a person. Human-machine interaction is a constant fact of life today and it helps to develop a knack for it.
I find it interesting that we can work with Gabriel for hours to teach him something he is not interested in with little success. However, dangle a video game on the carrot stick and he will suddenly be able to type long addresses into Internet Explorer, navigate the Windows menu, etc. Ask him to clean up before he can play and the den will be free of toys in seconds rather than the typical hour and a half.
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