The Unseen, Longterm Impact Motion Controls Are Having On Kids

I can’t decide if this blurb should be applauded, or enrage me…

“In the near future my sons are going to get tired of Mario and be ready for Call of Duty and SOCOM,” he said. “They are very smart and will know the difference between that little box with its poor graphics and the PS3/360. But they will have no idea how to play a video game sitting on the couch and mashing buttons. They are going to want a gun that recoils and moves with them. They are going to want to dodge and duck and strafe with their bodies, because that’s the way [they] are learning to play today.”

I think the graphical argument is one that only exists in the long-time, stubborn gamer’s mind. People today that are just getting into gaming, be they young kids or expanded audience, they don’t care about graphics. They care about fun, and enjoying video games for what they are. We could learn a lot from them.