A [URL=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=grand-theft-auto-is-good]piece on the Scientific American website[/URL] ([URL=http://www.kotaku.com.au/2010/06/grand-theft-auto-is-good-for-kids-no-its-not/]thanks Kotaku[/URL]), attempts to pick apart research from Cheryl Olson that looked into the motivating factors among kids for playing videogames.

Olson’s paper, entitled “Children’s Motivations for Video Game Play in the Context of Normal Development” ([URL=http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/gpr-14-2-180.pdf]PDF[/URL]) argued that “The debate has moved from whether children should play video games to how to maximize potential benefits and to identify and minimize potential harms.” Querying 1,254 kids on the reason they play games, Olson found that the top responses were “It’s just fun,” It’s exciting,” and “something to when bored.”
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