Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World Most highlighted quote on Kindle ebook: “The truth is this: in today’s society, computer and video games are fulfilling genuine human needs that the real world is currently unable to satisfy. Games are providing rewards that reality is not. They are teaching and inspiring and engaging us in ways that reality is not. They are bringing us together in ways that reality is not.”

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

Most highlighted quote on Kindle ebook: “The truth is this: in today’s society, computer and video games are fulfilling genuine human needs that the real world is currently unable to satisfy. Games are providing rewards that reality is not. They are teaching and inspiring and engaging us in ways that reality is not. They are bringing us together in ways that reality is not.”

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“Only those who played fast-moving action video games such as “Call of Duty 2” and “Unreal Tournament” saw an improvement in their decision-making skills. Rather ironically, players of “The Sims 2”, a game where one has to decide how to organise an entire simulated world, did not benefit this way.”

A new study for the University of Rochester suggests that gaming is good for you - but it’s not always the smartest games that have the greatest impact. (via theeconomist)

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