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I think he does get the point that its all about time sinks to keep you playing, hence time > skill in these games.
"but in my opinion learning those types of skills is vastly different than learning an outlook on life"
Perhaps certaintly, but you arn't young enough to have grown up on MMOGs are you? (not that I am either) Probably not since you have to be 18+ to post here. I think it is hard to say the kind of impact it may have. For most if not all of us here we have (obviously being older) a broader perspective when it comes to gaming and life, but kids don't. They learn and reason differently than we adults do. I don't think it is out of the realm of possibility that they may be learning very negective (to society and for themselves) outlooks and values on life. Or in the very least they are being reinforced if the child was not lucky enough to grow up learning good things.
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