CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
Games Transform Their Players
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How Do Games Change Us?
There is much debate about the long-term effect of games on the mind. Some believe that they have no lasting effect and that they just serve as a momentary distraction. Others believe that gameplay can be dangerous, inciting players to violence or ruining their lives through addiction. Still others believe that games are so good for us that they will become the cornerstone of twenty-first-century education.
How games change us is not a trivial question, for the answer to it is transforming society as we speak—either for the better or for the worse.
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