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Columnists Battle Over Impact of Games on Ambitionless Boys

By pete_gallagher

As one Guardian author wondered what happened to the ambition of boys, citing videogames as at least a contributing factor, another Guardian columnist fired back, defending games as part of the solution.

Will Hutton's Sunday column examined the possible reasons why society is churning out 'so many disaffected, troubled and disengaged young men.' Hutton argued that 'the great male demotivator is the risk of loss of face.' He continued:

One of the reasons that boys do not try harder is that the penalties for disengagement are so low – indeed, there are even rewards, at least in the sense that if you don't try, you can't fail. Much better to smoke dope, hang out and obsessively play computer games all day. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on July 06, 2010 (boomark / email).

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