In Steven Johnson's essay on "Games", he is comparing the differences of reading an playing video games. Johnson discusses his view points on both while he believes "we should encourage our kids to read more". Johnson is a writer and believes people who read more are likely to go explore more of the arts, museums and just get out. He compares reading to other media such as games, television, movies and the internet. Johnson feels that these new forms of technology and culture do have other advantages besides "just hand and eye coordination" as Dr. Spock suggested. These games also have educational rewards and he agrees that games do stimulate the brain. However, games still don't allow you to experience all that books do.The games that are being played today are not necessarily games from the past. Technology today is just like reading once was. The games now have ratings on them and parents can monitor what their kids are playing. There are a lot of educational games that are for learning.
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