OpinionJournal - Taste

OpinionJournal - Taste: "Technology writer Steven Johnson likens the intellectual process at work in video gaming to 'the basic procedure of the scientific method.' True, I might have better used my time reading Phillip Roth's new novel, but as mind-aerobics this exercise surely beat watching the tube. As for my kids navigating the game, wouldn't it be comparable with their playing chess for hours?"