It has been said that video games are turning kids away from books, increasingly so. Why would they read a book, when they can just see the world and interact in it themselves? Well several authors are now attempting to do it the other way around; Get kids playing video games, and make them read a book. To do this they have designed some web based game (there is a Brisingr web game), and some video games, that make kids progress further by reading the book the game is based on. As a concept, trying to get kids to read books, by using video games is a pretty interesting idea. However, the average video game (with subtitles) contains more words then a 300 page novel! Either way, video games are permoting literacy.
More about getttings kids back to books [here].
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