Response to Video Games Article

I agree with most of what was said in the video games article because I think playing video games does give someone a new "identity" like Gee suggested. It allows people to become whatever they can think of and definitely allows people to learn from the game and use it in everyday life. Although I agree with most of what Gee says in this article, I think he is thinking a little to deep. What I mean is that most people play video games to relieve stress or to get away from school or work. This is why people enjoy them and if we integrate video games into schooling I think people will start associating games with school and not have as much fun playing them. I think video games can teach people a lot of things that traditional schooling cannot, but to utilize video games in the right way we need to keep them away from the schools and out of schooling curriculums.