In a Wired Magazine commentary by Clive Thompson called, How Video Games Blind Us With Science. He explained how players of a popular online video game were practicing the scientific method to discover the “unwritten rules” that appeared to govern the monsters and bosses that they battled in the game. They did it without the formal knowledge that they were using it, but by creating a hypothesis of what would hurt the boss or what it would take to defeat it and presenting that “guess” to the group a discussion would form. The group would add their collective knowledge and facts and experience to the forum discussions and a model for beating the monster would emerge. The model was tweaked until the consensus was mostly reach, then the discussion would peter out and end. The same methodologies are used in scientific deductions, but here it developed in an ad hock and natural way. The experience with video games gave the young people involved experience with that scientific method for determining the best ways to beat the bosses and monsters in the game. Although it seems that some people may spend too much time with video games, there are a number of benefits. Learning the scientific method may be one of them. Good hand and eye coordination, deductive reasoning, and thinking out of the box can accompany the virtual worlds that open up to those who venture to play computer and video games.

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What every your interests or tastes there are computer games meant for you. Most of the Games shown above have a free 1 hour demo, and a flash video. Click on the graphics to find out more.