As a parent, I admit I have an ambivalent relationship with videogames. So when Gabe Zichermann’s 2011 TEDTalk “How games make kids smarter” hit my radar, I was intrigued. His fast-talking, humourous approach was drawing me in when he said two things that made my heart sink. First, “maybe our world is just too freaking slow for our kids”. And second, reading on a sunny afternoon? He doesn’t “think our kids will ever be doing that”. Now he had my full (cynical) attention. Continue reading “Gaming our way to a better world?”