prosocial game claims bolster violent video game claims
Games researchers say that games are powerful teaching tools that can teach positive messages… but if games are powerful teaching tools, doesn’t that mean that violent video games can teach violence?
Video Games for Prosocial Learning-Koo argues that the “solution” to this conundrum is that games teach via rules and outcomes, not literal copycat behavior.
Video Games for Prosocial Learning-Koo criticizes papers that show a link between violence and video games, but those same criticisms could be levied against the entire field of transformational games!
