Thank god there's at least one smart gamer who knows how to write out there.

Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Today's Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter has an open letter to Senator Hillary Clinton in the LA Times today.

If this intro doesn't get you to read the whole thing, nothing will:

Dear Sen. Clinton

I'm writing to commend you for calling for a $90-million study on the effects of video games on children, and in particular the courageous stand you have taken in recent weeks against the notorious "Grand Theft Auto" series.

I'd like to draw your attention to another game whose nonstop violence and hostility has captured the attention of millions of kids a game that instills aggressive thoughts in the minds of its players, some of whom have gone on to commit real-world acts of violence and sexual assault after playing.

I'm talking, of course, about high school football.

Excellent eeeeeexcellent.

Hillary Vs. The Xbox: Game Over [LA Times]

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