Edit: Several days later. Hey Kafke I'd been thinking about your reply to my post which was simply aimed at reassuring thenewgreen that he wasn't missing out. Badged, because I like when people disagree with me thoughtfully. Original Comment:
Nicely put. Of course you are right too. I have no argument with you.
A large % of my CS students came to programming via gaming. No question about that. I'm interested in how YOU went from video games to studying CS. Some students say, "Hey, if I can play this, I can make this." - something like that? Anything can be addictive -- even AA meetings can be an addiction, and yes, even hubski. The worlds created in some video games are pretty amazing. Will kids ever play in a forest again? Do they still have forests?