Will Wright's Dream Machines Story In Wired

Will Wright is the guest editor at Wired magazine and cofounder of Maxis, a game development company. On April 2006 he wrote the “Dream Machines” story in Wired, which expressed his opinion on video games. He wrote about his vision on them and he defended the opinion that video games not that bad how a lot of people think. In his article, he discusses that games have positive effects on children and teenagers’ minds. For example, he shows that children use a science method to understand games’ rules; before they will find the right button they do a lot of mistakes. He believes that this type of tactic improves children’s critical thinking. Furthermore, he gives an example that when you are watching a movie you cannot do anything and for some people it is boring; however, when you play video games you should control everything by yourself what is more interesting. At the end of his text, Will Wright explains that some games can give teenagers a chance to have an experience in some types of interesting professions. For instance, the game American Army gives people a chance to control a soldier and understand how to be a soldier in a real life. Thus, the writer tries to defend video games and he

His examples of scientific method shows me that children do experiments to find a right way; it improves their critical thinking. I believe that it is a good reason for children to play games. Moreover, the writer expressed that people can try to be different personalities in these games and in the game American Army children can be in a role of a soldier. I think that Will Wright does not look for other people and tries to defend video games through his experience because others believe that video games do not have positive effects. Children play these games; furthermore, it gives them benefits which improve their critical