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Mother: 'Minecraft' helped my 9-year old son with Asperger's to read and write

XMNR: "Minecraft" is essentially a title that lets you do almost anything and caters to different mindsets. The Creative Mode can allow the artistic to build gargantuan pieces of art from the game's blocks and the logical minded to make complex contraptions. As one Swedish mother reveled Saturday, it has helped her 9-year old son with Asperger's to learn how to read and write plus improved his social skills.

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waltyftm4119d ago

Great stuff, yet this will never make the headlines in the tabloids because it sheds a positive light on video games.

Welshy4119d ago

Exactly, but if Minecraft "brainwashed" someone of a weak state of mind and made him go murder people "because he thought he was a lone survivor and people were zombies from Minecraft", FOX and BBC news would be spewing it worldwide.

OT: Good for him, i love stories like these, just like the story a while back about GT5 teaching a guy recover his muscle control by playing GT5 on a steering wheel and pedals.

Touching stuff that should be publicised more =)

Zha1tan4119d ago

its because as sad as it sounds a majority of people thrive on negativity and negative stories are always far more popular.

bsjkupo4119d ago

This is fantastic! :D More people need to realise that games can be a good thing :)

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TongkatAli4119d ago

: D nice! can we get more happy stories. This generation is too emo.

EddieNX 4119d ago

Video games helped me Quit Weed and ciggeretes.

I went off games ( a bit) at about 16. Got really hooked on Mary J and Smokes , and then when I quit , Spending all my money and time on Games helped me quit....

Never looked back , Although Now I'm just as horribly addicted to gaming as I was Pot...

Allsystemgamer4119d ago

If u can find a way to balance the two it will be a wild ride lol.

Halo for the colours
God of war for the epic
Battlefield for the OH SH*T factor

But in all seriousness it's good u got off it if u were addicted. I handle it in amounts (in Canada) so it's not a problem. Plus it's cheap here lol

EddieNX 4119d ago

Thanks you guys...

Yeh , I'm from Manchester England. I'm 21 now , And I was smoking a couple of grams of the strongest skunk pretty much every day.

When I was 16 I partied too hard , did a whole load of crazy things and lost touch with the ''gamer'' within. But it was about the time I started to go crazy I decided to quit.

First off it was food , But then I turned to Gaming and the whole was filled.....

Kevin ButIer4119d ago

If you were able to do the switch, then you are a very disciplined person, not an addict. Who knows what you can achieve with a different focus

ChrisW4119d ago

Sorry to hear that you quit weed...

Quiting cigarettes, on the other hand, congratulations!!!

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Minecraft Meets Bloodborne With The Help Of A Stunning Mod

YouTuber Potomy has revealed new details about the new Bloodborne mod and that it is now in a playable state for Minecraft.

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All the Essential Video Games Everyone Needs To Play At Least Once

Given the medium's wild diversity, this primer of the essential video games everyone should try is a good place to start.

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thorstein37d ago

.... from the 2000s (mostly).

shinoff218337d ago

I can't fk with this list. They missed on alot of games probably before the writers times. Also I know people loved some portal but I was never a fan.

Cacabunga37d ago

Tomb Raider 1
Driver 1
Abe’s Odyssey
FF6
King of Fighters 94
Mortal Kombat OG
LINK 2 the past
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil 1

Inverno37d ago

Infinite but not the first two games? Witcher 3 but not the first two games?? GTA V but not literally any of the games before it??? Portal 2 but not the first? Also if you're going to play Shadow of The Colossus play the remaster and not the remake. Can't say I disagree with the list but my man it's all over the place.

Name Last Name37d ago

I mean some sequels are objectively better and you don’t need to play the whole series.

Inverno37d ago

But most of these games have a story to follow, sure you can catch up with a YouTube vid but where's the fun in that?

LucasRuinedChildhood37d ago (Edited 37d ago )

A list like this isn't telling you not to play the previous games if you want to. It's just giving you legendary games to play.

But tbh, you don't always have to force yourself to play every entry in a franchise to get to the better ones.

- The vast majority of Witcher 3 players never played the first 2 and had a great time. The first 2 games aren't in the same league.
- The GTA games are self-contained with the odd fun reference. You can easily jump into any of them.
- The Shadow Of The Colossus remake looks and controls better than the original (plus it has a 60fps option while the remaster is just 30fps). New players will enjoy it more.
- Portal 2 is a lot better than Portal 1 and takes the concept much further gameplay-wise. Storywise, Portal 1 is fairly light too. Not that you shouldn't play it but realistically ... you'd love Portal 2 whether you play it or not (at lot of Portal 2 players have never played 1).

Bioshock 1 is the only one I agree with you on simply because it's one the best games of all time and arguably better than Infinite. No other setting like Rapture.

Looking at the list, I'd recommend playing Uncharted 1 before 2 but no doubt, 2 is the legendary one you have to play.

Inverno37d ago

I get it, but that's just my opinion on his opinion. I just think that before you play a sequel you should still play what came before it. Maybe it's just me but i find it fascinating playing through the first game in a series and seeing how it has evolved through its sequels. Like I said I don't disagree with the list, other than SoTC which I strongly believe the remaster of the original should be played above the remake.

AuraAbjure36d ago

Awesome list! Hot take on Fear (and it's hard af expansion Persaus Mandate!) Bioshock Infinite is stellar, so is the Witcher 3 and you nailed it by having Ocarina of Time. So many fantastic games! Gotta play 'em all! Next one on my list is Prey after I beat Dead Space 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction.

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Minecraft Bedrock Introduces Official Add-Ons To Marketplace

Minecraft Bedrock is introducing add-ons to the marketplace. The add-ons can now be added to many existing and new worlds.

Jin_Sakai57d ago (Edited 57d ago )

Nice! Next up, shaders on consoles.

“A new update is improving how mods work for Minecraft Bedrock. Mojang has introduced add-ons to the marketplace.”

“These add-ons can now easily be added to new and existing worlds instead of being tied to a single world.
There are plenty of free and paid add-ons that will let you customize just about anything in your world.”

OtterX56d ago

So RayTracing is no longer locked to the NVIDIA maps? I know there was a workaround, but it will be nice to have easier access to all worlds.