These Games Could Be Good for Young Brains

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🗓️ 13 November 2013

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Games have power, so this week, we play a few that can motivate kids to learn more, whether they realize it or not. And we see how a test case of a new technology for football might help keep young heads safer (and smarter) from injury.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Manouche and this is New Text City.
0:02.7	Kids sitting for hours in front of video games.
0:09.3	There was a great piece on NPR last week about how parents are struggling to deal with their
0:13.7	kids' video game addictions.
0:15.5	I hate it.
0:16.5	I really do.
0:17.5	Tell me about it, Sister.
0:19.2	But on this New Text City, we're going to talk about the physical side of games.
0:23.8	We'll hear why some parents are taking their kids off the field because of data.
0:29.9	It's actually really beautiful and it's made of these little blocky things.
0:34.4	How this guy decided to show his daughters what it really takes to play their favorite game,
0:39.9	Minecraft.
0:41.2	But believe it or not, we're going to start off by traveling through time.
0:45.4	This week, Jewish history, Minecraft, and football.
0:49.4	What do they all have in common?
0:51.2	They're all on this podcast.
0:54.0	Stick with me.
0:55.0	It's New Text City.
0:57.3	We are standing in Washington Square Park.
0:59.7	Owen Gottlieb is a rabbi.
1:01.9	He's also getting a PhD in digital media at NYU.
1:05.8	Normally, I don't take anyone out to play a GPS mobile game on a rainy day, but a special
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