Describe a part of this week's readings/viewings that surprised you and explain why.

 The stereotypes of gaming being something on nerds or lazy people do should just be trashed. Gaming actually requires a lot of mental capability is some cases, even calculations that you don’t even know you’re doing in your head while you play. For example, my nephew is absolutely obsessed with Minecraft. He attempted to explain it to me one day and he was actually being so technical that it blew me away at only 9! The fact that a game can create such academic potential and functionality in a 9 year old convinces me that there truly is an educational benefit from these programs.