rant{ how do you compare texting, tweeting, and video games. HOW. texting and tweeting are meant as a means of communication. Video games are not. They are done

rant{ how do you compare texting, tweeting, and video games. HOW. texting and tweeting are meant as a means of communication. Video games are not. They are done by people who want to engage with a particular medium, like reading. They may HAVE communication such as, I don't know, shopping. Whatever argument you want to make about our new culture that we've developed as a result of assimilating new technology, fine. But do not lump unrelated activities that may look similar from the outside as a means to prove your point. If you argue that video games shut people off then you have to admit that books, and to some extent movies, do the same. Video games are ENTERTAINMENT that one might (and probably does) require full focus on and solitude with which to focus. Texting and Tweeting are things that require very small, quick amounts of attention and it is not a focused effort with the goal of getting something out; you just want to communicate. Which makes it easy to make our presence in the community inconsistent.}