Reading the New York Times article gave me a better understanding how video games do have a history to them. You can date back to the first video game fashioned. Its can be seen as an artifact just as any other relic. It poses as a timeline exhibiting how digital media has progressed Henry Lowood purposed this idea and has created a list, along with members of his committee, known as the Lowood List. This list contains the top 10 most important digital games. Henry also states that it will get harder as time goes by to preserve the older models because technology is progressing so fast, certain games can only be played on programs called “emulators.”

The second article from Project Muse really seemed to connect to the first article read by drawing attention to the habits among “American youth” concerning society. Two behaviors noticed where: engaging in electronic devices more than needed, and unhealthy behaviors, such as obesity, smoking, violence. These factors are a concern because it poses a threat to our society. According to Project Muse, one-third of the day (and increasing) is spent on using electronic devices or “media,” which based on studies, maybe the cause of the risky health behaviors posing a threat to American youngsters today.

After reading both articles I can conclude that since Henry Lowood did state that technology is rapidly making progress, I can infer that more and more technology and advertising towards young Americans is going to demand more usage each day, therefore increasing the “need” to spend more part of the day using some sort of electronic device. In return, these occurrences will lead to more unhealthy behaviors for people in the near future.

I would like to know how are these kind of studies conducted? Also how did Henry Lowood come about using gaming media as a way to show the history it has always presented?