{"id":1006,"date":"2010-08-05T16:19:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T22:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2010-09-26T13:08:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T19:08:07","slug":"the-harm-of-gaming-we-present-the-facts-rock-paper-shotgun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/08\/05\/the-harm-of-gaming-we-present-the-facts-rock-paper-shotgun\/","title":{"rendered":"The Harm Of Gaming: We Present The Facts | Rock, Paper, Shotgun"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>I don&#8217;t usually do posts that are little more than sharing other people&#8217;s posts, BUT&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>This is just too good not to share:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Astonishing Figures Demonstrate Our Worst Fears<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/2010\/08\/02\/the-harm-of-gaming-we-present-the-facts\/\">The Harm Of Gaming: We Present The Facts | Rock, Paper, Shotgun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>~~read carefully~~<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-1006'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1006);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1006);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(1006);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>I don&#8217;t usually do posts that are little more than sharing other people&#8217;s posts, BUT&#8230;.. 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This 'debate' (I hesitate to call it a debate\u00a0because that implies civility, and we don't really seem to have that here.) has been raging for years, and although it looked like it had settled\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3196,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/12\/01\/dont-beleive-everything-you-read-really-stop-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":1006,"position":4},"title":"Don&#8217;t Believe Everything You Read. REALLY. Stop It.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"December 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I came across this today (Thanks to Jeremy Hunsinger): Second, we have become painfully aware of how badly (or how little) some of our colleagues read. 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