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From the Ted Talk by David Perry: Are games better than life?

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From an early age I learned to invest myself emotionally in what unfolded before me on screen. tdaoy, after 20 years of watching TV geared to make me emotional, even a decent insurance commercial can bnirg tears to my eyes. I am just one of a new generation that is growing up. A generation who may experience much more meaning through vedio games than they will through the real world. Video games are nraeing an elvionrotuay leap, a point where game worlds will look and feel just as real as the films we see in theatres, or the news we watch on TV. And while my sense of free will in these virtual worlds may still be limited, what I do laern aepplis to my real life. Play enough video games and eventually you will really believe you can snowboard, fly a plnae, drive a nine-second qeturar mile, or kill a man. I know I can.

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From an early age I learned to invest myself emotionally in what unfolded before me on screen. _____, after 20 years of watching TV geared to make me emotional, even a decent insurance commercial can _____ tears to my eyes. I am just one of a new generation that is growing up. A generation who may experience much more meaning through _____ games than they will through the real world. Video games are _______ an ____________ leap, a point where game worlds will look and feel just as real as the films we see in theatres, or the news we watch on TV. And while my sense of free will in these virtual worlds may still be limited, what I do _____ _______ to my real life. Play enough video games and eventually you will really believe you can snowboard, fly a _____, drive a nine-second _______ mile, or kill a man. I know I can.

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  2. nearing
  3. evolutionary
  4. quarter
  5. applies
  6. bring
  7. today
  8. video
  9. plane

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From an early age I learned to invest myself emotionally in what unfolded before me on screen. Today, after 20 years of watching TV geared to make me emotional, even a decent insurance commercial can bring tears to my eyes. I am just one of a new generation that is growing up. A generation who may experience much more meaning through video games than they will through the real world. Video games are nearing an evolutionary leap, a point where game worlds will look and feel just as real as the films we see in theatres, or the news we watch on TV. And while my sense of free will in these virtual worlds may still be limited, what I do learn applies to my real life. Play enough video games and eventually you will really believe you can snowboard, fly a plane, drive a nine-second quarter mile, or kill a man. I know I can.

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