Anyway, yesterday I spotted this article on Kotaku.com, and thought I should highlight it. Every other week, it seems, I see another story about some schmuck blaming his idiotic decisions on something he saw in a video game, so it's nice to see a story where games aren't villainized.

Now, a part of me does take issue with the fact that the family apparently let an 11 year old girl play something like Grand Theft Auto. The game's rated Mature for a reason, and it ain't for kids. Also, yeah, this probably isn't the be-all-end-all rebuttal to the "Games are Evil" crowd.

What it is, though, is a nice little story that runs counter to the common "wisdom" that games corrupt children. Here's a little girl who showed great presence of mind in a dangerous situation, thanks to (admittedly erroneous) knowledge she gained from playing games, and helped pull her family out of the wrecked car.

I know this story isn't going to get any kind of play on national networks (it probably would if the game got blamed for the crash, rather than the rescue), so spread the link around.

On a similar note, anyone out there got stories about how video games helped them in some way? I'd love to hear them.