For those who don't know, the anti-game sensationalism and fear-mongering anti-gamer attitude of this article is what inspired Penny Arcade's Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik to start Child's Play, a game industry charity which donates game systems, games, and toys to children's hospitals and domestic abuse shelters across the globe.
 
This article did more good than its author ever could have imagined, and in exactly the opposite way he intended. From the time the article was written to the time this comment was posted, Child's Play raised over 44.3 million dollars from members of the gaming community. To quote the testimonial from Michael Thomas, "Now I understand what all of the anti-videogame people meant when they said children raised on games would grow up abnormal. They were right, we'd all grow up with really big hearts."

God bless Bill Francis, and God bless Child's Play.

To learn more: 
- Visit childsplaycharity.org
- Watch youtube.com/watch?v=Kl5csPsJTh0