The Voices in My Head

Perhaps one of the earliest computer toys, if not actually the earliest, was Sim City. Before that of course there were plenty of computer games, but not really any toys. For me, although both involve play, a toy does not have a preset goal; you can’t “win” with a toy, except by defining your own goals, independant of whoever made the toy. This, by the way, is why it is generally far better to give children toys to play with instead of games; defining their own goals is a key step in developing young minds.

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