I had pretty much the same reaction when I saw this article on Yahoo a little while ago. If you're going to be that stringent about the idea of 'wasting time', reading anything but a textbook is largely a waste of time.

I once knew a girl who was pre-Med, but thought that all fiction was "pointless". I couldn't understand how someone so smart could be so stupid, if that makes any sense.

This is bad. A smart guy said that "videogames are bad" is all they need to know.

THE SUN WILL TAKE THIS AS FACT AND THE DAILY MAIL WILL TAKE IT AS LOGICAL.

Holy shit! A super genius kid that doesn't like video games?! Such a heart breaking story.

That kid's going to have a boring life.

I mean, kid is right, nothing is really archived by playing games, monumental that is. But it is really the same as reading a book or watching TV. So bottom line; Kid is missing out. He could do with some Brain Age i 'recon.

I don't see why this kid is getting so much hate... So what if he doesn't like games, there's really no need to post an article about how out of touch he is. If the kid got his degree at 11, then you can probably expect him to be a little different from most people.

This kid is a one-upper. Good luck with puberty.

Benson with the correct attitude.

I respect creators far more than I do regurgitators of facts.

Genius or not, he's probably going to kill more people than save.

That's humanity for ya.

I think genius should be a posthumous title only; it means nothing without perspective.

Ok good for him. But he is not so much of a genius because if he was less intelligent he would know the potential of videogames for recovery in patients and other dozens of studies with videogames and rehab.

So, genius or not he is not very well informed.

Congrats kid, you're smart by human standards. Try laughing, it's good.

Has anyone pointed out the fact that he graduated from a COMMUNITY college? Anyone can do that, quite frankly.

What a little doucher..

If only he had played the sims. He would realize that you need entertainment and socialization.

I graduated from a community college the same year I graduated high school (a year early). Anybody can graduate from a community college.
And I clearly love video games and think they offer plenty to people. Stress relief, socialization, hell my wife and I got along so well when we were dating because we both played Dr. Mario and Klax on the NES together.
Point being, this kid is a twit, and he's trying to sound smart.

Don't he likes videogames? What, is he retarded?!!

Great, kid. Now go cure cancer or AIDS. You're not being particularly useful complaining about people liking videogames.

what a pussy, i should beat this kid up.

well once he gets older and realizes that he cant do diddly squat to help humanity he will get a controller and play video games. he will fail in saving the video games worlds and then will get teabagged in every fps

Hmm, there are a couple of key things to remember here:

his definition of "helping humanity in any way" might be different than yours or mine

Purchasing a game and playing it means you're supporting an industry that employs many people around the world. Helping them keep their jobs shows you're participating in the global economy and thus surely helping humanity right?


what influences has he had in his life that change how he values his time

I don't know this kid, but I can assume that his parents are involved in his academic excellence and have instilled their values in him. Graduating from any university at a young age requires dedication to study habits and adherence to scheduling those study sessions. So its likely he has been taught that playing video games are a waste of time because their interfere with his schedule.

and most of all --> does this kid have any friends

Video games are traditionally a solo activity, however that trend has changed more and more in recent years with the advent of the internet and online play. I think this "genius" needs to understand that social interaction and activities that allow others to relate to him will only make him a better, more balanced, person. Which will in theory will allow him to help more people in the future. So at his young age there is certainly a lot of growing up still to be done, and it is understandable that he might not see playing video games a good way to accomplish it..... But there is still time.

this true not/ videogame mak me smrt!!!!!!!

But yeah, this kids a douche.

Hahaha Chad, that is amazing!

On a different note, I hope he doesn't go to Catholic church too often. We all know that smart 11 year old's are the juiciest ones. Also cue giant depression at 18-25 and one hell of a mid-life crisis later on. A lack of video game playing in current day youth is a bigger indicator of social problems than playing games is a waste. Like bleep said: perhaps his idea of helping humanity in 20-30 years is the kind that megalomaniac movie villains share. And all that because he had no friends and his mommy pushed him too hard as a kid :(