Sony Online Entertainment recently introduced the "Let the Kids Game" booklet, a parental guide that combines third party research, survey results and expert advice to share the benefits of video games and helpful tips for parents looking to buy or play games.Now available at WhatTheyPlay.com, the initiative reaches out to parents to help them recognize the benefits of playing video games like Sony's upcoming free family-friendly online game, Free Realms . Key findings cited by the brochure include:
· Video games are related to improvements in vision, social interaction and visuospatial cognition (a skill associated with several careers including architecture, engineering and surgery – essentially thinking in 3D)
· Playing games together can forge stronger family ties between parent and child, and between siblings
· People who play online games often emerge as leaders, since online games offer opportunities to operate in environments that are global, competitive and emphasize large-scale cooperation
In addition, parents who visit What They Play can sign up to receive early access to Sony Online Entertainment's upcoming family-friendly video game, Free Realms. From exploring the magical world, to fighting monsters, to racing dragsters, to cooking and fishing and raising pets, Free Realms will offer something for every gamer.
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