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Japanese schoolboy proves video games have real-life applications

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November 19, 2008, 08:43 PM — 

A young boy in Ogaki, Japan, took his parent's car without permission and headed out on the highway; he says he learned how to drive from playing video games. Before you judge an out-of-control youth culture ruined by video gaming, though, consider this: the tyke only took the car because he wanted to visit his beloved grandmother. Keep reading.

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