In the article, “Playing video games is good for your brain” by Mark Griffiths, the exhibit was the educational, and therapeutic benefits of playing video games. Mark stated “in a series of experiments on small numbers of gamers (10 to 14 people in each study), the researchers reported that gamers with previous experience of playing such action video games were better at perceptual tasks such as pattern discrimination than gamers with less experience.” (PG 1) The chosen lens for this exhibit, is cognitive surplus. In the article, ” Does the Internet Make You Smarter?” by Clay Shirky, the lens appeared on page two, which stated in part, “our cognitive surplus is so enormous that diverting even a tiny fraction of time from consumption to participation can create enormous positive effects.” Such positive effects can also be found in the exhibit of Mark’ article, for there are benefits of playing video games. Those benefiting can also, with their “cognitive surplus”, benefit others. This pairing interests me, because while there are benefits of the internet and/or video games, yet on the other side of the spectrum, there could be negative results as well. This has shown me, that much depends on how a person goes about utilizing the Internet, or video games.