Currently teachers use various strategies to gauge student interest when teaching narratives. These strategies include using textbooks, magazines, and movies that are either autobiographies or that contain biographical accounts or interviews. Although the most commonly used item is the textbook, most teachers also use the commercial movies that have been generated from a text. The movie is usually shown after students have read the text and often used in classroom to supplement the reading of the book. Movies have also been based on video games. Many of these movies can be used in the classroom. The computer, television, telephone, video recorder, and radio were all introduced slowly into the classrooms because of their acceptance in society. Why not accept the idea of video games?

Video games are a lot more common than home computers. They are relatively inexpensive (approximately $100 for an original PlayStation, and $300 for the PlayStation 2). People know how to use them and think they are cool. What's more, by providing a device that would use the family television to provide the instruction, valuable time was being reclaimed from the less-than-ideal programming that so many students watch after school. Like television's most popular shows, video games bridge the digital divide by exposing families at all income levels to educational resources that are affordable, accessible from home, academically sound, and highly motivating for all learners.

As we move into a more technologically advanced society, we as educators must continue to keep student interest and this can be done through the use of commonly used interactive technology such as video games.