Ahogy olvasom, a csávó 1975-ben szerezte meg a doktorit a Stanford Egyetemen, szóval biztosan nem hülye. A legújabb könyvei a játékokkal és a tanulással foglalkoznak.
His most recent books both deal with video games and learning. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (2003) offers 36 reasons why good video games produce better learning conditions than many of today's schools. Situated Language and Learning (2004) places video games within an overall theory of learning and literacy and shows how they can help us to better understand deep human learning and lead us in thinking about the reform of schools. His new book, Why Video Games Are Good for Your Soul, shows how good video games marry pleasure and learning and have the capacity to empower people.