Aaron Stone and the Impact of Gaming
Last night, Disney Philippines gave a two-hour premier of Aaron Stone, one of its new television series that was just released this year. To give a short overview of the pilot and the first episode, Charlie Landers (portrayed by Kelly Blatz) is a 16 year old online gamer. He plays “Hero Rising” using an avatar called “Aaron Stone”, and is known for being the best player of the said game. His life changes quite dramatically when the creator and owner of “Hero Rising” recruits him and in one way or another (plus some awesome gadgets) Charlie becomes Aaron Stone. The series then follows his challenges both while playing the game and somewhat incorporating his moves in the game to real life scenarios when he battles evil-doers in the name of good.
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the episodes was, “what if children actually thought they could be something like Aaron Stone?”
