{"id":546114,"date":"2010-04-28T11:15:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T15:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/?p=8972"},"modified":"2010-04-28T11:15:13","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T15:15:13","slug":"scout%e2%80%99s-honor-i%e2%80%99m-only-playing-this-video-game-to-earn-my-merit-badge-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/546114","title":{"rendered":"Scout\u2019s Honor: I\u2019m Only Playing This Video Game to Earn My Merit Badge | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At first glance, it seems like every young Boy Scout\u2019s dream come true: a merit badge for video games. The Boy Scouts of America have finally\u00a0recognized the vital importance of the pastime that occupies so much of modern children&#8217;s attention with the creation of a &#8220;video games&#8221; belt loop and pin, writes Engadget. But before anyone goes scurrying off to embark on a marathon gaming session, here&#8217;s the rub. The awards aren&#8217;t earned by beating a high score or rescuing the princess. Instead Boy Scouts have to fulfill several dull requirements in order to get the belt loop, including: Explain why it is important to have a rating system for video games. Check your video games to be sure they are right for your age. With an adult, create a schedule for you to do things that includes your chores, homework, and video gaming. Do your best to follow this schedule. Learn to play a new video game that is approved by your parent, guardian, or teacher. To get the pin, the scout also needs to create a plan with his &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/j_MqlhbfDPf7ecWl2vvgmZS-lCY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/j_MqlhbfDPf7ecWl2vvgmZS-lCY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/j_MqlhbfDPf7ecWl2vvgmZS-lCY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/j_MqlhbfDPf7ecWl2vvgmZS-lCY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DiscoverMag\/~4\/qAYya1fFcPE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first glance, it seems like every young Boy Scout\u2019s dream come true: a merit badge for video games. The Boy Scouts of America have finally\u00a0recognized the vital importance of the pastime that occupies so much of modern children&#8217;s attention with the creation of a &#8220;video games&#8221; belt loop and pin, writes Engadget. But before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":641,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/641"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}