Before reading the article “Semiotic domains: Is playing video games a “waste of time”?”, I already associated video games as being a form of literacy. In order to play a video game you need to use many techniques that are used while reading. For instance, the article mentions that as you read, there are images and pictures that help guide your way through reading a story, which is the case in many children’s books. Although these pictures are telling you a story through words, the pictures themselves represent a story in itself. It’s like the expression, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” While playing video games, a person is given certain pictures and images to decode, which although their may not be any words used, people still comprehend the directions through this process. In addition to that, a lot of the popular video games today usually have a story line to follow. This is a great way to get kids to read without really thinking that they are reading the material.