Monday, May 12, 2008

Video games

I read a wikipedia page about Jack Thompson, and boy, that man is KAH-RAZY. Someone even likened him with Don Quixote, fighting his eternal battle against magical evils and dragons(aka games and game developers).

And i hereby declare that Video games is one of the BEST entertainment solutions since Orson wells "War of the worlds" on radio. TV is brain killing, we all know this, it doesnt ask you any questions, only talks and talks and talks. Infact, TV is like that 14 year old girl who just thinks her side of the story is soooo much more interesting then anything else, more interesting infact then any thing else.
Books are good, at least they call upon your imagination.
But, Games(tv ones or computer ones, same same) are atleast getting you engaged, thinking, and interacting. Ill go as far as saying that Violent computer games are good for moderately violent people to calm down a bit. Ofc, crazy ppl(like Jack thompson) have always existed, and murders and random violence has always existed, games or no games. This is just the latest scapegoat for the white middle aged(good chance of Christianity, not a defining factor, but these crack pots just always seem to be) to blame the state of the youth on. It even all started with the Space invaders game. When in fact, if you put the table for the amount of crime victims per 1000 citizens(i guess this is america) and put over the release dates for different violent games.
well, this is the effect!

[picture snagged from http://www.surprisinger.com/]


Kinda makes you chuckle huh.

Thats it.