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April 2nd, 2008 @ 05:59
Just the latest in middle aged people from the “media” being thrown into the reality of living the 21st Century and unwittingly sounding like 1970s granddad faced with a colour television, this Times piece is one of the better ones.
“I hate videogames, on or offline,” said Giles Whittell. “I hate the way they suck real people into fake worlds and hold on to them for decades at a time. I hate being made to feel hateful for saying so, and I hate being told to immerse myself in them before passing judgment, because it feels like being told to immerse myself in smack and teenage pregnancy before passing judgment on them.
“This is not because of anything wrong or bad about video games or heroin or teenage parents. It’s not even because of game-induced homicide or web-grooming of little girls by perverts - serious problems, but statistically low-risk. It’s because, compared with everything else on offer in a kid’s life, video games and heroin and teenage pregnancy are a colossal waste of time.”
No shit. It’s almost as if life was a barely-veiled exercise in distraction designed to keep your stupid little brain from dwelling on the fact that bothering to breathe’s ultimately pointless and you’re going to be dead soon, or something. Keep fighting the fight, Giles. Spend those seconds wisely.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 7:07 am
What a colossal moron.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 am
Cheer up!
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:30 am
He wants to play a bit of Disgaea. Sort him out.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:08 am
Moran.
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:22 am
I reckon most of these whiners are just bitter because they didn’t have video games when they were kids.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Some people have been having some fun with the reader reviews of his book on Amazon…
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Central-Cadogan-Guides-Giles-Whittel/dp/1564402274/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207146663&sr=8-1
I LOLed.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:25 pm
That behaviour makes me despair for this culture.
Nothing proves the critics right by showing that you can be just as dense and reactionary as the first guy but make yourself look worse by using spite as your motivation.
It’s no wonder this culture attracts such criticism, few people in it seem to act responsibly or maturely.