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June 27th, 2008 @ 22:51
If there’s one thing gaming’s detractors have learned, it’s that gamers raise their pitchforks at even the slightest sign of dissatisfaction with their hobby. Anne Diamond’s trial by fire was no different.
“All I did was take a Mum’s eye view of the sort of video games my sons play with their friends – for the Daily Mail - and suddenly I’m Public Enemy Number One,” she told Play.
However, Diamond refused to turn tail and flee.
“I do believe that consumers should speak out about products like TV or video games – and not just blindly buy what some genius computer geek inside Nintendo or Sony thinks acceptable or allowable. These people aren’t interested in improving our quality of life, nor upping our intellects – they’re just in it to make money, holed up as they are inside their dimly-lit, million-dollar dens and hardly ever going out into the real world they influence so hugely. Which is why, amidst all of the blood, guts and explosions, someone has to yell: ‘Stop! Do we really want this endless gore?’”
Now, while her opinions are more than a little uninformed, it should be noted that she went on to discuss the hopping good time her family had with Resident Evil 4. Additionally, she spoke of parents’ responsibility when their progeny wish to take up the controller. So before you squeeze your way into the anti-Diamond mob, note that Diamond is no Jack Thompson.
Hit the link for her full riposte.
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June 27th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
If I’d paid a million dollars for a den i’d be a little peeved if it were dimly lit.
/switches on Grand Designs
But really. I do think these people have the best intentions at heart but they are simply uninformed and choose the wrong way of putting things. They still use language and imagery regarding the gaming stereotypes that we all left behind 10 years ago.
ALl in all, she comes across as quite a nice lady who’s probably raising some nice kids.
June 29th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
While it’s tiresome to hear her refer to “geeks in dimly lit rooms” (and really shouldn’t be referring to Nintendo when discussing violent games), she’s obviously right that parental responsibility comes into it.
And she’s also got a point about “the endless gore”. DO we really want it? It’d be nice for more games to try something different for a change, after all.
June 29th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Anne,
When you’re in a hole it’s a good idea to stop digging.
You spouted ill informed crap originally. Not in the pursuit of informing or educating (because you did neither and were not equipped to on the basis of your complete lack of understating what it was you were ‘explaining’ to others and your persistent refusal to be accountable for your own behaviour and approach to videogames. Presenting yourself (and others) as some helpless victim from these predatorial videogames) - on that basis, we must also assume that your motives were not to improve anyone’s quality of life but your own - in the pursuit of getting money to write ill-informed bullshit.
Now you throw fuel on the fire by demonstrating further ignorance, bias and prejudice.
I’m willing to hear detractors of videogames so long as they’re not paid-for knee-jerk reactionairies and have something constructive to say.
Anne, you fail.
June 29th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
“Anne Diamond”
June 30th, 2008 at 10:44 am
In all fairness, when 90% of games are about blowing up Nazis, you can see why people might get the wrong end of the stick.