Honestly, I find myself sometimes agreeing with the people gamer-nerds dismiss. Some of the stuff that 'anti-game crusaders' go after doesn't sit very well with me, and I've been loving the medium of video games since I first got hooked by Defender repeatedly handing my eight-year-old ass to me.
There are games out there that are not things that a kid should be able to buy and play; there are high-budget games that I'm not comfortable with anyone playing.
Thompson looked like an idiot when he went after 'Bully' just because it was from Rockstar - but, you know, that's a company whose whole brand identity has become 'games that trigger that queasy soul-corroding feeling in me'.
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Date: 2007-09-04 08:44 pm (UTC)There are games out there that are not things that a kid should be able to buy and play; there are high-budget games that I'm not comfortable with anyone playing.
Thompson looked like an idiot when he went after 'Bully' just because it was from Rockstar - but, you know, that's a company whose whole brand identity has become 'games that trigger that queasy soul-corroding feeling in me'.