It's kind of funny how Morgan Webb, who has stated repeatedly that she IS a gamer, is pretty much assigning game types to types of guys who play them (or at least what they think I suppose).
I can't say it's totally inaccurate, but I also don't think pushing guys into groups and not giving games a try yourself makes it seem like we're being labeled as the bad guys or being in the wrong when in actuality they aren't really giving it a chance.
I'm sure there are guys who end up neglecting other things because of games, but at the same time, I don't think writing it off is a good way to deal with it.
Now, I noticed Morgan Webb was sympathetic to this somewhat, but did you honestly get the feeling the girls in the audience gave a damn about games?
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AccursedTheory said:
GiantRaven said:
Holy crap. That poor editor. Just watching that clip made me feel like someone had shoved their boot up my rectum.
Also, Hurt Locker is not anti-war. Its a candid look at the effects of war. If anything, many of the scenes in that film showed a lack of humanity that would necessitate the full force of a nation to destroy (unwilling suicide bombers, hiding bombs in children you KILLED, etc).
Sigh, it really is ridiculous. They clearly don't care about a thing he has to say and just want everyone to jump on a bandwagon. The inquisition and the book burnings were the same way, they labeled something as blasphemous and harmful without caring about what they had to say in the first place.
WanderFreak said:
What I want to know is: does this woman do stupid, waste of time things like buying clothes, shoes, make-up, hair, or--oh wait, I'm sorry, I forgot, wasting time and money on THOSE things is okay.
One of my favorite arguments against games is "all that time wasted could be better spent elsewhere!"
Like where? On a job? I have a job. On friends? My friends play games with me. On hobbies? Gaming is a hobby. On charity? I give to charity, I still have plenty left for games. On a girl?
Seems to me the only problem here is someone who thinks that they are in a place to criticize someone's life.
Someone like Tara, in the FASHION industry of all things, really has no place judging people based on obsessing over useless things.
Haha, that's a pretty valid point. How is it that things come to be accepted by the general populace and then some things are flat out refused?
I don't like to only play one side of a conversation or argument, because then the other side of the argument is often pretty much ignored, as you have seen if you watched this "violence in video games" video.
I think that perhaps latent violent urges can be brought forth by video games, BUT I don't believe that video games can forcibly make you violent. If you are inspired to do violence by video games then the actual problem stems from something earlier, something else entirely.
I've noticed on primarily female fan-based shows like this, if a guy who represents Joe Q. Public like this comes on then he doesn't really have the ability to say anything, it's probably his first and only time on national television, and he doesn't really get a choice to speak when he isn't spoken to. Doesn't it feel kind of sexist? Funny how that works.