tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post8875784309242141963..comments2024-03-20T16:27:56.522+00:00Comments on Norfolk Blogger: The media obsession with demonising computer gamesNich Starlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-57892259738588789132008-11-15T23:18:00.000+00:002008-11-15T23:18:00.000+00:00The worst for doing this sort of thing is Keith Va...The worst for doing this sort of thing is Keith Vaz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-46652297050841317912008-11-15T18:40:00.000+00:002008-11-15T18:40:00.000+00:00To be honest, what depresses me more is the kind o...To be honest, what depresses me more is the kind of low-level judgments you hear expressed all the time.<BR/><BR/>I was listening to Liz Kershaw on 6 Music this morning (in my defence, I turned on to listen to Adam and Joe, and then they went away and I was too lazy to change channel), and their film reviews segment included Max Payne. Out came all the classic patronising stereotypes...<BR/><BR/>Kershaw: "If you're a pre-pubescent boy without a girlfriend, you might enjoy this." (NB. The game was an 18 last time I checked).<BR/><BR/>Reviewer: (paraphrasing) "It's not a very good plot, it shows its videogame origins."<BR/><BR/>Reviewer: "They have changed the plot slightly, so we'll have to see if that upsets the gamers." (ie. all gamers are obsessives who have no appreciation that adapting plots often necessitates tweaks)<BR/><BR/>Ultimately this is just a generational thing. Once these people die off, and stop spreading their ludicrous fear of something they just don't understand because they've never actually played them themselves, then we won't have to put up with this twattery and the world will be a better place.<BR/><BR/>And that goes for any Lib Dem MPs, etc, who have ever jumped on any of these fuckwitted bandwagons.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15432543456476489561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-74947826513774112072008-11-15T09:09:00.000+00:002008-11-15T09:09:00.000+00:00Absolutely! Thank you very much for making all thi...Absolutely! Thank you very much for making all this clear. Let's hope somebody gets the message that most "gamers" are not in the habit of shooting people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com