Anti-gamer article

[Ranger REG]

Yeah, but she seems to be mixing up the fanatics (ie people who struck their tent on Monday night for the Friday [or whatever] release of the PS3 - and yeah, somebody did that in my city) with the hobbyists, who are generally normal and now older than ever, as she mentions.

There's an interesting point in heraldy which I feel compelled to mention. You might very well see stuff like a faily crest divided into four sections on the shield of a family crest. These fours sections woudl be the four main things which are important to a family: your work, your family itself, your relationships with others, and your free time. A teacher of mine is a Mackennon, and his family crest has a boards head (free time/hobby - for hunting), a Christian holy symbol (relationship with god), a castle (their home/family), and some sort of symbol for their nobility, IIRC (work). I think that balancing these things in life is an important thing to do, and I think that this woman is misguided and just misjudging gamers.

Up until, what, say 15 or 20 years ago, technology had stayed relatively stable for almost two thousand years - now, we live in the Technology Age, where rapid advances in technology allow us to perfect things so much fast than eveer before, and continue a circle of invention and improvement very rapidly. So, she likes sewing. Well, sewing has changed very little over the last few hundred years, so you can hardly dislike something so passive - it doesn't jump out in any direct way. But (video) games - WATCH OUT!

Personally, I agree with Aeson. She isn't trying to change anything, she is just being bitchy and venting in her column. Good for her for using her mouth and using her right of free speech - I can give her that much credit without qualm.

cheers,
--N

FWIW, it's a wake-up call. I think we should take matters in our own hands and do some in-house "cleansing" to keep our hobbyist community harmonious.

A culling, I would call it.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Well, I'd say that is just a bit derogatory.

 

[BOZ]

...as for long lines at the mall:

nice.

 

[Ranger REG]

Well, I'd say that is just a bit derogatory.

Hey, I've been called "harsh" once. Don't think it's a one-time thing.

--Cruel and Sadistic (though not cruel enough to suggest Uwe Boll to direct the Hobbit film, according to Klaus).

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Hey, I've been called "harsh" once. Don't think it's a one-time thing.

Whatev.

 

[Banshee16]

To followup, there was at least one article in response to the editorial. A gamer...a female gamer at that, wrote in talking about video games, and how for many people, they are a gateway to rewarding careers in the IT industry. It was a good counterpoint, and she presented her opinion pretty clearly.

Banshee

 

[IamTheTest]

Define waste of time...if it makes you happy and doesnt hurt anybody then who cares? I wonder what Ms. Pellerin does with her free time when she isnt informing the world about the dangers of gaming.

 

[Ranger REG]

Define waste of time...if it makes you happy and doesnt hurt anybody then who cares? I wonder what Ms. Pellerin does with her free time when she isnt informing the world about the dangers of gaming.

She plays PnP RPGs like us ... well, "us" being haters of pay-2-play MMORPGs, consoles, and iPods.

 

[IamTheTest]

It all becomes clear now, Thanks REG.

 

[Ranger REG]

It all becomes clear now, Thanks REG.

Well, we can't lose more of our numbers to the growing epidemic of EverCrack Addictive Syndrome. All those subscription money that could have been spent on $30 PnP game products.