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Game on
Right, that’s it; the UK is officially getting sadder. Yes, new figures show a 25 percent increase in video games sales this year to the point where they’ve broken the mighty one billion pound barrier. On the back of the Wii, the Xbox, the Playstation, et al, this nation’s glorious inhabitants seem to be happier sitting in their front rooms twiddling their thumbs, or their knobs, than talking, socialising, reading, or doing anything else to expand their tiny minds.
Sneak has the temerity to suggest that if everyone took as much care of their PC and online identity as their Wii, then maybe the internet would be a tad more secure.
I enjoy gaming and have done for 20 years; it’s nice to see once again that I have been stereotyped as a sad, socially inept person who sits on their own in front of a TV screen for hours on end. It seems acceptable for people to sit in front of the TV for hours at a time watching the drivel that they pump out. Would eyebrows be raised if I said I spent the entire day reading one of my books? Mention you spent the evening gaming on your console or pc and you’re transformed into a sad loner.
I have met and chatted to people from all over the world, US, Canada, Sweden and UK though my PC and console and learnt more from playing games and chatting with them than I would an episode of Eastenders.
I have no doubt that there are people about who are as you described, but the vast majority are just normal people who go to work, the pub, have a family and just enjoy gaming as another form of entertainment.
Posted by Adam Carter | January 15, 2008 1:14 PM