07-07-2006, 01:12 PM
Why is it that all the vocal opponents to video games patently ignore the HUGE similarities between reading and watching TV/gaming?
If you're reading, you're apparently broadening your mind, learning, becoming smarter, etcetera.
If you're gaming, you're apparently indulging in a fucked up, socially damaging activity that is the cause of all societies ills and will eventually lead to our downfall.
Truth of the matter is, wether you're reading or gaming, you're still sitting on your ass, NOT burning calories and immersing yourself in a world that may or may not be based on
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If you're reading, you're apparently broadening your mind, learning, becoming smarter, etcetera.
If you're gaming, you're apparently indulging in a fucked up, socially damaging activity that is the cause of all societies ills and will eventually lead to our downfall.
Truth of the matter is, wether you're reading or gaming, you're still sitting on your ass, NOT burning calories and immersing yourself in a world that may or may not be based on
Feel free to comment if you wish.