Father and Son Pro Gamer Team Wins Halo Tourney

theodp writes "What Matty and Moises Alou are to Major League Baseball, Poison and his 7-year-old nephew Lil' Poison are to Major League Gaming. Recently, the pair bested 550 Midway Mayhem contestants to take home 1st and 2nd place honors at the largest Halo tournament of all-time. The Chicago Journal reports that gaming prodigy Lil' Poison, who picked up a controller at age 2 and whupped his game-playing Dad into retirement, will be featured on 60 Minutes in January."

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Re:Wow!

[PyroMosh]

Downfall of society? Scary? What? Why?

It seems to me that you're making an assumption that one activity precludes the other. But I do not see why this is the case at all. As long as the kid is learning and taken care of, and healthy and happy (not being neglected, etc), what difference does it make? In fact, the argument could be made his father and uncle are interacting with him, developing his social skills, as opposed to how many kids grow up / have grown up, sinking countless hours in front of a TV vegitating.

Also, how does this contribute to the "downfall of society"? If you're making the assertion that video games are somehow harmful in and of themselves, I can not agree, and I'd like to know what your thoughts are on this.

The only thing I can see from that point of view is that the game is rated M. Presumably for content that is not wholly apropriate for a 2 year old. Aliens invading Earth and killing everything? Perhaps there is a "no blood" or "under 17" checkbox setting somewhere, but I don't know how much of a difference it can make with themes like that.