Cranky Editorials About Videogames

GamePolitics has a roundup of some game-related weekend editorials. Some of them are awful cranky and not terribly well thought-out. From the Peoria Journal-Star: "Many of my college students... seem to be less familiar with books than earlier generations. In part, you can blame the influence of video games in pre-teens' lives. If the choice is 'Moby Dick' or Playstation, I think we know which one a kid will pick... In other words, good writing means good salaries. Think about that the next time you choose between taking your kid to the video store or the library..." Another piece rails against the Columbine videogame, while papers in Louisiana are duking it out over the recently passed videogame legislation.

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Re:I'd most certainly hope...

[Distinguished Hero]

As well, reading is much too passive an activity. It encourages mental passiveness, instead of being aware and engaged in our surroundings.

Exactly. The fact that most of the great thinkers throughout history have been illiterates who never bothered with books further supports your assertion.

P.S. This post employs a literary device. Figuring out the literary device is left as an exercise for the reader.