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Involving Kids In Free Software Through Games
SynrG writes "Platinum Arts Sandbox puts into childrens' hands the ability to role play in a 3D world and edit that world using simplified controls. The expressions on the faces of our kids as they played were priceless; both the ups and the downs. I wanted to capture this on video and share it. After having established a rapport with upstream, we took a 20 minute clip of one of our play sessions and gave a copy to them to use to help further their work. Here is the edited result. They were very pleased to have that kind of feedback and found the video valuable for determining where the software still needed improvement and to notice which aspects particularly pleased the children."
If I had kids, I wouldn't let them waste their lives away in some retarded video game. What happened to raising adjusted kids who learn conversational skills and stay healthy through sports or even robotics competitions?
Do you all want to be a parent of some soul-less little pokemon-playing faggot glued to a monitor during all of their waking hours? Do you want to teach them that escapism is an acceptable way to deal with life? Do you want your kid to be the overweight, friendless baby-talker who reads lame fantasy books all day? Do you want to raise somebody who will grow to be 300 pounds and who will want to live with you rent-free through their adulthood, urinating in a bucket they keep in their room and emerging only to ask for your money?
Fuck no. Feeding a kid too many video games is like feeding them too much McDonalds. It causes their minds to resemble an alcoholic liver: fatty, bloated yet totally ineffective at its function, eventually unable to fend for itself. Buy your fatass kids a bike and tell them to hit the road. Then lock the doors for a few hours and let'em cry. They'll thank you for it later!