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Neal Stephenson Says Video Games Are the Metaverse

Posted by timothy on from the wish-those-games-didn't-bore-me-so-quickly dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an interview with Forbes Magazine, Neal Stephenson says the 'Metaverse' he created in his seminal novel Snow Crash missed the point — and that video games like World of Warcraft are the true future of cyberspace." Forbes writer David Ewalt seems taken with Stephenson's new book, REAMDE, which I'm looking forward to getting my hands on.

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  1. When on your deathbed... by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    This is why our society is headed towards looking like the morbidly obese blobs in "Wall-E"!

    Don't go outside into the REAL WORLD to exercise and socialize, just sit on your butt playing video games and pretending the people in the games are your real friends. All the while you get bigger and more unhealthy... eating garbage food and have subluxations grow.

    Don't get me wrong, there's nothing inherently bad about video games (we own an XBOX360 with Kinect) but expecting to go into these make believe worlds and flourish while the Real World You rots is absolutely disgusting. I'm 5'11", 160 lbs and haven't wavered for ~15 years.

    Folks, enjoy casual gaming. Please make sure you get out for exercise, good nutrition and adjustments.

    Think about this: at the end of your life, you won't look back over the course of your journey and think "Gee, I wish I played MORE video games."

    Follow my journal for more health advice.
    Take care,
    Bob

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    Trolling is a art,
    1. Re:When on your deathbed... by grub · · Score: 3, Funny

      lol... oh dear.

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      Trolling is a art,
    2. Re:When on your deathbed... by grub · · Score: 4, Funny

      Damn... it was a good run. Realized as I clicked Submit that I was in the wrong browser.

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    3. Re:When on your deathbed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not with a bang but a *click*.

  2. Re:Didn't RTFA by robthebloke · · Score: 3, Funny

    We need to get creative! Just pretend that I've just insulted your operating system of choice. Go on a rant. I'll respond with something about linux running on a beowulf cluster of laser headed sharks, and with any luck we'll be able to get this one back on track.

    Now all we need is a link to a web site. I, like many others, can only enjoy reading slashdot when I know that there is a small web server somewhere in the world, all alone, sitting in the dark, crying at the load that's been placed on it..... :*(

  3. Sad news ... Dr. Bob, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Chiro shill and all-around quack Dr. Bob was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon..