Scathing Commentary on Video Games

Actually this a "Scathing Commentary" on Those Who Don't Like Video Games.

So let's get down to brass tacks and cut the crap and discover what you people have against video games. You are probably the very people sitting in front of your TV agreeing with Dan Rather, Serena Williams and Joe Leiberman that video game violence is the cause of world poverty. You are also the same people watching Star Trek: TNG, or any syndicated show for that matter and saying that the hour you just spent with those fools is in some way different than, or better than an equal amount of time I would spend waging war against the Corrupted Rogues in the Black Marshes. So what is your rationale? Education.

Let me see if this figures. You say that your movie is educational, you say that your show is educational. All I am hearing is "Edumication, Edumication. Won't somebody think about the children!!" So here's what I have to say about that. Anyone who watches a movie to be educated, is not educated. Movies and tv programming are for entertainment purposes only, just like palm reading, and psychic phone calls, and pictionary. So then you say what about the History channel. I say, "how many people watch that because of what is on it. Don't you really watch it because there is nothing else on?" Anyway, all I'm saying is that video games are at the base motivation identical to movies, and tv.

Now I have to say something else: Video games are more educational than movies, or tv, and if played on a network produce more bonding than watching a movie together. How about a few examples:
1. The Rocket Launcher on Quake III: Hand-Eye Coordination
2. Resource Management: Starcraft, Warcraft, Empire Earth
3. Space Allocation: Diablo II
4. What Not Worship: Doom II, III
5. Benefit Maximizing: Diablo II weapons and armor
6. Attack Coordination: LAN Starcraft

I'm sure there are more, but those are just a few glaring examples. In conclusion I would like to say that I like video games.

FINE PRINT:
This view in no way disparages movies, or would suggest that I don't like them anymore.