It's Xbox 360 you numpty
Here we go again, yet another uniformed journalist who can’t be bothered to investigate her subject matter properly, yet nonchalantly reports to the world on the evils of video games.Admittedly, the Time’s Journalist’s Janice Turner column isn’t as excruciatingly unbearable as the recent Fox New’s debacle, but still it’s yet another example of how mainstream journalists are jumping on board the videogame hate wagon at an increasing rate and feeding parents with absolute nonsense about how games are supposedly destroying are children.
Clearly stuck in a time warp, Turner sums up her feelings on videogames by comparing Xbox to crack,referring to the creators who make them as ‘evil’ and concludes by saying that kids learn more by watching soap operas, yes…that's soap operas, than through playing videogames.
“I refuse to buy them portable gaming consoles, Xboxes, GameCubes, PS2s. These are Satan's Sudoku, crack cocaine of the brain. Even the crappiest cartoon or lamest soap teaches a child about character, plot, drama, humour, life,” reads the article. “Playing videogames, children are mentally imprisoned, wired into their evil creators' brains. And they play them - beepety-beep - on journeys, over family meals, any minute in which they find themselves unamused.”
Even with the tiniest bit of research Turner would have discovered that people are actually playing Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii these days; this woman is totally out of touch with the new videogame generation. The headline of her article “Xbox is Crack for kids”, really shows up her ignorance and showcases the desperation she has for people to read here nonsense. If you read the article for yourself you’ll see that she gives no reason as to why playing videogames is so bad, she just says that they are. It's common sense that you should restrict the amount of time children spend playing games, as you should with TV watching, but comparing it to crack cocaine is irresponsible journalism to say the least.
The negative spin being put on videogames lately is only going to be to the detriment of those who love playing them. The more these high profile journalists keep banging on about the damage they’re doing to kids and the way in which we're all being corrupted by apparent violence and scenes of a sexual nature then the more the government will listen and take action to restrict our enjoyment.
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Source :: Times Online
