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Don’t play video games, try being a magician.
Posted under Games, Microsoft, PS3, PSP, Sony, Websites, Xbox, Xbox 360 by Mr B4 
I know that I am not supposed to really bring anything out again until Monday, but I couldn’t pass this story up. This comes from an article I found on both filefront.com, and also on myfoxdc.com today. What this article gives is five after-school alternative activities for gamers, other than playing video games.
Here are the five suggested alternatives, and my interpretation of them:
1. Design your own clothes: Remember kids, it’s not ok to sit down in front of a tv, play video games, and stuff your face full of food. It is ok, however, to make clothes in order to become a designer for anorexic celebrities who starve themselves on a daily basis.
2. Wanna be famous: This idea suggests that if you want to be famous you should start blogging, and putting your writing, photography, and video editing skills to work. So it’s not ok to play violent, and sometimes sexually oriented video games. If you want to take dirty pictures, watch and create violent videos, and talk to others about how bad you feel about not playing video games right now, however, then that’s perfectly fine.
3. Pet Projects: So what you’re telling me is that instead of using a chainsaw in gears of war, i can skin a cat, and stick m-80’s up bullfrogs butts and watch them explode. Well, what am i waiting for, better get started right now, don’t want to let that talent go to waste.
4. Learn how to paint: Don’t do drugs and play games at the same time, but do encourage kids to get high off of the smell of acrylic paint, very smart move there.
5. Make your green beans disappear(Be a Magician): Hey, look everybody, i can pull a rabbit out of… well, let’s not even go there, because you know what that leads to.
I guess what I am trying to say is is that if people like to play games, that’s their decision. It might not be what they will be doing for the rest of their lives, but if they enjoy it right now, it’s a lot better than putting their lives in danger with these activities. So i guess what i want to say is we are gamers because we choose to be, and if you don’t like it, that’s your problem. Don’t tell us how to live our lives, just let us live them.
Once again, you can go to either filefront.com, or myfoxdc.com to read more about the actual article, as well as other writers thoughts on it. Here are the links.
That’s the news from me this time my friends, stay tuned for more from Mr B4.
Take care,
Mr B4
The worst part about this is that i couldnt hyperlink the second link for some reason, sorry about that everyone. Guess copy and apste is in order if you want to see it.
I grew up after school playing games, so this hits right home in my heart.
People need to stop telling me what to enjoy and what to do with my time and let me choose what I enjoy and how I choose to spend my time.
That’s called life, people. Let your kids be kids.
It’s all about context really. If little Johny comes home and spends 8 hours straight playing videogames, then it probably isn’t healthy. If he’s engaging in other activities, shows moderation, and manages to lead a healthy lifestyle, then there’s no reason he can’t indulge in the occasional videogame or two. It’s all about finding the happy medium.
Video games are today’s whipping boy. In the 50’s and 60’s it was Rock ‘n Roll. In the 60’s and 70’s it was comic books. In the 80’s… hum.. was it pop rocks or break dancing?
Anyway, there has been a growing backlash to video games in the 90’s and now it’s exploding in the 00’s. People need something to blame when their kids don’t turn out they way they want. They, of course, aren’t to blame, so there must be something else, sinister and evil, that twists their child’s soul. Today it’s video games.
I vote we make Fashion Design and Magic the vial evil of the 10’s and 20’s!
It is easy to point the finger at one activity and call it bad. Sure, the children today are little dough balls, barely able to stand on their feet for fear of crushing their ankles from the sheer weight.
The problem isn’t video games. The problem is obsession. Play video games, just do other stuff too. Don’t be a dough ball.
Hey, Shadowrun has plenty of magic. So I can be a magician and a gamer at the same time! Rainbow Six has clothing customization options. Viva Piniata has pets. Forza 2 has painting. And getting high gamerscores give you plenty of attention.
Don’t worry about “anti-gaming” propaganda. Gaming distracts you from many important things in life. Trust me, They like it that way.
-Rust.
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