I think it's ironic that the concept of sitting on a couch staring at a tv for hours on end, without any interaction (other than changing the channel/volume) is widely accepted, but the thought of playing video games (interacting) with other people is just alien/taboo.
This is the same show that once had a Chimpanzee presenter named J Fred Muggs. It seems the only change from the 1950s until now is that the presentors of today can manage to go potty on their own. And that is about it.
"Gypsies, tramps, and thieves, we were called by the Admin of the site . . . "
"When you're in your thirties, there should be something more on your mind or attention than video games."
What why? This is so fucking stupid, so passing your time with video games is not ok but watching TV, fixing your shitridden garden, having BBQ parties with your fat friends and playing golf is ok?
And those two cows on the picture?! Who cares, wouldn't even touch those two air-heads with a ten foot pole.
Did anyone else notice that they were specifically targeting MEN over 30 who play video games. Double standard much?
Oh, that's right, us men are suppose to be the mules of society while the women can decide to take a year off to see what they want to do, maybe go back to school, maybe have a baby......
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
The answer is pretty easy. For all the married guys that play, i wonder if these scaggs ever thought once, that husbands play video games to get away from their nagging azz. For all the single dudes, hey, if you're not married at that age, and don't have to put up with the nagging of a girlfriend or wife, one, you're lucky and two, who decides what is right and wrong for anyone. Maybe, those dudes want to play mon-fri, on sat, go out and spend that $300 bucks for the evening and then on Sun, relax.
Wow, I was almost offended by the ignorant babbling of some half whit ex-Miss Tasty Freeze. Times like this just remind me how completely out of touch with reality 99% of modern media really is.
Kathy Lee is a firm believer that men over thirty should be focused on things more satisfying than video games. Her husband Frank agreed. He chose flight attendants.
The majority of the people I know are either casual gamers or hardcore gamers. Even my mom plays the Facebook games. The youngest people that I hang out with (who aren't family) are almost 30 years old, and those are the 'youngsters'.
Maybe there aren't that many adult gamers in Hollywood.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
I find it interesting that Gifford married a guy over twice her age who had a lot of money from....playing a game. That's right. Frank Gifford dressed up in a little uniform and played a game all his life. Surely he could have found something better to do with his life than hit a ball with a stick as a grown man. Anyone named "Hoda" hasn't got any business telling anyone else what is "normal".
Yeah, I suppose these simpletons would find it "weird" that someone would choose to actually use their brain while being entertained rather than shut it off completely while listening to their inane babble.
"I don't think Lloyd's of London would insure this mouth."--KLG
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
I think they meant those men who's sole focus is on gaming are weird. It seems that they have been so constantly exposed to negative images of extreme, socially awkward gamers whether it's from movies or TV, that they are not in tune to just how many healthy and happy older male gamers there really are. But you can't expect to win a war against negative social stereotypes with venomous wit alone (kinda like the examples from this very thread with all the tasteless responses). It only goes to show how ignorance is a two way street.
Anything you do whether it's watching TV or gaming can be done correctly if done with moderation. Plopping your kids down for a TV marathon while you gear up for the same with your mmo poison is not good for either party. Until we learn to fight ignorance with reason, we are only winning the fight for them. The media would have a field day picking this forum apart and proving their point.
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
I'm 40 and have the most amazing wife and son... I work my ass off every night and when I get home I choose not to watch the news or read a newspaper... I choose to game. Holy crap I am one psychotically wierd dude. I never realised it before this!
Well... yeah. But they never mentioned that time i wore the panty hose and lipstick when nobody was home. They singled in on my midget slaughtering in Borderlands!
I contracted with a company that actually made it an at will termination if you were found playing Dungeons and Dragons on their property. Even on breaks/lunch.
All because of an article that potrayed people who play DnD as unstable homicidal maniacs incapable of distinguishing the game from reality.
To this day, I know people who still in the back of their minds believe this.
"I swear -- by my life and my love for it -- that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." - John Galt
Comments
I think it's ironic that the concept of sitting on a couch staring at a tv for hours on end, without any interaction (other than changing the channel/volume) is widely accepted, but the thought of playing video games (interacting) with other people is just alien/taboo.
What could be any weirder than snuggling up next to this?
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
This is the same show that once had a Chimpanzee presenter named J Fred Muggs. It seems the only change from the 1950s until now is that the presentors of today can manage to go potty on their own. And that is about it.
"Gypsies, tramps, and thieves, we were called by the Admin of the site . . . "
"When you're in your thirties, there should be something more on your mind or attention than video games."
What why? This is so fucking stupid, so passing your time with video games is not ok but watching TV, fixing your shitridden garden, having BBQ parties with your fat friends and playing golf is ok?
And those two cows on the picture?! Who cares, wouldn't even touch those two air-heads with a ten foot pole.
I'd like to see Adam Sessler go on the Today Show and respond to this.
Did anyone else notice that they were specifically targeting MEN over 30 who play video games. Double standard much?
Oh, that's right, us men are suppose to be the mules of society while the women can decide to take a year off to see what they want to do, maybe go back to school, maybe have a baby......
Ya' mule !!!
Who the heck were those two women? No clue, as if they matter somehow.
Going back to hang with my "weird" friends.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
The answer is pretty easy. For all the married guys that play, i wonder if these scaggs ever thought once, that husbands play video games to get away from their nagging azz. For all the single dudes, hey, if you're not married at that age, and don't have to put up with the nagging of a girlfriend or wife, one, you're lucky and two, who decides what is right and wrong for anyone. Maybe, those dudes want to play mon-fri, on sat, go out and spend that $300 bucks for the evening and then on Sun, relax.
Sorry, I was busy gaming. What did they say?
Keep gaming, just keep gaming....
Wow, I was almost offended by the ignorant babbling of some half whit ex-Miss Tasty Freeze. Times like this just remind me how completely out of touch with reality 99% of modern media really is.
Kathy Lee is a firm believer that men over thirty should be focused on things more satisfying than video games. Her husband Frank agreed. He chose flight attendants.
The majority of the people I know are either casual gamers or hardcore gamers. Even my mom plays the Facebook games. The youngest people that I hang out with (who aren't family) are almost 30 years old, and those are the 'youngsters'.
Maybe there aren't that many adult gamers in Hollywood.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
KLG is empty and worthless as her views and what spews from her mouth.
There's more Botox between those two women than the entire country of India has ever seen.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. - Marie Curie
The one on the left looks like a horse. Exactly like a horse.
I find it interesting that Gifford married a guy over twice her age who had a lot of money from....playing a game. That's right. Frank Gifford dressed up in a little uniform and played a game all his life. Surely he could have found something better to do with his life than hit a ball with a stick as a grown man. Anyone named "Hoda" hasn't got any business telling anyone else what is "normal".
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Yeah, I suppose these simpletons would find it "weird" that someone would choose to actually use their brain while being entertained rather than shut it off completely while listening to their inane babble.
D&D Home Page - What Class Are You? - Build A Character - D&D Compendium
Lest we forget to consider the source...
"I don't think Lloyd's of London would insure this mouth."--KLG
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
I think they meant those men who's sole focus is on gaming are weird. It seems that they have been so constantly exposed to negative images of extreme, socially awkward gamers whether it's from movies or TV, that they are not in tune to just how many healthy and happy older male gamers there really are. But you can't expect to win a war against negative social stereotypes with venomous wit alone (kinda like the examples from this very thread with all the tasteless responses). It only goes to show how ignorance is a two way street.
Anything you do whether it's watching TV or gaming can be done correctly if done with moderation. Plopping your kids down for a TV marathon while you gear up for the same with your mmo poison is not good for either party. Until we learn to fight ignorance with reason, we are only winning the fight for them. The media would have a field day picking this forum apart and proving their point.
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
I think people who sing Kumbaya my lord out of nowhere are weird.
On a serious note, I'm not 30 yet, not even close, but I will be playing video games until I die.
People who think its weird can stay insecure their whole lives.
EVERYBODY is weird to someone else in some way.
To think just because a majority of people believe one particular group to be weird means that they should be shunned is another effect of the media.
I'm 40 and have the most amazing wife and son... I work my ass off every night and when I get home I choose not to watch the news or read a newspaper... I choose to game. Holy crap I am one psychotically wierd dude. I never realised it before this!
Well... yeah. But they never mentioned that time i wore the panty hose and lipstick when nobody was home. They singled in on my midget slaughtering in Borderlands!
Old stigma's die hard.
I contracted with a company that actually made it an at will termination if you were found playing Dungeons and Dragons on their property. Even on breaks/lunch.
All because of an article that potrayed people who play DnD as unstable homicidal maniacs incapable of distinguishing the game from reality.
To this day, I know people who still in the back of their minds believe this.
"I swear -- by my life and my love for it -- that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."
- John Galt
Kill your TV.
"I am not in a server with Gankers...THEY ARE IN A SERVER WITH ME!!!"