And shooting people is really bad. However, fake guns are fun. And pretending to shoot people in games is really fun. Real guns and fake guns have nothing to do with each other. Real life and games have nothing to do with each other. So let's stop banning cool XBox ads and pretending that will do anything to stop actual violence.
Disclosure: I don't own an XBox and don't find the idea of playing video games in my living room appealing. But put me in an arcade with one of those stand-up, shoot-'em-up games and a sack of quarters, and I'm a menace.
Ah. There's the Ed I know. ;-) And to be honest, I kinda agree with you.
Posted by: Matt | Jan 11, 2006 at 08:52 PM
Heh. I spent some time at the Jersey shore last fall. Off season, it was quiet, not much to do, and I ruled this stand-up, shoot-em-up game at one of the arcades. There's just something primally satisfying about them, and to deny it is wishful PC thinking of the worst kind.
Posted by: Ed | Jan 13, 2006 at 02:39 PM