http://trippenbach.com/2008/05/01/rant-oldtimers-unbellyfeel-gaming/ Journalism, game design and social media meet at last. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:28:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://trippenbach.com/2008/05/01/rant-oldtimers-unbellyfeel-gaming/#comment-161 trebrivan Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:16:17 +0000 http://trippenbach.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-161 I agree. I might suggest, two factors that feed the fear or at least mistrust of people towards computer gaming. Firstly, computer gaming is an aspect of a digital age, where conception about time place, communication and information are dramatically changing; for example, mobile phones and getting at a rendez-vous on time, expectation of being in touch with news and facts at all time, and most of all it's beyond their control. Secondly, the content of games is in itself objectionable. as you point out, there are bad games, but worse, there are good games, and they are violent. Parents don't give a damn whether BBC does children friendly games or that their kid are discerning and aware of the difference between sawing an alien in half (Gears of war) and not liking your classmates. They don't like violence. Which gaming as a genre churns over and over again. I know you'll argue, it's then up to them not to buy those particular games but their perception is of one single-minded industry, not a multi-purpose medium as we would see it. I agree.
I might suggest, two factors that feed the fear or at least mistrust of people towards computer gaming. Firstly, computer gaming is an aspect of a digital age, where conception about time place, communication and information are dramatically changing; for example, mobile phones and getting at a rendez-vous on time, expectation of being in touch with news and facts at all time, and most of all it’s beyond their control.
Secondly, the content of games is in itself objectionable. as you point out, there are bad games, but worse, there are good games, and they are violent. Parents don’t give a damn whether BBC does children friendly games or that their kid are discerning and aware of the difference between sawing an alien in half (Gears of war) and not liking your classmates. They don’t like violence. Which gaming as a genre churns over and over again. I know you’ll argue, it’s then up to them not to buy those particular games but their perception is of one single-minded industry, not a multi-purpose medium as we would see it.

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