Wednesday, February 6, 2008

It's official, Fox hates Video games like God hates satan

Want your world to stay like this?
Fox says don't play video games....huh?

Ok. I have to calm myself down before I get angry. I was on destructoid.com earlier today (some great stuff by the way, check it out and mention you heard of them through me) and I found a blog talking about how Fox news (yes that's fox with a capital F) did a story on how "Video games may hurt nature." Of course, Mr. D-toid (thats a short version for destructoid for all of you that don't know) is quick to point out that the actual research that is done for the segment blames TV and computer activity as a whole. The gist is that because people are spending so much time indoors, they won't have an appreciation for nature, and thus won't care what happens to it.
Oh well that makes total sense coming from a TV NETWORK! Let's all stop watching 24, the Super Bowl, The Sara(h?) Connor Chronicles, Family Guy, American Dad, The Simpsons, and so forth, because we are ruining nature by supposedly 'not caring'. But no, Fox didn't take the time to talk about them, they wanted to put more blame on Video Games and point out how the apocalypse is inevitable because 8 year olds named Timmy like to play Nintendogs instead of playing with their real dog outside. Or that one kid who comes home every day and stays inside doing his homework all day because he's trying to get a job that requires him to be in an office where he types out facts and figures and then retires to sit at home and watch..omg.. FOX! Wait, that last part didnt have anything to do with video games...
What's even more is the researchers themselves do NOT, I repeat, do NOT single out video games themselves, Fox decided to do that with its own headline. I guess reading, writing, and arithmetic are all part of satan now because most of the time they involve being indoors. I guess cooking is out of the question, and grilling is better. And driving your car is worse than riding a bike. Come on people, really? Are you going to let this stand? And while Fox is at it, they might as well blame indoor beds and praise people who camp because they have a 'respect' for wild-life. John Deere thinks your lame Fox. Geez.

-Jeremy aka Adridius

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

thanks for giving me the feedback on Fox with a capital F. They have got to be kidding when Fox is indoors...what kind of sense does that make??? If more people play video games, then their hand and eye coordination would be better and their stimulation which helps their brain function would be used.

thanks jeremy