'sup (rant about societies ridiculously low views of video games)

Hey, guys, me again.

How awesome is it that Obama won the election?
Very, very. If McCain won... that would be terrible.
Well, see, he's like an extension of bush, but smarter... not that that says anything...
He's pro-guns - we would all be doomed.

Yeah, today was awesome. And hey! I live in Australia, so I'm not directly affected by the new president!

Hey, what would you say to maybe a new co-author?
Or two? Or (hopefully) five or so?
Then this blog would actually get updated once in a while.
Not that I can talk... have you seen my webcomic? Its sprite-based, so all you who don't like video games or just don't see the point of them (such as my co-author), dont look at them. Just go to www.drunkduck.com/ and search for 'runaway', 'sonic again', 'megaman q' (I never update that one) or 'super mario 64 + 1' (my fave). Warning! I like pokemon.

Well, haven't updated in AGES!
But I am not lazy... :(

Oh, and stop seeing video games as a bad thing. (CAUTION: POSSIBLY OFFENSIVE BUT NEEDED RANT AHEAD)
I quote, "someday, if society allows it, games will have their shakespeare". I can't remember the author of the book, but its a brilliant book on game design.
But, yeah, games are an art form. Or at least, as much of an art form as society allows it to be.
Just like shakespeare's plays were only watched by lower class and middle class people mostly, games are only played by a select few, who have open minds.
Just like TV started out as something that middle class watched while the upper class was too busy having tea parties and eating scones (pronounced: sk-EW-ns), so to do video games have a chance.

Don't just reject it immediately because you don't understand it, ok? Po-tay-toe, po-tah-to. Doing that is what causes wars, what causes hate, what causes death. Maybe on a larger scale, but at the moment gamers are currently looked down on by the 'higher classes' of society.
I hate it.
I absolutely hate it.

You people are so ignorant.

I absolutely fucking hate it.

Seriously, don't knock it till you've tried it.
And hey, I don't particularly njoy classical music, but I'm not anti-classical-music or anything. So don't be with video games.

And for the last time, there is a difference between video games and computer games.
People who call them computer games know almost nothing about them.

VIDEO GAMES AREN'T ALL PACMAN AND SUPER MARIO BROS STYLE PIXEL-BASED GAMES OR VIOLENT FPS GAMES.

[edit: Removed half of rant to make more... friendly. :D]



Oh, by the way, my spelling isn't that great of some words... I use colloqueal (?) language, sue me.