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Open Question: what should I get as a birthday present?
I need a damn good birthday present for my brother, he is 16.
He already has;
All apple accessories
Too many video games
Laptops/computers/cameras
A t.v
Sporting gear for the sports he plays
Any ideas?
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Resolved Question: What will be the next video game trend?
To start off, FPS's (or shooting games in general) are pretty popular right now, in fact, probably one of, if not the most popular genre out there at this moment.
Once the FPS craze dies down, what do you think will become the next new "hot" video game genre? Or will shooting games continue to be a dominant force in the video game industry in the future?
If there are any inaccuracies in my question, feel free to prove me wrong.
Looking forward to your answers :)
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Open Question: What do you think of this?
Yahoo! recently put a article in their popular news feed that defamed and insulted games in every line of its summary text and period throughout the video within. I submitted the below feedback. What do you think of Yahoo!'s actions, what do you think about the feedback, and is there anything that you would suggest changing about it?
"If you skim through this, please read the first two lines and the comment copied from the article and pasted toward the end of this feedback.
This feedback concerns the article that was recently publish as a top news feed. The title to the video it linked to was "Space Invader: A World Record Holder and His Home Arcade." The sensationalist text summarizing, which stated things such as the article, which stated things such as "Abandon cool, all ye who enter here," on the home page was extremely inflammatory and narrow-minded. Every line of it perpetuated stereotypes, the already negative attitude toward gamers, and was based on a sexist point of view that ignores female gamers.
I watch through the video in question before beginning to type this feedback. The video starts fairly docile, other than beginning with a few images of men making expressions that further encourage the negative stereotype of what a male game looks and acts like. At 1:37 mark, the "reporter" makes a comment about the interviewees speech when imitating his mother saying "Is that what woman sound like to you?" This comment doesn't seem to have any other purpose other than to poke fun at and perpetuate the stereo type that gamers are social misfits that don't understand woman, nor would they have a chance dating one. You can see that this meaning is perceived even by the interviewee as he becomes disheartened and depressive immediately after the comment. Around the 2:06 mark, the "reporter" once again makes a negative remark to fuel the flames on a already heated issue. While in front of an arcade machine that features a steering wheel and gun, she makes the comment "It is good for children to learn to shoot while their driving." This comment is completely out of line. The arcade machine in question is owned and played by an adult man. Regardless as the "reporter" she claims to be, it is her job to report while remaining neutral on topics, especially those that are part of a heated debate. Around 2:25, she makes a reference that encourages the stereotype of gamers having odd/bizarre sexual attractions. Toward the end, there are some more, although vague, negative remarks concerning men and their interest in gaming, caviared with more of that original sexist attitude that completely ignores the numerous and equally passionate female gamers while simultaneously down casting interest in video games as something odd and hard to understand.
Overall the article and summary text linking to it was disgusting and appalling to imagine that Yahoo! would publish such discriminator, inflaming garbage. I stated as much in the comment below the video. The comment is pasted below and summarizes this feedback fairly thoroughly:
"I love that it is 2012 but we still haven't broken away from wide spread discrimination. The targets change but the guns are still loaded. Why is it that people that participate in a particular art form, whose growth has been more exponential than those proceeding it, are treated like social pariahs, the parasitic underbelly of society, and simply an agony to be around? Also, the sexist attitude and ignorance of female gamers in this article also isn't lost on me. Yahoo!, I have had a lot of respect for you over the years, but this is a vile, disgusting act and you should be ashamed to publish such discriminatory, narrow-mined garbage. Even more so, since you publish it on the front page."
This is not a lone opinion either, every comment I read held similar views to mine in one way or another. Many female gamers commented as well expressing there disappointment. Yahoo! should not make it part of there business plan to discriminate against a perceived minority based on popular views. I am extremely disappointed with Yahoo! after this article. I am also disappointed in my decision as a gamer and an anime fan (who are also widely discriminated against) to make an account, with what was later discovered to be such a bigoted company, in the hopes of using it in the creation of an anime/Japanese culture website. This world has enough hatred. As a decent human being, don't add to it."
The quoted text was edited slightly to correct a few left out words, misplaced subordinated clauses, and comma splices, but it is mostly identical to the original feedback.
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