looks like those things are good for something

So wait, a 14 year old girl can escape the problems in Iraq by playing video games and the media praises it, and yet if we do it by playing Goldeneye or Doom, we are potentially serial killers? HYPOCRISY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@TheBird and Cheater87: At least we can say we have a small victory since this is part of what video games are about. But in this case it would just be selfish, so at least she has a way to avoid reality, however she shouldn't fully drown herself into it since it is a dangerous place, but also at 14, should should actually be aware of what's going on in her country.

IMO, of course. :)

@ Dog of the Military

Now you get it. The keyword is "G-I-R-L", girl.

[sarcasm] As we all know, it's only guys who play the shooters, hence don't get praised. [/sarcasm]

I heard something similar once on NPR. I forget what part of the world it was. Think it was either Iraq or Gaza, might have been border Israel. Beirut maybe? They were talking to an author who'd been interviewing kids and had come across one story of a kid who'd been playing WoW during a major attack. When it happened, he'd told his guild/raid that there were real bombs going off where he lived and they'd responded with some degree of sympathy and understanding. He took some consolation from that, the basic attitude being, "well, at least there's some people over there that know what's happening".

Don't mistake me, life is short, you have to find comfort where you can, and I'm glad he found some solace in that; Now that I've said that, I will also say that if there were bombs going off nearby, I damn sure wouldn't be playing WoW. (ug - what a world.)

Yay videogames help you. In your fucking face JACK THOMPSON!

Yay, it goes to show that games don't fuel violent outbursts, it creates an outlet for stress when you're incapable of outletting it in other places.

Hmm, how my "wuss on wuss" post made it into this article is beyond me. Now for what I meant to say on this article,

@Dog of the Military

Well your not a 14 y/o girl living in wartorn Iraq.

Those are some interesting stories of escapism. I hope she lives to her fullest.

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