Video games can save the world!

Leoj · **Joined:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:48 pm **Posts:** 1977

http://kotaku.com/5496017/video-games-c ... -play-more

It was even a TED talk which is quite cool.

Very interesting to watch.

Marbus · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:59 pm

I agree, and well, it's definitely interesting to watch; and even though she sounds like a whackjob, she does bring up some interesting points that catch my... er... interest

BANANA · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:52 am

One of the comments in that article made me laugh.

Quote:

The world ends with YOU.

Tee hee. Anyway, I don't really get how video games will solve obesity of all things. Seems like it's doing the opposite.

Tabarnaco · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:11 am

It's waiting for me in Miro, since I'm subscribed to TEDTalks in HD, but I'm expecting it to be really stupid.

Decker · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:34 am

I watched it through.

She makes some sense but if I had to take a shot for every time she said "Epic" (and two shots for "Epic Win") then I'd be vomiting right now.

But yeah, she did make some pretty valid arguments there. Loving how all the comments are super mad at her for saying Epic

Tabarnaco · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:57 am

I lost interest when she talked about WoW.

Water · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:33 pm

gb2 Hogwarts

Well, alright, some of the games she made look pretty cool. I'm gonna check out some of the solutions people came up with in Superstruct.

ninjamuffin · **Posted:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 3:56 am

I'm tired of people saying that gamers are different than normal people.Has anyone heard of "gamer grub" it was a snack food made for "gamers" we are people! we are just like everyone else!.....

thingsarestupid · **Joined:** Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:41 am **Posts:** 27

She says video game players are "willing to trust each other on a world-saving mission,"

Yeah, they also don't actually die on said missions....
it's not real. She cracks me up.

BANANA · **Posted:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:39 am

ninjamuffin wrote:

I'm tired of people saying that gamers are different than normal people.Has anyone heard of "gamer grub" it was a snack food made for "gamers" we are people! we are just like everyone else!.....

thingsarestupid wrote:

She says video game players are "willing to trust each other on a world-saving mission,"

Yeah, they also don't actually die on said missions....
it's not real. She cracks me up.

You two wouldn't happen to be the same person, would you?

thingsarestupid · **Joined:** Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:41 am **Posts:** 27

.. Yes. *tear*

Fooflyer · **Posted:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:59 am

ninjamuffin wrote:

I'm tired of people saying that gamers are different than normal people.Has anyone heard of "gamer grub" it was a snack food made for "gamers" we are people! we are just like everyone else!.....

I am a gamer and blah blah blah you are not a gamer blah blah blah gamer gamer gamer

i hate the term gamer. It's like you're attempting to create a minority of yourself just because you enjoy playing video games.

ninjamuffin · **Posted:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:07 am

thats what i was saying sorry i worded it wrong

thats why "gamer" was in quotation

Karilyn · **Posted:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:28 am

Fooflyer wrote:

I am a gamer and blah blah blah you are not a gamer blah blah blah gamer gamer gamer

i hate the term gamer. It's like you're attempting to create a minority of yourself just because you enjoy playing video games.

I hate the term gamer because the people who apply the term to themselves tend to enjoy being exclusionary and try to think up tons of reasons why they are better than other gamers, or why other gamers are not "real gamers" because they don't play Halo 24/7 or some stupid shit like that.

Like really now?

How about this one. I'm a real gamer because I was playing video games before you were fucking born, ya FPStard.

Hypocrisy was deliberate and intended

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