| mchaza said: Here is a great discussion topic i've just came up for all you gamrconnect folks to ramble on about Can video/computer games be regarded as an necessity for the millions who play them?
Do we have the right to complain about the games given to us? |
No the short answer is no. Games are not a necessity as we can live without them. Internet is nescessary because it is what runs the global economy these days everyone communicates through internet and the service has become a nescessary thing. Just look at Y2K when many people thought the internet would crash, they thought it would be the end of the world, that makes it a nescessary.
TV is becoming less of a nescessity these days compared to a computer. But the radio used to be a nescessity to keep the world informed and unified. Then the TV replaced it, whats the first thing you do when you hear about a disaster you either turn on your TV to the news or log onto the internet to read about it. Food scarce the internet and tv, war internet or TV, natural disaster internet or TV.
Games are as nescessary as movies and music, pretty close to nescessary but not a must.
Do we have the right to complain about the games given to us, that is a completely different question. As consumers we reserve the right to complain about anything we consume. You have every right to write an angry letter to Activision about your product or to write your local paper about the prices of software. At least in a democracy that is your right. But that does not make gaming a necessity.
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
