This problem you speak of is not a game related problem. It is a problem faced by every industry, every religion, every country, and every ethnic group. The problem is the human race. The drive to be better than everyone else. The desire to be in complete conrtol. The inablility to see anything from a perspective but our own.
Man has fought over power as far back as our history shows. People always fighting for their beliefs, and never getting anywhere. Refusing to aknowledge history, and continuing to battle a fight that has no end.
So the above is the story of mankind to this point.
Now I am not going to try to solve the whole puzzle at once. I am just going to give some clues to how we can fix some of the very simple equations. First lets start with choice, when we allow for choice, we open up the door to opinion. When choice, and opinion can be turned into something that has effect on other people it becomes an issue. Where an issue is present a war of some form is going to occur, because someones choice is not going to survive unless they fight for it.
The simple answer is to grow up and eleminate choice. Now somewhere along the line some sort of propaganda got people believeing that working together torwards a common goal is a evil idea. In turn we formed empires that round up the best talent , and keep all the knowlegde in that talent to themselves. Thus we end up with Sony, Nintedno, and Microsoft (in the game industry).
As I said before, humanity refuses to aknowledge history. I just said the simple answer is to eliminate choice. Everyone knows that is true, but how do we go about doing it. Obviously war is the only answer, correct? Wrong, have you been paying attiontion to the last 5000 years? Have you payed attention to the start of this post?
Now, I can understand some of the issues faced in the past. The ability to communicate is easly the largest. In todays world however, communication is extreamly simple. The issue now is not the ability to recive communication, but to activly address it. This is were the people in positions of power need to be responsible. Sadley that is not the case a high percentage of the time.
Anyways, this is getting to deep so I will wrap it up here. The game indusrty needs to come together, and end the war. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo need to move first, but everyone else must follow. A committee needs to be formed that has representatives from every major group interested in games. The commity must allow roolm for people that have the ability to be the voice of hardware, the vioce of software development, and most importantly the voice of the community interested in games.
If gamers can set the example, perhapps we can lead humanity to a bright future. Or everyone can continue to fight. Just know, the fight will never end. A victor will never emerge, and potential will forever be wasted until we unite.
Stop hate, let others live the life they were given. Everyone has their problems, and no one should have to feel ashamed for the way they were born. Be proud of who you are, encourage others to be proud of themselves. Learn, research, absorb everything around you. Nothing is meaningless, a purpose is placed on everything no matter how you perceive it. Discover how to love, and share that love with everything that you encounter. Help make existence a beautiful thing.
Kevyn B Grams
10/03/2010
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