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I am as liberal and anti-war as anyone, but I just don't think DeLappe gets it. I play an MMO (massively multiplayer online game) in my nonexistent free time, and what this guy doesn't get is that gamers are not interested in talking to other players beyond things like "spare monies for noob?" or for organizing themselves in tactical situations. I very, very rarely pay attention to what's going on in the chats except insofar as to make fun of the poor grammar. Something I saw which reminded me of this was a group of conservative Christians setting up a room in my town where the Bible would be read aloud non-stop regardless if there was anyone there to hear it (in addition to being very proudly liberal I am also very proudly Christian). To that my question is, what the heck is the point supposed to be? What does it accomplish? Who does it benefit? Who is it supposed to edify?
DeLappe may get some press from this, but the actual point of what he's trying to do, which is to raise awareness among the people who actually use the game, is null because gamers aren't listening anyway.
His criticisms of the game may be valid but whether or not he sees himself as a media artist, he'd better find a more effective method.
