Letters to the Editor
-
I agree, but where is the head-shot?
I very much agree with what the article says, mainstream media (i.e. not Internet media, no games) have still not understood that games do not produce violence and that the average gamer is not going to perform a "Columbine".
However I did expect a little more meat in an article written by Salon. I've read Salon for 3 years now and I'm not used to seeing this kind of half-baked article swing by. Slow down, breath and do an hour of counter strike before you squat down, take aim and do a head-shot on CSI: Miami, instead of a little knife-jab in the groin.
You had a perfect opportunity to connect the story with two big events in the gaming industry this week, the Cyber games over in Asia, where teams of highly trained "athletes" competed for 500,000 dollars in cash prizes. None of them when on real killing sprees although they all probably have more tactical training than any S.W.A.T member alive. And today, the Xbox 360 hit the streets launching a new generation of consoles which will head an industry surpassing film and bringing in 25 billion dollars a year. But, TV execs and the mainstream news media still treats it like a little freak industry which only produces psychopaths and killers.