05-18-2004, 05:46 PM
Ultimately yes, it's on the parents to teach their kids values. My focus is more specifically on the thought that violent, competitive games like Quake are evil while sweet, innocent games like Mario are good.
It's nearly the opposite. Competitve games are normal and have existed since the first two cavemen played a game of tag. They don't teach you math or reading, they teach you something even more fundamental and important: temperment. The innocent fluff games are like rollercoasters: fun, but they don't teach you anything and if you spend all your time doing that as a kid, you'll grow up to be pretty fucked up.
It's nearly the opposite. Competitve games are normal and have existed since the first two cavemen played a game of tag. They don't teach you math or reading, they teach you something even more fundamental and important: temperment. The innocent fluff games are like rollercoasters: fun, but they don't teach you anything and if you spend all your time doing that as a kid, you'll grow up to be pretty fucked up.