"Caligo" <iteronve...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:mailman.5.1292651710.4588.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... > > IMO there is no honor in game development as it contributes nothing to > society. I've rarely played any,
I gotta jump on this as being a giant load of pretentous bullshit. First of all, there's the patently obvious "how in the world would you know?" considering the "I've rarely played any". But more importantly, games make life suck less - I can't even imagine any more significant contribution to society than that. Even all of the endevors generally considered to be the biggest contributions to society are *only* significant contributions *because* that's exactly what they do: they make life suck less, and are therefore well-regarded. Seriously, what up with all those presumptuous assholes out there (mostly baby boomer dinos and their even more anachronistic parents, interestingly enough) who have barely ever touched a videogame and yet figure they actually have reason to believe such absurd pretentous crap? Fuck, they all remind me of that pompous Roger Ebert douchebag. (Speaking of ways to benefit society, when's he finally gonna keel over? Isn't it about time by now? And speaking of "contributions to society" what the fuck's he ever done? Collect a salary just to spout off opinions? Fucking useless wanker.)
