Comments on: Be the Game Boss http://www.republicoft.com/2007/01/11/be-the-game-boss/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:47:01 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Round-Up Sans Rodeo at Faux Real Tho! http://www.republicoft.com/2007/01/11/be-the-game-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-31110 Round-Up Sans Rodeo at Faux Real Tho! Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:44:49 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2007/01/11/be-the-game-boss/#comment-31110 [...] ▪ Let’s not pretend to care ▪ The Virgin Mary keeps her messages generic to avoid controversy. ▪ Pregnancy, By Any Means Necessary ▪ Why the appointment of Dr. Eric Keroack is like a bad road accident that demands your attention ▪ Bands that turn you gay. Promise. ▪ Be the Game Boss [...] [...] ▪ Let’s not pretend to care ▪ The Virgin Mary keeps her messages generic to avoid controversy. ▪ Pregnancy, By Any Means Necessary ▪ Why the appointment of Dr. Eric Keroack is like a bad road accident that demands your attention ▪ Bands that turn you gay. Promise. ▪ Be the Game Boss [...]

]]> By: mythago http://www.republicoft.com/2007/01/11/be-the-game-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-24680 mythago Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:36:56 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2007/01/11/be-the-game-boss/#comment-24680 I agree with you--except about the "Hot Coffee" scandal. Parenting and screening your kids' games relies heavily on disclosures from the game companies, and on ratings; you can't expect parents to buy and play through every part of every game before they let their kids buy them. Putting 'secret' content into a game goes absolutely against the idea that parents should make informed choices. I agree with you–except about the “Hot Coffee” scandal. Parenting and screening your kids’ games relies heavily on disclosures from the game companies, and on ratings; you can’t expect parents to buy and play through every part of every game before they let their kids buy them. Putting ‘secret’ content into a game goes absolutely against the idea that parents should make informed choices.

]]> By: Mary Sue http://www.republicoft.com/2007/01/11/be-the-game-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-24168 Mary Sue Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:01:14 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2007/01/11/be-the-game-boss/#comment-24168 When I was growing up, the deal was that once I graduated from college, my parents would buy me an entire console gaming system, from televison to every game on the market. Until that time, however, we weren't allowed any, and only a few educational video games made it onto our computers (Oregon Trail, by the way, had five 5 1/4" floppies in 1987). When I finally graduated from college, Ma offered me the setup or the cash. I took the cash and went to Japan on my own for 16 days. When I was 24 and putting myself through graduate school, I purchased an XBox. I don't play as much as some of my friends, but I'm definately a gamer now. I think my parents did the right thing in keeping me away from them when I was younger, because one of the things about ADHD is that you can go into hyperfocus and, oh, say, play Halo campaign mode for 16 hours straight (which I've done before on accident). I also have to plug <a href="http://www.childsplaycharity.org" rel="nofollow">Child's Play</a>, a charity I've been involved with for the last few years. It's basically a bunch of gamers who get together every December and purchase toys for pediatric hospitals on four continents. When I was growing up, the deal was that once I graduated from college, my parents would buy me an entire console gaming system, from televison to every game on the market. Until that time, however, we weren’t allowed any, and only a few educational video games made it onto our computers (Oregon Trail, by the way, had five 5 1/4″ floppies in 1987).

When I finally graduated from college, Ma offered me the setup or the cash. I took the cash and went to Japan on my own for 16 days.

When I was 24 and putting myself through graduate school, I purchased an XBox. I don’t play as much as some of my friends, but I’m definately a gamer now. I think my parents did the right thing in keeping me away from them when I was younger, because one of the things about ADHD is that you can go into hyperfocus and, oh, say, play Halo campaign mode for 16 hours straight (which I’ve done before on accident).

I also have to plug Child’s Play, a charity I’ve been involved with for the last few years. It’s basically a bunch of gamers who get together every December and purchase toys for pediatric hospitals on four continents.

]]> By: Norris http://www.republicoft.com/2007/01/11/be-the-game-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-24103 Norris Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:26:00 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2007/01/11/be-the-game-boss/#comment-24103 Terrance gaming is in your blood. Your dad was a gamer. Dad love to play pinball when he was a youngman. He said he was pretty good at it. Dad also love myster stroies. I think that's why you, Gail,and I like CSI and Law and Order. It's ju in the blood! Love Norris Terrance gaming is in your blood. Your dad was a gamer. Dad love to play pinball when he was a youngman. He said he was pretty good at it. Dad also love myster stroies. I think that’s why you, Gail,and I like CSI and Law and Order. It’s ju in the blood!

Love
Norris

]]> By: Ross http://www.republicoft.com/2007/01/11/be-the-game-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-23854 Ross Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:57:30 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2007/01/11/be-the-game-boss/#comment-23854 Have you read "Everything Bad is Good For You"? (ISBN: 1573223077). It's not exclusive to video games, but makes the "pop culture is making us smarter" case pretty well. Have you read “Everything Bad is Good For You”? (ISBN: 1573223077). It’s not exclusive to video games, but makes the “pop culture is making us smarter” case pretty well.

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