Alright on my Twitter account it says and I quote; "Video Game whore, movie whore, music whore". I'm a girl gamer and damn proud of it. I started new classes these past two weeks and for my class, Visual and Audio Design, we had to watch a DVD about video games. Which by the way is from 2001 to 2003, so fail on keeping up with the times. Now I understand most girls aren't fans of FPS or anything but women can hold their own, trust me. So, back to the video, they show the title card and it reads 'Girl Gamers'. Which I was thinking this is either going to be funny or really shitty... can you guess with one? What a load of bullshit. First of all the girls that they showed where like 14. You know what they where playing? Nancy Drew. Are you fucking kidding me? That does not make you a 'girl gamer'. That doesn't make you a 'gamer' period. What an insult to girl gamers everywhere.
Now on to a big topic: Violence and Video Games. There's people standing on soap boxes yelling about how video games are the reason that kids are killing each other in school. Last time i checked it was the bullies, not video games. I was picked on in school and I didn't go killing people. Don't blame Doom for what happened at Columbine, that's just bullshit. I'm not saying it was a great idea what those kids did, but still. There's another part of this that people need to look at: the parents. Where the hell are they? My folks didn't let me play hours of games as a kid. I could play on the weekend and Friday and during the week once my homework was done. I didn't even have a computer in my room till I was a junior in high school. But the way, that computer couldn't go online. If people would shut the hell up about the violence in video games and do something about the violence in schools I don't think we have has many troubles as we do.
Back to parents, man. People are lazy. They put the kids in front of the tube and then leave them for hours. What a great way to raise a kid. Or they just let the kid play any game they want. God of War, Medal of Honor, Modern Warfare, there are ratings people. Hell, I still get carded at Best Buy when I buy a R rated movie. The only person that I knew that checked ID's was at Family Video and once she asked my dad if it was okay she never asked again. Good jobs guys. I really don't think the ESRB is doing a good job here, that and the retails are failing at checking ID's.
Hopefully I will have my review for Fallout: New Vegas. But, as of right WoW has taken over my life. Good times. I really think that if you're into games you should be a member of the Video Game Voters Network. Like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, but do what you have to do to have the gamer's voices heard. Take a stand and protect your games.
“Life isn't worth living if I miss an episode” ~ Anthony Hopkins
Ace
P.S. Vic Mignogna is awesome. Did you know he has two albums? Yeah, I know.
