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spartacus-i agree that miller's view isnt in line with what may be thought of as a typical fundamentalist religous ideology, especially in terms of his reference of the existance alien species (whether or not this is for mere arguments sake on his behalf is another story). perhaps i could have chosen my words better, but my point was to emphasize that his argument had more to do with a singular, non-inclusive world view found in certain, if not most or all forms of fundamentalist religion or any other social group for that matter (and the equation of anything that threatens said group/ becomes classified as mundane/perverse). and for the record, comparative religion is my area of study. im not here to debate the validity of life on other planets but rather to comment on what i percieved to be the underlying position in his article, namely that technology/mediation is a worthless, immoral venture that is dooming society and the future fate of the human race.

sounds to me like inadvertant fundamental christianity. Miller wants us to deny new forms of media since they are prone to moving us futher away from the more important, concrete reality of "athletics, homework, [and]dating", as he puts it. sorry mr. miller, but at the risk of sounding coarse, "self-control" and "the meritocratic path" sound like terms that your part of the country are all too well known for. Millers grouping of the following modern "fake fitness" itemas (MP3, DVD, TiVo, XM radio, Verizon cellphones, Spice cable, EverQuest online, instant messaging, Ecstasy, BC Bud) speaks volumes as to the nature of his argument....the only thing all of these itmes have in common besdies the fact that they are all modern forms of entertainment is the fact that G. Miller is reminded of how strict his mother was whenever he sees someone using one of them. entertainment isnt the most dangerous thing our race faces as we head into the future (and it could be argued that in instances it can be educational or even therapeutic) , rather i would argue that the most dangerous thing we face is persons for whom the ability to accept new technologies for fear that they may in some way violate the status quo (im thinking of a jock a varsity letter jacket, with a blonde on his shoulder and a pencil behind his ear studying for his SATs based on what Miller thinks is worthy...lmfao. did this guy really make this blog?? im really shocked).
the thing about the universe is that it its really big, and it would be very unintelligent to think that there wouldnt be a multitude of ways that intelligent societies would develop, inclunding those in which persons might use virtual realities to enhance their relationships with each other or learn such simple lessons as "change can be good" or "technology has other uses than to jerk off with" (despite miller's obvious failure to do so on his on terms). i knew thangs have been much different since the conservative religous think-tanks took over when bush took the white house, im just surpirsed and dissapointed to see it rearing its ugly head in what was one of my favorite blogs....

hopefully they will offer some subscription-based model for downloadable tv content as I surely don't want to have think about how much something costs every time i sit down to watch some HDTV...what a psychological nightmare that would be.

personally having a camera hooked up to my 360 doesn't interest me in the slightest....sure it might be interesting to see what other poeple look like, but part of the allure of playing games is the escape they offer from normal life. having to stress about all of xbox live looking at me while i play games doesnt sound like fun...how am i ever going to be able to pick my nose again ?!?!!?

One thing is for sure, it is going to force the big production shops to re-examine their entire business model (at least on some levels), which will then change gaming for the better at both ends of the spectrum. Casual games will become higher in quality and the shift of funds away from big production titles will alleviate some of the full-production market saturation, possibly opening room for more creativity and variety as less dense markets reward ideas over execution.

i think people will just never forgive her for taking half of x-play from the sessinator

if u want to talk hot geeky women, then my vote goes to that Sarah chick on Attack of the Show....i dunno what it is about her....i think its her level of looks that scream "yes i'll go home with you" and perhaps that fantastic little body too :-P

decent looking, large framed woman
overated looks due to game knowledge, but nonetheless much more of a real gamer than those other 2 chicks who are on that other show on g4
and smug (did you see her on-air at last years E3?)
pretty painful stuff

and yet she still finds a way to be smug

i dont think anyone will win the console war if we continue to see WWII FPSs pumped out every 2 weeks