Brilliant Rant.
7 May 2008Richard Bartle on why anti video game critics need to get over it.
And he is correct. We have won. People like Jack Thompson, and their ilk are already seeing how hard it is to find a sympathetic voice in a generation that has grown up with games. I would even venture to say, Barack Obama is the first of a new wave of people who “get” the generation coming into play. The old school, and their old money are on the way out.
Think about this: Bill Gates, as contemptible as he can be, is our generation’s Andrew Carnegie. He made billions off of the tech industry in general…and alot of gaming helped feed his bottom line.
You Luddites who insist you know what’s best for us, are going the way of the dinosaur. The meteor impact that doomed you to extinction happened in a Texas Instruments lab in 1961. Accept your role as the old, and prepare to be replaced by the new.
And, it won’t stop there either. The half assed attempts to commercialize and reduce the internet with these attacks on neutrality won’t work either. Gaming, among other things, will stop you there too.
Accept that your race is run. The days of your kind are done for. We realize you won’t go without a bit more fight, screaming and kicking as you dissolve into the void…but acceptance is the key.
Current Mood:
Enthralled & 
Jubilant
