Short Cummings Audio presents Happily Domesticated » video games http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com Life -- In Funny, Six-Minute Slices Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:15:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Every episode features a new funny story. Think Erma Bombeck with a PC, Dave Barry with recording software or Garrison Keillor with a microphone... Oh, wait. Strike that last one. If you enjoy clean humor and a slightly skewed perspective on family life (I have two teenage sons...of course my life is skewed-up) please give this show a listen. Kevin Cummings clean Kevin Cummings KevinLeeC@yahoo.com KevinLeeC@yahoo.com (Kevin Cummings) 2006-2010 Life -- In Funny, Six-Minute Slices humor, humor essay, funny, funny story, shortcomings Short Cummings Audio presents Happily Domesticated » video games http://assets.farpointmedia.net/shortc/images/shortc.albumart.144.jpg http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com #195 — WP Hero? http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2010/03/195-wp-hero/ http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2010/03/195-wp-hero/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:15:07 +0000 Kevin http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/?p=1300 Twenty-five years ago I couldn’t get enough of video games. It was a hopeless, one-way affair. I gave my time and devotion and cash to the game industry and they returned questionable entertainment like Raiders of the Lost Ark on the original Atari console. This was a game which compensated for its pixelated graphics with tedious game play. It was awful and I couldn’t have loved it more.

Indy gave way to Sonic and Mario and Luigi and Princess Peach and the games have gotten more sophisticated and visually attractive. Somehow, though, I don’t connect with them anymore.

Probably because I find most of the subject matter appalling. In 2009 the top selling games included titles like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2, Halo 3 ODST, and Borderlands. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 The Next Chapter made the news for having the longest title of any game this year and for the fact that thousands of gamers lined up to buy copies and then took the next week off to play. As a result, IT departments and college classes had a significant decrease in attendance while Cheeto and Mountain Dew sales increased dramatically (Full Text)

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]]> http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2010/03/195-wp-hero/feed/ 0 video games Twenty-five years ago I couldn’t get enough of video games. It was a hopeless, one-way affair. I gave my time and devotion and cash to the game industry and they returned questionable entertainment like Raiders of the Lost Ark on the original Atari con... Twenty-five years ago I couldn’t get enough of video games. It was a hopeless, one-way affair. I gave my time and devotion and cash to the game industry and they returned questionable entertainment like Raiders of the Lost Ark on the original Atari console. This was a game which compensated for its pixelated graphics with tedious game play. It was awful and I couldn’t have loved it more. Indy gave way to Sonic and Mario and Luigi and Princess Peach and the games have gotten more sophisticated and visually attractive. Somehow, though, I don’t connect with them anymore. Probably because I find most of the subject matter appalling. In 2009 the top selling games included titles like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2, Halo 3 ODST, and Borderlands. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 The Next Chapter made the news for having the longest title of any game this year and for the fact that thousands of gamers lined up to buy copies and then took the next week off to play. As a result, IT departments and college classes had a significant decrease in attendance while Cheeto and Mountain Dew sales increased dramatically (Full Text (http://wp.me/pjV28-aU)) .=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Like this excerpt? Want the whole story? Listen to the audio version by clicking the ‘Play’ button at the top of this post. If you’d rather read it, you can find the full text at http://wp.me/pjV28-aU (http://wp.me/pjV28-aU) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Notes: * I really enjoyed the feedback on episode 193 (USA Number 2 (http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2010/02/193-usa-number-2/)) from Shane (http://bdgjm.blogspot.com/), Norm and Robert (http://www.itsjustuscast.com). * A word of thanks to Tim King (http://www.jtimothyking.com/) for sending me a copy of his book "Love: Through the Eyes of an Idiot (http://www.loveidiotbook.com/09503)". * There's a cool, new writing blog at http://throwingupwords.wordpress.com (http://throwingupwords.wordpress.com/) Kevin Cummings clean