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Title: Internet gaming as a cultural phenomena
Post by: AKcurly on November 01, 2003, 01:02:29 AM

Read the link - it's not about "Counter Strike."

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/Business/SiliconInsider/SiliconInsider-1.html

curly

Title: Internet gaming as a cultural phenomena
Post by: GRUNHERZ on November 01, 2003, 01:51:57 AM

LOL  That Andrew Sun kid quoted in that article goes to my old high school..  :)

Title: Internet gaming as a cultural phenomena
Post by: Tarmac on November 01, 2003, 02:28:15 AM

Is he a bigger nerd than a bunch of flight sim addicts?

Title: Internet gaming as a cultural phenomena
Post by: GRUNHERZ on November 01, 2003, 02:40:34 AM

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Originally posted by Tarmac
Is he a bigger nerd than a bunch of flight sim addicts?

No clue, dont know the guy, just saw the name of my old school mentioned in the article... But the article says he does play the piano...  :)

Title: Internet gaming as a cultural phenomena
Post by: Innominate on November 01, 2003, 05:28:30 AM

We'd better do something about this soon, before people start losing jobs!
BAN ONLINE GAMES! How DARE kids interact with something, instead of staring blankly absorbing the advertisers messages!

Title: Internet gaming as a cultural phenomena
Post by: Mini D on November 01, 2003, 09:19:57 AM

They're gonna have to face it.  The only way they're going to be able to get young men back to the TV is with the prolific use of porn.

MiniD

Title: Internet gaming as a cultural phenomena
Post by: majic on November 01, 2003, 09:33:18 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Mini D
They're gonna have to face it.  The only way they're going to be able to get young men back to the TV is with the prolific use of porn.

MiniD

There is something very profound to those words.

Title: Internet gaming as a cultural phenomena
Post by: acepilot2 on November 01, 2003, 10:12:43 AM

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Originally posted by Innominate
We'd better do something about this soon, before people start losing jobs!
BAN ONLINE GAMES! How DARE kids interact with something, instead of staring blankly absorbing the advertisers messages!

:lol

Title: Internet gaming as a cultural phenomena
Post by: Fatty on November 01, 2003, 10:47:25 AM

Yeah, 'it couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that "Who Wants to Marry a Reality TV Promoter" sucks,' claimed the young executive, distraught that the 197th installment of reality telivision was not an instant hit.

Title: Internet gaming as a cultural phenomena
Post by: bigsky on November 01, 2003, 10:47:57 AM

hhmmm..... maybe this explains why i got rid of cable tv when i got dsl.

Title: Internet gaming as a cultural phenomena
Post by: udet on November 01, 2003, 01:49:50 PM

TV shows are stupid. I think this trned shows that the average IQ of youngsters in America.