Listening to Gideon rave about the LBP group each week makes
me want to stick my tongue in an electric wall socket. What makes me want to dowse myself in
gasoline beforehand is that I’m actually starting to agree with him.
Video games. The most
effective form of birth control. Makes
you think of fat kids, sitting on couches, staring blankly as their brains ooze
out of their skulls. I imagine grandma
yelling at us as we plugged in the old 64, warning us we’d waste our lives and
end up marrying to plumbers. Never did I
imagine video games could change the world for the better.
Then I met Andrew Bagley, a specialist in advertising
gamification. Through a slow and painful
process, as Sméagol battled with his own possession, I battled with the idea that video games could make a difference. But after seeing how scientists used games to
solve a decade long problem for aids-breakthrough is a couple weeks, and
listening to queen of video games herself on TED talks; I’ve finally begun to
see the light.
I’m not saying I think video games have an sort of academic
credibility… yet. I still come home to
see my roommates veggied out on the couch with cheeto stains on their faces as
Halo grenades fly across the screen.
What I’m saying is that I think if groups like the LBP gang continue to
do what they’re doing, then video games can serve a greater purpose then brain
oozing.
This is great. Thank you. I will have to learn more about "advertising gamification", it sounds extremely interesting. Who is "queen of video games"? I want to listen to that talk. "brain oozing" is a great term. I would argue that a little oozing is a great thing. In defense of your roommates, I would say that until you can beat them at Halo, you shouldn't knock it. I have a comment about this: http://hammergwendolyn326.blogspot.com/2012/09/video-game-acceptancebecause-have-no.html
ReplyDeleteIn your case, I think I remember that you are an advertisement student. My initial reaction is that the best thing about games are the lack of ads (which I use DVR, torrents, and mute buttons/"Skip Ad" to avoid whenever I can) and that dentists are to doctors what ad-men are to filmmakers BUT I wouldn't say that because I don't know a lot about advertising and I can't "beat" you at it. In other words, if you could beat me at ANY game, I would be a lot more eager to hear your opinion on gaming. Great post! Thanks for your interest! I think you are the second funniest blogger in our class.