Comments on: Video Games: The Cause of, And Solution to, All Life’s Problems http://vox-nova.com/2008/05/27/video-games-the-cause-of-and-solution-to-all-lifes-problems/ Catholic perspectives on culture, society, and politics Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:03:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Taliesin http://vox-nova.com/2008/05/27/video-games-the-cause-of-and-solution-to-all-lifes-problems/#comment-22658 Fri, 30 May 2008 19:26:56 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/?p=2547#comment-22658 The husband here sounds like a little boy with dropped balls who has never grown up. His mother or his sister, if he had any, should really stepped in to give him a good slap and remind him about what his real responsibilites were. Good grief!

]]> By: X-Cathedra http://vox-nova.com/2008/05/27/video-games-the-cause-of-and-solution-to-all-lifes-problems/#comment-22508 Wed, 28 May 2008 22:16:16 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/?p=2547#comment-22508 If only wives would create characters and work up to an attractive exp. level, then they could live out their marriages in the game, wedding ceremonies and all!

……actually, I bet you could find this kind of thing happening already.

In hac lacrimarum valle,

]]> By: Prince Lackadasia http://vox-nova.com/2008/05/27/video-games-the-cause-of-and-solution-to-all-lifes-problems/#comment-22486 Wed, 28 May 2008 14:47:53 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/?p=2547#comment-22486 Well, yes…. everybody’s got their jones.

The remarkable thing about most of the commentary on video games is how banal it is. The two articles you’ve linked to pretty much capture the entire range of opinion in the mainstream media. Video games are destroying us/videgames can save us. New technology as problem/new technology as solution.

Given the financial, social and emotional investment in video games it seems to me we ought to try to understand the phenomena a little better. Perhaps in so doing we could come to demand something more from them.

]]> By: Kyle R. Cupp http://vox-nova.com/2008/05/27/video-games-the-cause-of-and-solution-to-all-lifes-problems/#comment-22474 Wed, 28 May 2008 12:15:21 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/?p=2547#comment-22474 Temperance would help some.

]]> By: Michael Enright http://vox-nova.com/2008/05/27/video-games-the-cause-of-and-solution-to-all-lifes-problems/#comment-22457 Wed, 28 May 2008 02:42:45 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/?p=2547#comment-22457 I know someone whose wife had a computer addiction. I’m talking all night and weekend, games like world of warcraft.

She left him for someone she met online.

]]> By: Matt K http://vox-nova.com/2008/05/27/video-games-the-cause-of-and-solution-to-all-lifes-problems/#comment-22444 Tue, 27 May 2008 23:38:30 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/?p=2547#comment-22444 I knew a fellow who succumbed to the video game addiction and it nearly cost him his marriage. Its not so far fetched. There was a time when I even caught myself spending a little too much time playing Madden Football, much to the chagrin of my wife. With so many things competing for time away from our families, an addictive time intensive activity is a recipe for trouble.

]]> By: jonathanjones02 http://vox-nova.com/2008/05/27/video-games-the-cause-of-and-solution-to-all-lifes-problems/#comment-22426 Tue, 27 May 2008 21:58:01 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/?p=2547#comment-22426 More:

http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_4_new_girl_order.html

Kay Hymowitz is a very solid investigative reporter.

]]> By: jonathanjones02 http://vox-nova.com/2008/05/27/video-games-the-cause-of-and-solution-to-all-lifes-problems/#comment-22423 Tue, 27 May 2008 21:46:57 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/?p=2547#comment-22423 http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_single_young_men.html

Here’s another one.

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