The “real” top ten enemies of gaming

We’ve run a few top ten lists from time to time, and good discussions usually ensue in the comment section. Games Radar has one of their own this week and it’s a pretty cool one. It’s titled “Top Ten People Most Dangerous to Gaming” and you may be amazed with what and who you’ll find. Here’s the list:

10. Non gamers- These are the people who just don’t get it and who can’t stand seeing gamers have fun for hours on end. Hey, nobody whined when your granny was addicted to her stylus-and-vinyl record player. Nobody had a problem with your mom fainting at a Beatle’s concert either. They need to understand that gaming is this generation’s thing.

9. Single console devotee– Yup, they listed fanboys. Essentially, the article says it’s cool to love what console and games you own, but dissing other people’s fix is another matter entirely.

8. Retail game distributor- These are the people who sell games and think they know everything there is to know in gaming so much so that they tend to stymie the consumer’s choices.

7. Brainwashed consumers- People who get too caught up in the hype of games and consoles are essentially the prey of business moguls who feed off revenues of sequels that don’t do justice to original games. That leads us to the next gaming enemy.

6. Money grubbing publishers- Games Radar says these guys care about only three things: Money, the company’s money and how much more money can be made. Well, yeah, that’s why they’re in the business. However, they do tend to milk a money cow dry with endless sequels.

We’ve run a few top ten lists from time to time, and good discussions usually ensue in the comment section. Games Radar has one of their own this week and it’s a pretty cool one. It’s titled “Top Ten People Most Dangerous to Gaming” and you may be amazed with what and who you’ll find. Here’s the list:

10. Non gamers- These are the people who just don’t get it and who can’t stand seeing gamers have fun for hours on end. Hey, nobody whined when your granny was addicted to her stylus-and-vinyl record player. Nobody had a problem with your mom fainting at a Beatle’s concert either. They need to understand that gaming is this generation’s thing.

9. Single console devotee- Yup, they listed fanboys. Essentially, the article says it’s cool to love what console and games you own, but dissing other people’s fix is another matter entirely.

8. Retail game distributor- These are the people who sell games and think they know everything there is to know in gaming so much so that they tend to stymie the consumer’s choices.

7. Brainwashed consumers- People who get too caught up in the hype of games and consoles are essentially the prey of business moguls who feed off revenues of sequels that don’t do justice to original games. That leads us to the next gaming enemy.

6. Money grubbing publishers- Games Radar says these guys care about only three things: Money, the company’s money and how much more money can be made. Well, yeah, that’s why they’re in the business. However, they do tend to milk a money cow dry with endless sequels.

5. Electronic Pirates- It’s all too easy to join the hacking bandwagon without considering that the money the pirates make destroys the industry in a much bigger scale. Getting bootlegged stuff means not buying the real thing, diminishing the developer’s revenues, thus restraining the ability to make good games.

    

4. Opportunistic politicians– These fellas will do anything for a vote from your folks. If that means waging an unjust war on gaming, so be it.

3. Psychopathic Idiots- Very sad. The only way to be a famous gamer on a national scale is to shoot your classmates. They don’t represent the gaming community and yet they get all the attention, causing a negative stigma on gaming itself.

2. Irresponsible Parental Unit- When folks start thinking a nanny and a console is a substitute for their parenting they’re dead wrong.  Games aren’t bad per se, but a kid raised by games can’t be good.

1. Ten year old Timmy- Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of kids? We all do. You know you weren’t a gullible sap at fourth grade. Too bad parents and politicians think that you are and blame the games for what mischief you get yourself into. They’re the scapegoat for trying to overreact and overprotect, and they feed the politicians the fuel they need to dish lawsuits and legislation’s totally uncalled for in the real world.

There you have it. The list may have hit a few nerves, but it does give a few solid points to reflect on. Post your thoughts and let us know what you thinks.

The article listed more detailed descriptions and even ways to fight these ten. Follow the read URL to find out what you can do to save gaming as we know it.

Via Games Radar