Insane! Wicked! The Hobby of a Schmuck!
Who gives a.......Brrrrrrr-rat-a-tat- rat-a-tat-brrp-brrp-there goes the #$%^&* into the corner-boom-boom-boom-brrrrrr-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggghhhhhhh...
Got Him!
Phew. Just another hard day on the job.
Mothers hate them ( "What do they know anyway?"), psychologists analyse them ("&*^%$ you, Shrink") and the media says they are the footsoldiers of a mindless army that is corrupting our culture ("Nyah! Nyah! Nyah") But Only the true gamer knows that his life is not a hobby, its a religion.
It has been more than thirty years since electronically mediated, entertainment oriented games have made their debut upon this unsuspecting world. In the rollicking three decades since, they have gone from butt end of accusations of being mindlessly violent("Grrrrrr..."), hopelessly depraved (" right on, Padre!"), explicitly sexual ("Yeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh") to Gasp! Horror of Horrors! Actually good for you!
When was it that psychologists, social analysts and other fossils of that age, went from being passionate, articulate anti-gamers to being milksops who argue that "...immersive reality interactions are definitely a powerful means of improving hand-eye co-ordination and reflexive abilities. And in limited abilities they may actually be beneficial for the catharisis of negative emotions brought about by urban stress." Sheeeesh. It's almost enough to make a guy gve up his joy stick. Why the hell can't they leave a peaceable group of anti-social, testosterone-drugged maniacs alone and not try dragging them into respectability? What next? Game reviews in India Today? Well, now that gaming is teetering close to being a the edge of being a decent social past time, us fringe extremists need our own trenches, our own battle ground.
It's time for Computer Gaming World. The way out wild magazine that has been covering the gritty edge of our cult for more than fifteen years. Yes! whwn John Carmack was still learning PhotoShop and you were still pissing in your bed clothes.
The worldwide gaming authority is now in India. And if you brought Computer Gaming World thinking this would have tips for chess, put it down RIGHT NOW! YOU $%&* WIMP......... Brrrrrrr-rat-a-tat- rat-a-tat-a-brrrrrp-brrrrp-boom-boom-brrrrrr.... Back to work.
Gourav Jaswal,
PUBLISHING DIRECTOR for the legendary CGW, for the Inaugural Issue in India,
Autumn 1999
find more about this on en.Wikipedia.org
Who gives a.......Brrrrrrr-rat-a-tat- rat-a-tat-brrp-brrp-there goes the #$%^&* into the corner-boom-boom-boom-brrrrrr-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggghhhhhhh...
Got Him!
Phew. Just another hard day on the job.
Mothers hate them ( "What do they know anyway?"), psychologists analyse them ("&*^%$ you, Shrink") and the media says they are the footsoldiers of a mindless army that is corrupting our culture ("Nyah! Nyah! Nyah") But Only the true gamer knows that his life is not a hobby, its a religion.
It has been more than thirty years since electronically mediated, entertainment oriented games have made their debut upon this unsuspecting world. In the rollicking three decades since, they have gone from butt end of accusations of being mindlessly violent("Grrrrrr..."), hopelessly depraved (" right on, Padre!"), explicitly sexual ("Yeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh") to Gasp! Horror of Horrors! Actually good for you!
When was it that psychologists, social analysts and other fossils of that age, went from being passionate, articulate anti-gamers to being milksops who argue that "...immersive reality interactions are definitely a powerful means of improving hand-eye co-ordination and reflexive abilities. And in limited abilities they may actually be beneficial for the catharisis of negative emotions brought about by urban stress." Sheeeesh. It's almost enough to make a guy gve up his joy stick. Why the hell can't they leave a peaceable group of anti-social, testosterone-drugged maniacs alone and not try dragging them into respectability? What next? Game reviews in India Today? Well, now that gaming is teetering close to being a the edge of being a decent social past time, us fringe extremists need our own trenches, our own battle ground.
It's time for Computer Gaming World. The way out wild magazine that has been covering the gritty edge of our cult for more than fifteen years. Yes! whwn John Carmack was still learning PhotoShop and you were still pissing in your bed clothes.
The worldwide gaming authority is now in India. And if you brought Computer Gaming World thinking this would have tips for chess, put it down RIGHT NOW! YOU $%&* WIMP......... Brrrrrrr-rat-a-tat- rat-a-tat-a-brrrrrp-brrrrp-boom-boom-brrrrrr.... Back to work.
Gourav Jaswal,
PUBLISHING DIRECTOR for the legendary CGW, for the Inaugural Issue in India,
Autumn 1999
find more about this on en.Wikipedia.org
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