You can be a Rock Star

The value of mindless entertainment is not to be denied. Even though all games are not great works of creative composition that allow us to peer into the deeper inner workings of the human mind and spirit, there is something to be gained from driving a car through city streets at 100 miles an hour as the police chase after you or being embroiled in a computer generated man and/or woman in a war against dinosaurs or zombies, depending on your preference. Plunge yourself into cinema and revel in being the star of your own personal show...

Now, I just have to say for the record that I’m not advocating gaming as being a life... well, unless you’re a competitive gamer, and you play for great gobs of money. That’s different; you are earning a living and by gosh you work hard at it. The flipside, though, is not a good at all... ignoring work, ignoring friends, ignoring boyfriends or girlfriends if you’re lucky enough to get one... this is going too far.

Basically my point is that video games are important, not to everyone, but to the people who play them they serve very necessary functions. So they -are- important, but not important enough to be all consuming.