Dear Jane Letter

A while ago, I went off on a tear and called a couple of people a moron for their actions. First it was Jane Wells for printing something on her blog about how the PS3 would win the console war just because her son wanted one. Then I called her son a moron for actually trading it in and his reaction at GameStop. Well, I was wrong to do that and in doing so, I proved that I, myself am the moron. I hope that Mrs. Wells and her son can forgive me for my rudeness.

But I do want to defend myself. The reason for my angst is that for every disaster in which one person kills someone else, a video game is usually blamed. Video games in this decade are the rock and roll of the fifties and sixties. Never mind that it’s considered by some people (including myself) as a form or art. Never mind that the average age of a video gamer is 35 years-old (according to the ESA), when the uninformed media says its for only sex and violence obsessed teenagers. Never mind that some game sales are more than that of a movie (i.e. Halo 3, again according to the ESA). The uninformed media is the group that is responsible for spreading the miss-information about video games, and it has to stop.

Now, Ms. Wells’ report is definitely not as bad as Fox News’ coverage on Mass Effect, but it still goes to show you that sometimes, a good story meant to warm the hearts can in fact anger the masses.