With all the talk I've heard of video games throughout this semester, I thought that I should say a bit about what comes to my mind on the subject. I have heard people vehemently defend some strong philosophical stance on video games. I have heard grown men squeal like little girls when just thinking about their next video game purchase. I have even heard the talk of how economically influential they are and how important they will become. After hearing and taking all of this in, I could really care less. Hard as I might try, I just don't really care.

Video games are pretty much just mindless entertainment and a way to pass the time when you can't think of much else to do. Now when I say that, I don't really mean it in a bad way. They do very well in fulfilling that purpose. I know that I spent a good number of lazy afternoons as a child with my brother, me, and good old Mario. However, when video games are taken as more than that, I find myself scratching my head in confusion.

Video games can pretty much be split up into a few categories: fighting/killing, racing, and sports. That is about it, and during all of these kinds, you are mindlessly pushing buttons attempting to get to some meaningless goal, and at the end of this, you have spent hours of your life having accomplished nothing whatsoever. Doing this once in a while to unwind I understand, but hour after hour, day after day?

And while I have mentioned sports games, watching sports on TV is not any better. Watching two groups of individuals going back and forth back and forth for a few hours is such an odd idea. How people willingly subject themselves to such torture as that is beyond me.

Whew! Confession really does feel good.