The Woulda Coulda Shoulda Guide to Canadian Inventions by Red Green

Author:Red Green [Green, Red]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gnv64
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Published: 2017-10-17T00:00:00+00:00

Video games have been around for about fifty years now, and to be honest I still don’t see the appeal. I’m sure you’re surprised by that. You would think being in a world where you can do anything you want and experience no real-life consequences would be appealing to a guy with as many injuries as I’ve had, but no. I guess I just prefer the real thing.

These games are in this new world they call “virtual reality.” Who wants virtual reality when we have actual reality? I don’t. But some do. Ever since Pong came out in the ’70s, video games have been a serious time waster. Sure, over the years the graphics have gotten better and the storylines more complicated. Some game manufacturers have enough money now that they can hire Hollywood actors to voice the in-game characters, giving fans a sense that maybe this was money well spent.

This industry has really taken off with younger people. Seems kind of sad to me that the next generation prefers an imaginary world to the real thing. I hope that’s not my fault.

And now, for a fee, you can go online and watch someone else play a video game. Live. Think about that. The guy playing the game has checked out of the actual world, which is bad enough, but the guy watching is even one step farther away than that. He doesn’t even have the confidence to step into an imaginary world.

Good luck with the real one.

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