Curmudgeon Gamer
13 May 2008
Videogames -- still not evil
Just a little link to direct your panicked parent friends to: in what must be a surprise to everyone, a big 'spensive study found no evidence that violent video games make kids violent. Who'da thunk it?
--Bob at 09:51
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11 January 2008
Mario Artwork
My eldest son has been on a Mario 64 kick for a week or so. I'm no fan of the game, but it has been an obsession for him. In particular, his imagination has driven him to draw and color many Mario, Peach, and Bowser pictures at school and at home. Here is my favorite, a portrait of Mario that he brought home today.
--jvm at 20:37
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06 April 2007
Richard Stallman speaks: no to consoles
Well, I'm going to have to have a long think about this one. RMS says don't use consoles -- it's unethical.
I saw the original quote at NeoGAF in this thread, but I had to find the original source on my own.
Q: One final question. We're seeing more and more devices, and I'm thinking specifically of games consoles -- I know that my kids have one in the house -- where there is no --Man, that stings.
Richard Stallman: I wouldn't. You have to learn how to say no to your kids.
Q: That's true, that's true, I wouldn't deny it. Now, there is no free software at all for devices like this [correction: Yellow Dog supports some console(s)].
Richard Stallman: That's why there is no possible ethical way you could use one, and so you shouldn't have it.
Q: All right, I think I'll take the kids out on the bike more often.
Richard Stallman: That would be much better for them.
I saw the original quote at NeoGAF in this thread, but I had to find the original source on my own.
--jvm at 13:37
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