I'll admit I'm not a big games fan. This year we had all three Playstations in my house. I think I played the PS3 once for about 10 minutes. Call me an old git, but I'd choose Pacman over Ridge Racer any day. I'm such an old git in fact that I had to look up the PS3 on Wikipedia so that I could find the name of one of its games. Try and see gaming from a bystander's point of view. If you only have one TV in your house and it's being used for game after game of ProEvo, it's bound to get dull after a while isn't it? If I wanted to watch a bunch of lifeless chumps kicking each other's balls, I'll just watch Eastenders.
The Wii is a step in the right direction as it forces you to get off your arse and do something. But if you're playing baseball, football or tennis, why not just go and do it outside? If you're crap at sport don't worry- a couple of Stellas and you're better than Babe Ruth, Ronaldo and Nadal put together...
In my view, games should be kept simple. The second that Mario and Sonic went into 3D I lost interest. Helicopter shoot em ups used to rule the planet but because we don't fight real wars any more you're given tedious missions like guarding some Canadian diplomats in Slough or delivering cocktail sausages to the UN. Give me some rockets and 56 lightly-armoured enemy choppers to shoot down! And of course the helicopter should have so many missiles and such thick armour that it would be unable to take off in reality...
My favourite game of the moment has to be Battle Pong. Just like traditional Pong but with powerups and weapons. Check it out: http://www.miniclip.com/battlepong.htm
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Beep Beep, all aboard the outrage bus.
I find it slightly insensitive that someone can dismiss the efforts and deaths of forces personnel due to the author's incorrect views that we "don't fight real wars anymore."
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