I had to do a presentation the other day and decided to do it playfully with an X-files theme (it vaguely concerned conspiracy). To my dismay, I discovered that none of the people in the audience had ever watched the X-files. EVER!!! these peolpe are all 20/21 (ish) so that means it was on UK tv when most of our parents wouldn't let us watch it. This of course made it a tribilliwillion more times more desirable and we would all secretly tape it and watch it the next day. These people barely even recognised the unmistakeable theme tune.

Without doubt a Lost or 24 flavoured talk would have been immediatly snapped up despite the fact these shows, while not without their own charms (Jack Bauer is a bad ass mofo machine), could never live up to the greatness that was the X-files.

Modern, non-comedic, shows (Heroes, etc) can't seem to resist piling on cliffhanger after cliffhanger making them unwatchable on TV, but perfect for sellling DVD series (which they even have the cheek to split into two separate boxes). No wonder piracy is so high.

I think they need to bring back the X-files (as a series and not another movie, as the recent effort wasn't exactly top notch) and how about a decent attempt at a game?

Agaghaghaghagh. Some people. So the economic crisis is hitting home hard and alas, poor schmucks like myself can't find a job and are forced to stay in playing games and watching dvds and furiously mastering the art of creation. On the other hand housemates with jobs have the cheek to look down on me as im gaming and tell me its a big waste of time. A massive waste of time. I do see where they're coming from when i think of the hours ive put into my wee 360 but its time that games and gamers got the respect we deserve.

Games have evolved. I think that games are now a more powerful art form then any music or film that is being created in popular culture. Bioshock, for example, has an awesome array of classic philosophical ideas on show and the moral dilema that comes into play when deciding the fate of a little sister is astounding. GTA IV may take mission ideas from films like Heat (brilliantly done) and The French Connection but is a show a raw masculinity that Martin Scorcese could only dream of depicting. The script writers, actors and composers turning to games is yet more proof of a medium that needs global respect and general appreciation.

This blog may be falling on the ears of the already converted but there are so many people who need to accept the future and destroy the naive prejudices that are holding a blossoming medium back. This is the generation of the gamer, and don't let anyone forget it.