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.