OLTL: Comparing video games and soap operas article

[Scotty]

Thought this was somewhat interesting...

http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/4693/article/one-life-to-live-denigrated-media-cultures/

[DRW50]

Are video games really seen in a low cultural light?

[Scotty]

I have no idea....I have never been into video games and don't really follow them.

[DRW50]

I used to play them all the time but when they became more and more expensive I lost interest. They are such a common part of life, moreso than soaps have been in a long time, that I didn't realize they were stigmatized.

[chyti]

No, especially with the emergence of xbox kinect video games can be the life of the party and is definitely a way to enchance family game nights.

I know many people including my family that pulls out just dance during get togethers and all age groups join in. The males that I know young and old play the sports and war games even online and I constantly see lines at gamestop when a new popular game is released. I even know some who excercise with wii and xbox.

I don't see where gamers are looked down upon actually it is the opposite most household have a gaming system, here in NYC there is Dave and Buster's and ESPN Zone both are full of men and females of all ages enjoying the video games.

[EricMontreal22]

It actually seems to me that video games lately have had far more attention paid to them as pieces of art than soaps ever have. Granted I only play a few a year (I was a big fan of the story based Sierra and LucasArts adventure games as a teen and kid, but that genre's more or less dead now, aside from a few decent games like Heavy Rain and Jane Jenson, a one time Sierra designer, and her self published Gray Matter).