I don't about you guys, but I play games to escape reality. Once they start looking like it, I'll probably stop playing. Yeah it's cool and all that we have come so far, but at what cost? To play a game where you kill something that could look like you neighbor? That's just plain inhuman. If we get to that point, videogames will become an even bigger target than they are now! Soon enough videogames really will become a "crime simulator" and greasy politicians and Satan, Jack Thompson, will have a valid arguement. If virtural reality becomes a reality and something that the "average joe" can afford then you really will be pulling a trigger and killing the cop in Grand Theft Auto 17,000 instead of pushing a button and having an animation act it out for you. As it is games are to real now. Take the Wii for example. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in Zelda if you swing your controller, or Wii-Mote for you Nintendo nerds, you swing your sword in the game. Call me old fasioned, but I would much rather push the A button and plan than do the actual work. And don't even get me started of Wii Sports. If I want to play tennis or baseball, I'll call my friends and go outside and do so. When you were little and your mother said "no sports in the house," she wasn't kidding. And Guitar Hero? Forget it! Just learn the damn instrument! Same with Rock Band. The days of "garage bands" are over. Now their going to be called "living room internet bands," which to me is freaken rediculous. Keep in mind I am a, real, musician. I am a Trombonist, Percussionist, and a psudo Pianist. I actually took the time to learn my instruments and when I see people playing "drums" in Rock Band, it just makes me stick. I have spent 5 hours a day every day for the past 4 and a half years learning drums and some one can pick up a pair of "sticks" and, if you can correctly say so, learn to do what I do in less than 5 minutes.

Alright rant over!

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