Playing with a joystick is basically the same move as playing a piano; the thrill is not what you get from outside, but what you express from inside. Whether it's a piano or a chessboard or a joypad, that's your technology, and you express yourself through it. "The golden age of movies is gone. That's it. It's a fact." Has there ever been a cultural sea change as stealthy as the one represented by the rise of interactive entertainment? The gore and moral lassitude of games like GTA have given rise to a parental panic reminiscent of the early days of rock 'n' roll. This is the article that last week's alarmist whiner in the LA Times would have liked to write, but couldn't. |