Tag Archives: video games

2011/12/07
19:09
by: Matthew

If You Don't Like This Stuff, Don't Buy It For Your Kids! SIMPLE!

I can only assume it’s because the summer school holidays are just around the corner (or already here…I can’t keep up anymore, being a university student has ruined my formally brilliant sense of time), but it seems as though the … Continue reading →

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2011/11/17
09:17
by: Matthew

In Which I Escape My Life by Playing Video Games

I thought I’d try my hand at reviewing a video game for this post. This is partly to have a go at writing something different.  Partly because I’m doing my best not to get involved in current events because everything … Continue reading →

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2011/05/13
19:59
by: Matthew

And Now for Something Completely Different…. What Video Games Have Taught Me About the Real World

It’s long been a complaint of old, curmudgeonly people that video games are created for the sole purpose of turning young children into homicidal maniacs (clearly, they’ve never heard of toddler beauty pageants, but that’s another story). I, however, beg … Continue reading →

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2011/03/16
18:49
by: Matthew

Compu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu Computer Games!

Once again, the debate over the introduction of an R18+ classification for computer and video games has come to the forefront of political discussions as the government releases a discussion paper ahead of a Standing Council of Attorneys-General (SCAG – … Continue reading →

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2009/02/10
18:31
by: Matthew

Will Somebody Please Think of the Children?

This is starting to get more that a little silly now.  Can we please stop trying to change the internet to make is safer for children.  This isn’t the way it should be done.  Again, we’re forcing society to do … Continue reading →

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