This is simply amazing. Videogames have been demonized for many violent crimes by utter stupidiots in the past, but this has to be the first time that a sports injury has been used to attack the entertainment software industry. Kevin Everett of the Buffalo Bills took a hit this past Sunday that ended up crippling him, an obvious tragedy for Everett, his family and the sport to which he belonged.
As sad as it is, however, there's always somebody willing to exploit misfortune for their own personal agenda, and this is where Bob Molinaro comes in. Know who he is? Me neither, but apparently the fool writes for the Virginia Pilot, and what he writes appears to be the half-mad doodlings of a retarded sparrow. You see, Molinaro has somehow linked Everett's paralysis to violent videogames in what must be the most impressive display of game-attacking ignorance yet.
"I wonder if any of this hits home with the very large and growing demographic that comes to football through the make-believe violence of video games," Molinaro drools in his rather tasteless piece. "In that world, jacked-up players always bounce back, returning as good as new when the game is switched on."
His completely illogical and senseless rant claims that football fans don't respect players and their injuries because videogames disregard the dangers of the sport. It's such a convoluted excuse to attack the games industry that I can only assume he's been waiting to use anything to pursue some sort of vendetta. Hit the jump for the imbecile's fullest ridiculousness.
[Thanks Justin, especially for selecting this one with me in mind]
I imagine there’s a large segment of NFL fans that envisions pro football to be the embodiment of the video games they love to play.…I’ve got a feeling that a certain percentage of males, those whose senses have been bombarded by video violence all their lives, are attracted to pro football by the slickly edited TV images that are a variation of their virtual-reality experiences.
This makes me wonder if the catastrophic injury to Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett will make any real impression on the desensitized adolescents and adults raised with the cartoon violence of “Madden ‘08″ or “NFL Blitz,” or the absurd blood-and-guts scenarios associated with other Xbox games.
…I wonder if any of this hits home with the very large and growing demographic that comes to football through the make-believe violence of video games. In that world, jacked-up players always bounce back, returning as good as new when the game is switched on.
What a prat.
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11:19 AM on 09.12.2007
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I've heard stories about football from way back when, and it definitely sounds more brutal than it is now.
I don't really feel like he's blaming video games for the injury though, more like he's saying that because of desensitization from video games, NFL fans won't care. Of course, I completely disagree. I think most fans wouldn't care anyway, because the American public is mostly ignorant morons with no empathy.
Huh? Cartoon violence of Madden? I played that game the other day and don't recall any mallots or big fists on extensions, but maybe I missed that.
And why does he go after xbox? This is a low blow however you look at it. I doubt he's played a game in his life, and coming out swinging under the belt is horrible. Of course this is a tragic thing to happen to a player, and everyone(excluding philadelphia fans, I remember Michael Irvin) has to feel bad about the guy getting hurt. It's great that he's starting to recover.
That man is an idiot.
I'm still trying to piece together what this man is saying. I've read it 3 times and for the 4th time, I'm going to take it slow. But from what I have gathered so far, trying to reason this quote out is like solving a Rubiks Cube with some of the stickers removed.
It makes no sense.
that picture is soooo bad
I think that anyone who has a 30 million dollar contract is susceptible to any amount or harm or ridicule.. I mean, I am not really a big (US) football fan, so I can't relate with what the man is saying, saying that sports fans can't appreciate.
I stand by my 30 million dollar comment.
Also, bent cocks.
Or in Roman times where people watched slaves get eaten by lions or tortured for being christians. Yeah, I'm sure none of that warped minds compared to a round of GTA.
Bubonic Plague < Video games.
Spanish Inquisition < Video games.
Jonestown massacre < Video games.
WWII < Video games.
Repeated viewings of "The Passion of the Christ" < Video games.
Cause he looks fine to me.
Hes a dumbass, Im sure Jack Thompson has this motherfucker on speed dial and are having some really hot phone sex about this RIGHT NOW.
hilarious none the less.
The picture scares me.
He may never play football again, but at least he'll be able to wipe his own ass, which in my book is a victory in-and-of itself.
Maybe his girlfriend was slammed by a jock. Maybe he's voting for Fred Thompson. Or maybe he got his ass kicked in front of a bunch of nerdy chicks in a game of Madden 08 last night!
Really Ignorant... Freshmen, GEESH! LOL!
Second off, this guy is a fuckin jackass. He's probably writing that hoping to garner himself some attention and perhaps get away from what I'm assuming is a crappy newspaper tabloid. But that doesn't make him any less a jackass.
Does everyone here enjoy having their tight ends slackened, or indeed violated?
Than again I am British.
Plus: That picture has wrong writ large.
9/11? Microsoft Flight Simulator. Thanks for nothing, Windows.
He states: Nobody stops to ask what price the athletes pay for our amusement until years later, when former players are hobbling like tables with one leg shorter than the others. Or they suffer brain damage brought about by the very collisions that vicariously thrill us as we sit in our family rooms.
He just doesn't understand how we can watch someone basically kill themselves without thinking of the consequences of these "big hits" the athletes endure every week.
He can hire a monkey butler to wipe his ass.
It's probably a sign that I spend to much time here considering I've gotten to know everyone's tastes so well. :p
look at his knee then look at his foot. you're knee always stays aligned to you your toes, but not in his case.
Tyrone Prothro
Nasty injury. No more football for him.
And that damn Mortal Kombat arcade game is bad for our kids. There is blood in that game and it makes kids want to fight each other. We should ban video games.
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