An article in Slate this week examines the intricacies of online gaming, as seen by two sociologically aware 30-year-olds. I’ve never played XBox Live, but I can identify with their sentiments all the same. Among their observations: “Part of the problem was our selection of games. All shoot’em ups. I must admit that after awhile I get tired of shooting stuff. I was thinking it might be nice to play a fishing game or something, where we could just chat over our communicator headsets for a couple hours, interrupted by the occasional face-off with a trout. We’d be on couches miles apart, but it would feel like a day together on the lake. Toss me a Coors from the cooler!” Brilliant.
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