BACK OF THE BUS: Escape from the Planet of the Gamers
First it was dogs playing poker, now this:
We now have monkeys playing video games. What does this Earth-shattering change in the gamer community’s biological demographics mean for our humble hobby? How will it affect the industry’s future? And does this finally explain the level of discourse on video game forums?
If there are monkeys out there playing video games, it would explain a great many things to me. Like that guy on you team in Counter-Strike who just won’t stop jumping. Or when you rent a relatively new game and find out that someone already managed to scratch the heck out of it…maybe it was a chimp! Damn dirty apes!
And although it’s not a stretch to begin with, but the shirtless and hair covered life form that just “PWND” you in Halo 2, might be a silverback. You know that could explain the rash of poor spelling and grammar that’s rampant on the internet, although humans have opposable thumbs as well and I’ve met many who can’t type either.
Anyway, as rudimentary as the system at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago sounds, it’s not only better then the Phantom, but it offers snacks as a reward! I’d take those over points any day, and think of the opportunities! The next Tony Hawk game (what are they up to #9?) could dispense Mountain Dew and beef jerky upon goal completion!
Maybe primate industry penetration is worse then we thought! How else can we explain the behavior of the ownership of EA towards its employees? And it is not a stretch to think that there might be monkeys in game development, it makes explaining why True Crime: NYC and The Matrix: Path of Neo are so lousy.
Now do we need to really worry about a Heston-esce takeover, where human gamers are chased through fields by Apes on horseback? Of course not. But we know without a doubt that gaming has and will always have an impact beyond the memory cards and strategy guides.
This is my stop.
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2005 by Seth “4:10” Robison, used with exclusive permission by gamertransit.com. Reproduction without permission is prohibited.
