killamch89

I wasn't talking that kind of joystick 🤣. My mind was in the gutters for a moment...

I can see the practical use of them in terms of making your thumbs more comfortable but their design looks bizarre as hell.

I just threw out a set the other day that were from 2012 when gaming on the Ipad was starting to gain traction - I can't believe how much time has passed.

This violent games cause kids to be violent agenda was started by politicians who wanted a scapegoat for their own shortcomings in managing crime and violence. Because so many non-gamers are sheep, they'll believe almost anything politicians say even when the opposite has been proven to be fact. That being said, I quite like your idea about studying gaming influence on positive lifestyle changes. Personally, I'd study the effects of gaming on developing decision making skills to see who much it benefits gamers and whether the effects are short or long-term.

We also had quake and halo tournaments at school and online back in the early 2000s - it was a fun time on the internet without all the toxic crap.

As I said in another post, the reason gaming companies continue to push this crap is because there are those amongst us who'll totally buy into it and that's who they cater for. Not the more rational gamers who will call them out on their bs.

Gran Turismo does have Volvos but it belongs to the lower category of cars not the main focus of the game.

Alphaville - 8/10