Comments on: Harmless Pastime – or Insidious Time Suck? http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/02/09/harmless-pastime-or-insidious-time-suck.html The Web's Most Popular Newsletter Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:45:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Carl http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/02/09/harmless-pastime-or-insidious-time-suck.html/comment-page-1#comment-1940 Carl Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:12:29 +0000 http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=5667#comment-1940 I can't agree I'm afraid - after a stressful day dealing with naughty students and staff or having been creative for 5 hours at a stretch nothing cheers me up more than shooting a bunch of evil aliens over and over again and then acquiring new weapons and finding access to hidden worlds as a result of said slaying. I'm 47 and I say video games rock! In mitigation I would like to say I also go to the gym; do my own ironing and cycle a lot. Ahem. I can’t agree I’m afraid – after a stressful day dealing with naughty students and staff or having been creative for 5 hours at a stretch nothing cheers me up more than shooting a bunch of evil aliens over and over again and then acquiring new weapons and finding access to hidden worlds as a result of said slaying.

I’m 47 and I say video games rock! In mitigation I would like to say I also go to the gym; do my own ironing and cycle a lot.

Ahem.

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