So I am a frequent visitor of geekologie.com, and their general paranoia regarding the impending robo-pocalypse/zombie-pocalypse + their up-to-date news regarding all things dinosaurian have made me a loyal reader.  A few weeks back, they posted a fan-made PS3 commercial that was well-made, but also a little uncomfy-making: 

Aaaand their rant pretty much summed up my sadness about what technology is doing to today’s youth:

“Admittedly, the commercial was very well made, I’m just not sure about the message it’s sending. WHEN YOU’RE SIX-YEARS OLD YOU DON’T NEED HYPER-REALISTIC VIDEO GAMES TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. Wanna be an astronaut? Sit in a laundry basket with tinfoil wrapped around your head. Want to play Lord of the Rings? Get a couple friends together and hit each other with sticks in the woods. You’ve gotta use your imaginations while you’ve still got ‘em! LIFE DOESN’T GET ANY EASIER. Soon you’re gonna be older and actually NEED video games to escape from reality. Plus booze. Can’t forget about the booze. *glug glug* Oh yeah, f***in’ loving life over here.”

Truth. (*glug glug*).

rant by the geekologie writer (concurrence by Liz, wearing her omg-shoot-me-now-I-just-made-a-sad-legal-reference-pants).  

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p.s. - Also, seeing small kids in actual uniforms shooting realistic guns freaks me out, not gonna lie.  Bah, let’s not strive for creating child soldiers … creeeepy.  On the other hand, seeing kids shooting fingerguns is kind of adorable.  Maybe that’s because it’s a pretty well-documented fact that fingerguns = awesome.  In conclusion, let’s all try and keep kids on a strict fingergun/not-real-gun regimen, folks.