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I'm glad I don't "actively" play console games anymore... that market is just going down the toilet...
Meh. Someone will buy it, but I'd rather save my pennies.
In reference to Scott Steinberg's,
"Still, marketing hygienic play to an audience that lounges around all day in Fruit of the Looms and Red Bull-stained t-shirts seems like a stretch." I'm more than offended. I am a graduate student of cognitive science and an avid gamer. I find your article HIGHLY uneducated. The average purchaser of video games is now over the age of 25, college educated, and could tell you these items are no more than novelties.
And all I can say to bkdude as for the future of gaming, think Lois Van Ahn meets Cliff Blezinski if I have anything to do with it!