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cruelpupet
08-28-2001, 03:13 PM
Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.

:P

coleslaw
08-28-2001, 04:15 PM
This kid obviously played too much Pac-Man when he was younger...

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Loki
08-28-2001, 04:32 PM
I always wanted to eat Italian food when I played Mario Bros. There was also this game called Burger Time that made me hungry every time I played it. weird eh?

Grimm
08-28-2001, 04:32 PM
Originally posted by cruelpupet



Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.

:P

Then pray tell, how do you explain the existance of raves?

attgig
08-28-2001, 04:43 PM
well, then it affects adults...
Avid counterstrike player..
and every time I walk to and from the restroom at work, I find myself shooting my deagle down the hall (when nobody's looking, of course)

hapoo
08-28-2001, 04:53 PM
hmmm, how strange, I remember this thread from a couple months back, but all the post dates are from today.

M_A_C
08-28-2001, 05:10 PM
Originally posted by evilcyclops

Originally posted by cruelpupet



Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.

:P

Then pray tell, how do you explain the existance of raves?

You realized that that was the point of the joke! Good for you!

brain
08-28-2001, 05:19 PM
Originally posted by cruelpupet



Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.

:P

Supposedly, this was said by one of the CEOs at Nintendo in 1987 or so.

Grimm
08-28-2001, 05:19 PM
Originally posted by M_A_C

Originally posted by evilcyclops

Originally posted by cruelpupet



Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.

:P

Then pray tell, how do you explain the existance of raves?

You realized that that was the point of the joke! Good for you!

It's called playing the straight man.