The Big, Fat Question Comments by Rob Fahey

Eat healthy food.

Cut down on the booze.

Stop smoking.

Die anyway.

I'd link EATING TOO MUCH AND JUNKFOOD ALL THE TIME to obesity.
--Captain Obvious

"prevent the rise of illiteracy"
Are you serious?

I wish I wasn't. Inner-city communities in a number of parts of the UK are seeing rises in child illiteracy again, after years of falling. Literacy was a big push for several decades, but lately it's simply fallen out of fashion - we're seeing massive funding problems for literacy programmes (adult and child alike), big gaps in the funding available for local libraries, and so on. It's falling increasingly to the volunteer sector to both fund and run literacy programmes.

(It goes without saying that it's not quite so much hard work to get the same kids playing videogames :) )

Why read when there's the internet, councils have seemingly decided as they close libraries...

Perhaps they should also try telling people to stop sitting on their fat arses all day watching adverts about kids sitting on their fat arses all day playing computer games.

My main issue with this thread is not the "OMG there's nothing wrong with games!!!11" kinda thing which i think has been a little overplayed, but the liberal crap that is being peddled out. obviously if you come out with eugenics-toting comments like "fat people and retards shouldn't have kids" then you are a twat but there's issue's with this that aren't being addressed.

man is not a fucking island. if this advert even is blaming poor parenting then we should still be critising it. A standard married couple working full time on working hours that out government refuses cap with the EU agreed 35 hours are not in a position to come home from work and go "ahhh what a beutiful day, i'll cook you a nutricious meal with ingredients that i can't afford and then we'll take a long bike ride"

It is important to educate parents but we shouldn't be blaming them. Open your minds and stop swallowing this bullshit. Parents aren't gonna watch the advert and go"oh suddenly i'm not stressed and poor!!".

The bleeding obvious. Video games make you more prone to being fat, to being less socially adept, to being less educated and more prone to driving your car like a half wit. In extreme cases the addict also fails to wash and is laughed at and reviled behind their backs.

Peggle, on the other hand, is simple genius.

i play games, work, do gym, play guitar.....and .....no fat ;)...
Depends on your body metabolism.