A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.
Tom BissellThe world, finally, is no longer large, and to ignore it likely requires more effort than to simply take notice.
Tom BissellMost non-readers are nothing but an agglomeration of third-hand opinion and blindly received wisdom.
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We are no longer worried that children are missing school because of video games, though. We are worried that they are murdering their classmates because of video games.
Tom BissellTags: children video-games
Girlfriends, indeed: the anti-video game.
Tom BissellTags: girlfriend girlfriends videogame videogames
When I play too many video games I begin to feel chubby-minded, caffeinated, bad.
Tom BissellTags: videogames
Fun is not the same thing as fulfillment.
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Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self.
Tom BissellIn the emergency of growing up, we all need heroes. But the father I grew up with was no hero to me, not then. He was too wounded in the head, too endlessly and terribly sad. Too funny, too explosive, too confusing. Heroes are uncomplicated. *This* makes them do *that*… But the war does not make sense. War senselessly wounds everyone right down the line. A body bag fits more than just its intended corpse. Take the 58,000 American soldiers lost in Vietnam and multiply by four, five, six—and only then does one begin to realize the damage this war has done… War when necessary, is unspeakable. When unnecessary, it is unforgivable. It is not an occasion for heroism. It is an occasion only for survival and death. To regard war in any other way only guarantees its inevitable reappearance.
Tom BissellMore than any other form of entertainment, video games tend to divide rooms into Us and Them. We are, in effect, admitting that we like to spend our time shooting monsters, and They are, not unreasonably, failing to find the value in that.
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