Bip, bip, kaboom!

Nobody I know bought a $500 Xbox 360 at midnight. (Planned shortage, anyone?) And I sure won't purchase until the PlayStation2 I picked up for an already exorbitant price a couple of years ago conks right out. (Why bother? Some little brat came over and got to level 22 in one afternoon. I was still at level 4, after a month. And this is a kiddie game -- okay, make sure the little penguin doesn't fall over the cliff and become encased in a block of ice! I wouldn't get past the first minute of Halo 2, much less its successor.)

Gaming is really the land of teen boys and very young men. It's the world of "gay" as insult. Do a quick search for "Xbox 360" and "gay." You'll find this, where "Jose Ramirez" posted "I know that X-BOX 360 is going to be 100% times better than ps3 because ps3 is gay and retarded. PS3 is a down syndrome bear F***er. [sic]" Riposts "superfabulouslol": "The fact that the "NEW" console is still called XBOX is super gaytard. Sega 32x called.. he said you are a stooge if you buy the 360."

Or here: "All you ****s are gay, You think your going to buy them all my ass. Xbox 360 might have a gay name but a will destroy everything. The Revolution will just sit on the shelves. Ps3 will and the Xbox 360 will be in competion. Xbox 1 will sell more than the Revolution. So farewell and goodbye ****gots, Xbox 360 Rules!!!!!"

And on and on. It's sickening to read, and it's our community's greatest failure: There's a whole generation we haven't been able to reach and teach. (Though what they seem to need is some sense smacked into 'em.)

Queer gamers could try GayGeeks.org.


ADDENDUM 7:53 pm: After posting on GayGeeks, I got some interesting replies on the gamer usage of "gay" -- read it here.