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LucianoJJ · 08-24-2010, 02:49 PM

After posting a comment on Chris's previous story on Madden and CNBC, this thought popped into my head. Mainstream media wants gaming to fail. If you play a game, you aren't watching a TV show, and being counted in their advertiser's audience. Gaming has replaced hip-hop and rock-and-roll as being a scapegoat for what is "wrong" with society. There are few positive stories about gaming on TV, magazines, and newspapers. It's competition for them. If Madden's sales slip, that is an easy target. The establishment would love to see gaming die out as a fad, and a form of entertainment.

08-24-2010, 02:49 PM	#19
LucianoJJ Pro OVR: 19 Join Date: Jan 2006 Blog Entries: 26	After posting a comment on Chris's previous story on Madden and CNBC, this thought popped into my head. Mainstream media wants gaming to fail. If you play a game, you aren't watching a TV show, and being counted in their advertiser's audience. Gaming has replaced hip-hop and rock-and-roll as being a scapegoat for what is "wrong" with society. There are few positive stories about gaming on TV, magazines, and newspapers. It's competition for them. If Madden's sales slip, that is an easy target. The establishment would love to see gaming die out as a fad, and a form of entertainment.