"I need to find The Googan."
"But why? You know that the Googan doesn't talk to anyone.
Can't be wasting his time, know what I mean?"
"The reason is that i firmly believe that the new videogames are
potentially dangerous to the future."
"Huh?"
"Yeah, I guess I'm just one of
those freaks but I really think that the development of videogames
into first person shooting games could potentially be dangerous for
the future of humanity!"
"You've got to be kidding."
"No, seriously. Think about it. All of thse people have had subconsicously
embedded memories of running around killing. Maybe it could be
one way to avert the possibility of seeing them out there."
"You know that those inclinations are just a part of human nature."
"Not necessarily. It might not be inside of the mind of everyone
to want to destroy. Maybe that's the kind of thing that only some people
think."
"You can look at it a few different
ways," says the mastermind, "Either the games entertain an
element of excitement that intrigues the mind of the game player. Or
they encourage violent behavior," you say.
"Well yes. We know that some games
actually can sharpen intelligence and inprove hand-eye coordination."
"But in Pac Man you're just wandering around collecting dots, watching
out for those ghosts."
"Alot like in those Phiction Episodes. Ever play them?"
"Nay, too busy living them."
"Well there's alot more at stake out here in the real world. Life
is a philosophical argument, and some philosophies believe that to win
the argument is to have a satisfying existence. I personally don't believe
there's a point to argumentative conversation."
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry, I had no intention of arguing with you."
"On the contrary. I think that we are in agreement of alot of the
same things. We both believe that the old videogames may lead to a more
peaceful future. And your mission seems to be to find Googan, is that
correct?"
"Yeah, exactly. That's what I'm trying to do."
"Well the purpose of your finding Googan must also be explained,
in as much as where he is, in the first place. Your mission is to design
a new wave of old school videogames, to draw attention away from violent
ones, and make the world a safer place."
"Do you believe that just by my
actions alone, we may all live in a more peaceful future?"
"Let me explain it this way. If you succeed, we all succeed. Does
that make sense? And in fact, you are only a piece in a larger
puzzle.
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