[kj] KJ in my videogame

[ade]

Yeah, so you get my drift. I live in a two-bedroom terraced shit-hole & the kids don't have tellies, or
anything like that in their room. Yes, I got a telly in my bedroom for my Spectrum :) when I was 11,
so I am indeed being a hypocrite, but I don't care as this is about having some control over what my
kids watch. There's no need for a dedicated games/media room - share the main telly, ie, the games
console *can't* be on all day. Handy side-effect ;)
 
Some parents might actually play/interact with their kids (normally this is when people think "tory
voting whinger").
 
iPat - none of these comments are in any way aimed at you !

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Termite
Sent: 30 May 2008 21:07
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] KJ in my videogame


Probably because in the average UK household there isnt room for a dedicated TV and video games room families have to compromise.
 
Kids don't want to watch what the adults want to on tv, and adults don't want the tv dominated by a video games console.
 
Surely you cant tell me you didn't have a tv/commodore 64/amiga/sega/nintendo or whatever and a tv and possibly a vcr in your room when you were a kid?
 
I can understand where you are coming from, in an ideal world we could all play big brother and monitor our kids activities, and bedrooms should be places for sleep and its proven that watching tv in bed is psychologically bad for kids.  Surely there is a market out there for password lockable tv's so that parents can control viewing times, like they can with the internet.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: ade <mailto:ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk>  
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the  <mailto:gathering at misera.net> band!) 
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] KJ in my videogame

Why do parents put that shit in kids rooms? Tellies, consoles, etc, etc. Mental.

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of iPat
Sent: 27 May 2008 12:36
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] KJ in my videogame


ive met the rasta who makes GTA. A quiet unassuming guy training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu who was very perturbed when i told him i noticed a great improvement in my sons behaviour when i stopped him playing the game after removing his console from the room after a bout of unreasonable behaviour.


On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:45 AM, n0153 jr < nomeanswhat at gmail.com> wrote:


yeah, well... I'm over 30 and I still play them... having said that...

I was playing tonight the latest GTA4 (Grand Theft Auto) on my Playstation3 and as soon as I headed into one of the game's strip joints this song struck me with familiarity... due to it being so out of the blue it took me quite a while to recognize it... fuck me, it's Killing Joke! what surprised me even more was the fact that it wasn't any of their new stuff, it was Turn to Red... gotta say, fitted the mood perfectly...

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