Reply #11: All the games today are first person shooters?

[ChoralScholar]

What a sadly ignorant statement.

Even if your statement were true, (which it is not, by the way) gamers rent or buy these games (FPS) and beat them in a matter of hours. They're kid stuff to hardcore gaming freaks.

From GameFly.com (a popular game rental site)

Playstation 2 Games
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Action Adventure - 375
Arcade Puzzle - 51
Fighting - 76 (Mortal Kombat and such)
Kids/Family - 58 (Shrek, Backyard Baseball, etc)
Racing - 155 (Gran Turismo, Need for Speed)
RPG - 96 (Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, etc.)
Shooter - 128 (Socom, Medal of Honor, etc.)
Sports - 159
Strategy/Sim - 88 (The Sims, etc.)

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So, of 1186 games, 128 are Shooters. Thats 10%. That doesn't qualify it for 'all games', or even 'most games'. The best you can hope for is 'some games are shooters'. To be accurate, '1 out of 10' games are shooters.

OF the top 12 most popular rentals:

Tales of Legendia (RPG)
Shadow of Colossus (Action Adventure)
Devil May Cry 3 (Action Adventure)
Resident Evil 4 (Action/Adventure - but I call it a shooter)
Prince of Persia (Action/Adventure)
Arena Football (Sports)
25 to Life (Action Adventure)
God of War (Action Adventure)
Gun (Action/Adventure - also probably a shooter)
Soul Calibur III (Fighting)
MVP NCAA 06 Baseball (Sports)
Dragon Quest VIII (RPG)

Not one pure shooter in the whole bunch, but I'll concede on Resident Evil and Gun, because I've seen them.

No game I've played lately has been mindless repetition. The games I, and a lot of other people, like are the ones that require problem solving skills, i.e. playing a certain scene over and over so you can solve the problem and move on. I also enjoy sports games, which if you play them well, require just as much multitasking and discrete thought as coaching the real thing.

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So, my point is, get your head out of the sand, and get educated about what you're talking about here. Many successful professional people find gaming a very valid and fulfilling hobby. And many of us are not obese!