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2010-04-26: Violent Video Games (played wrong)
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Inspired by a real-life conversation in which I felt defensive about a hobby.
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- Variations
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- The Random One suggested: Noel plays violent video games.
Text transcript
Dr Quickly: Playing violent video games, eh? Noel: Kind of! Noel: I'm playing non-violently, just exploring and stuff. Noel: By defeating the design intentions of the experience I get a more interesting, unanticipated response from the system. Dr Quickly: That's neat, I guess. Well, here's the jobs section. Noel: ... thanks. Video Game: NO! NO! NOT THE... CHAINSAWWWWUGHGH