video-games
Original: video-games on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with red hair stands in a doorway, pointing accusingly. A young blond child sits on the floor.
Red-haired man: NO MORE VIDEO GAMES! THEY CAUSE AGGRESSION.
Panel 2:
Close-up profile of the red-haired man, talking.
Red-haired man: BACK IN MY DAY, WE PLAYED ULTRA-VIOLENT FIGHTING GAMES AND SHOOTERS WHILE SITTING ALONE AND BINGING ON MOUNTAIN DEW UNTIL 4AM. THAT'S HOW WE WORKED THROUGH OUR VIOLENT IMPULSES!
Panel 3:
Red-haired man: IN MODERN GAMES, YOU BUILD THINGS AND COLLECT STUFF AND DO IT WITH FRIENDS! YOU TELL STORIES AND HAVE ADVENTURES. NO WONDER KIDS FEEL SO DISPLACED AND ANXIOUS!
Panel 4:
Red-haired man: I FEAR FOR A GENERATION RAISED ON MINECRAFT. SURE, YOU CAN KILL THINGS, BUT NOT ONCE WILL YOU KNOW THE PEACE OF PULLING A STILL-BEATING HEART OUT OF YOUR OPPONENT'S CORPSE.
Panel 5:
The red-haired man, looking distressed, and another red-haired man standing further off looking unimpressed.
Panel 6:
The red-haired man turns toward the blond child, smiling slyly.
Red-haired man: MY GOD, I... ARE YOU PEOPLE GOING TO BE IN CHARGE SOON?
Red-haired man: YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE INHABITING OUR NEUROSES!
Votey:
A black-and-white panel. A scruffy figure speaks from a speech bubble.
Figure: WE'VE GOT TOTALLY NEW ORIGINAL SINS FOR YOU!
A man with red hair stands in a doorway, pointing accusingly. A young blond child sits on the floor.
Red-haired man: NO MORE VIDEO GAMES! THEY CAUSE AGGRESSION.
Panel 2:
Close-up profile of the red-haired man, talking.
Red-haired man: BACK IN MY DAY, WE PLAYED ULTRA-VIOLENT FIGHTING GAMES AND SHOOTERS WHILE SITTING ALONE AND BINGING ON MOUNTAIN DEW UNTIL 4AM. THAT'S HOW WE WORKED THROUGH OUR VIOLENT IMPULSES!
Panel 3:
Red-haired man: IN MODERN GAMES, YOU BUILD THINGS AND COLLECT STUFF AND DO IT WITH FRIENDS! YOU TELL STORIES AND HAVE ADVENTURES. NO WONDER KIDS FEEL SO DISPLACED AND ANXIOUS!
Panel 4:
Red-haired man: I FEAR FOR A GENERATION RAISED ON MINECRAFT. SURE, YOU CAN KILL THINGS, BUT NOT ONCE WILL YOU KNOW THE PEACE OF PULLING A STILL-BEATING HEART OUT OF YOUR OPPONENT'S CORPSE.
Panel 5:
The red-haired man, looking distressed, and another red-haired man standing further off looking unimpressed.
Panel 6:
The red-haired man turns toward the blond child, smiling slyly.
Red-haired man: MY GOD, I... ARE YOU PEOPLE GOING TO BE IN CHARGE SOON?
Red-haired man: YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE INHABITING OUR NEUROSES!
Votey:
A black-and-white panel. A scruffy figure speaks from a speech bubble.
Figure: WE'VE GOT TOTALLY NEW ORIGINAL SINS FOR YOU!
Alt text
A six-panel comic. A red-haired man stands in a doorway, pointing at a young blond child sitting on the floor, and declares: "No more video games! They cause aggression." He then launches into a nostalgic rant: back in his day, he says, kids played ultra-violent fighting games and shooters alone, binging Mountain Dew until 4am, which is how they "worked through our violent impulses." He complains that modern games make you build things, collect stuff, do it with friends, tell stories and have adventures, which is "no wonder kids feel so displaced and anxious." He says he fears for a generation raised on Minecraft, because while you can kill things, you'll never know the peace of pulling a still-beating heart from your opponent's corpse. In the final panel he turns to the child with a sly smile and says, "My God, I... are you people going to be in charge soon? You are going to LOVE inhabiting our neuroses!" The joke flips the usual "violent games" panic, with the older man lamenting that today's games are too wholesome. In the black-and-white votey aftercomic, a scruffy figure announces from a speech bubble: "We've got totally new original sins for you!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.