Bartle on games and politicians

Here’s a quote for you. Richard Bartle speaking out against the “self-righteous politicians and newspaper columnists” who “beat on computer games”:

Call them [gamers] social inadequates if you like, but when they have more friends in World of Warcraft than you have in your entire sad little booze-oriented culture of a real life…

Richard Bartle: Gamers have won the battle against the censors | guardian.co.uk

It’s a fun rant, but really nothing you don’t already know if you’re a gamer.