Help Clive with a story: Know any young guys with huge home-entertainment systems?
I'm working on a story for a magazine, and am trying to interview young men -- in their 20s and 30s -- who've spent a boatload of cash on their home entertainment systems: Ginormous flat-panel TVs, surroundsound speakers, the whole nine yards.
My deadline is tight -- tomorrow afternoon. Know anyone who fits this description? I'd love to hear about it! Send me their contact info, or tell them to email me themselves. If they'd rather not have anyone at work (or their girlfriend or spouse) know just how outrageously expensive the whole outfit was, anonymity is no problem, heh.
Posted by Clive Thompson at January 31, 2005 12:37 PM
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You just criticized the number 1 and 2 games in the world. San andreas and Halo. The gaming world loves the cinematic movie like games. plus these games give you so much freedom who in their right mind would ever complain. These games are like living a day in the life of the character, except your not just watching you control the out come and ever detail along the way. You can have pac man and super mario those games are like being caught in a box. Play the new Resident Evil for the game cube and tell me the story is not important. Get a clue
Posted by: melissa at January 31, 2005 3:46 PM
Lemme guess... This is for Details. Good luck working the gay angle into this one...
Posted by: mark at January 31, 2005 4:47 PM
well, clive, my husband fits the description except for the "young" part
(but don't tell him i said that)
Posted by: rb at January 31, 2005 10:02 PM
I was with you until you got to 'home-entertainment systems.'
Posted by: Joel at February 1, 2005 10:02 AM
I work with a furniture manufacturer on a regular basis and one day I stopped by and saw a worker I know with an "Army of One" tshirt. I asked him about it and he said he was considering joining up due to the massive bonus for enlistment. The conversation turned to the subject of Iraq. He told me about a freind of his who is over there and the living conditions etc. Many soldiers are billeted in huge tents and their living space is a small cubicle. Guess what they use their enlistment bonus for? They fill the cubicle with a giant screen high def TV and a complete home entertainment system.......
Posted by: Fritz at February 1, 2005 10:14 AM
I read Clive's latest rant on video games and sampled the comments on Slate. I agree with the jist of the column and found some of the comments on Slate to be "sophmoric". It appears to me most of those who were critical of the column didn't put enough thought into what he actually said. Amazing how people get so worked up when they perceive an attack on their favorite video game. Clive, keep up the good work.
Posted by: FrequentReader at February 1, 2005 6:13 PM
Joel,
"I was with you until you got to 'home-entertainment systems.'"
Actually, if you think about...
Posted by: WeSaferTHemHealthier at February 2, 2005 7:57 PM
Yep, it's for Details! And thanks for everyone who wrote in to me -- I got a superb response.
FrequentReader, glad you liked the column at Slate! I sort of understand people freaking out when they perceive that their favorite game is under attack; the culture of gamers is kind of like the culture of TV fans and pop-music fans, where emotions run high pretty quickly when debates begin, heh.
Posted by: Clive at February 3, 2005 12:54 PM
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You just criticized the number 1 and 2 games in the world. San andreas and Halo. The gaming world loves the cinematic movie like games. plus these games give you so much freedom who in their right mind would ever complain. These games are like living a day in the life of the character, except your not just watching you control the out come and ever detail along the way. You can have pac man and super mario those games are like being caught in a box. Play the new Resident Evil for the game cube and tell me the story is not important. Get a clue
Posted by: melissa at January 31, 2005 3:46 PM
Lemme guess... This is for Details. Good luck working the gay angle into this one...
Posted by: mark at January 31, 2005 4:47 PM
well, clive, my husband fits the description except for the "young" part
(but don't tell him i said that)
Posted by: rb at January 31, 2005 10:02 PM
I was with you until you got to 'home-entertainment systems.'
Posted by: Joel at February 1, 2005 10:02 AM
I work with a furniture manufacturer on a regular basis and one day I stopped by and saw a worker I know with an "Army of One" tshirt. I asked him about it and he said he was considering joining up due to the massive bonus for enlistment. The conversation turned to the subject of Iraq. He told me about a freind of his who is over there and the living conditions etc. Many soldiers are billeted in huge tents and their living space is a small cubicle. Guess what they use their enlistment bonus for? They fill the cubicle with a giant screen high def TV and a complete home entertainment system.......
Posted by: Fritz at February 1, 2005 10:14 AM
I read Clive's latest rant on video games and sampled the comments on Slate. I agree with the jist of the column and found some of the comments on Slate to be "sophmoric". It appears to me most of those who were critical of the column didn't put enough thought into what he actually said. Amazing how people get so worked up when they perceive an attack on their favorite video game. Clive, keep up the good work.
Posted by: FrequentReader at February 1, 2005 6:13 PM
Joel,
"I was with you until you got to 'home-entertainment systems.'"
Actually, if you think about...
Posted by: WeSaferTHemHealthier at February 2, 2005 7:57 PM
Yep, it's for Details! And thanks for everyone who wrote in to me -- I got a superb response.
FrequentReader, glad you liked the column at Slate! I sort of understand people freaking out when they perceive that their favorite game is under attack; the culture of gamers is kind of like the culture of TV fans and pop-music fans, where emotions run high pretty quickly when debates begin, heh.
Posted by: Clive at February 3, 2005 12:54 PM