How Schools Want You to Spend Your Summer
by Mike D'Anna 
Jun 8th 2006 at 9:00AM
In response to our summer vacation topic the other day, the Collegiate Times has posted a list of summer vacation 'do's & don'ts' (how quaint), and coming in at number five on that list:5.) DON'T lock yourself in your room all day playing video games. It's only acceptable to spend eight consecutive hours in a virtual fairy-land if you are doing so with another human. Instead of closing your door and giving everyone the sneaking suspicion that you have formed an irrefutable bond with your right hand, knock on the next room down and make friends with dudeface so you can combine your warrior fighting noob powers. Don't worry, Zelda's Twilight Princess will be out in November, and you will have plenty of time to hide away in the darkest corner of your room to ride Chocobos and raise your HP to "Level 9 - Congratulations! You've graduated to the shameless rank of social outcast!" - insert retainer slurping noises here.
So, does that mean that as long as you're playing games with other people, then it's ok? Is it just the Zelda games they want you to stay away from? And if so, why do they want you to wait until the school year to start playing? Something's fishy here...
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mike Jun 8th 2006 9:24AM
C'mon Megan Wright! Everyone knows that chocobos are from Final Fantasy and not Legend of Zelda!
Deathlike Jun 8th 2006 12:28PM
Although I disagreed with that post at first, after actually clicking on the article I realized that it was the mistake of the poster/blogger that I disagreed with.
The article isn't a simple "Dos and Don'ts" list. It's a list of "Dos and Don'ts to make friends during the summer." And yes, I agree, spending all the spare time you have alone is not a good way to become friends with other people.
elle Jun 9th 2006 12:47AM
Yeah, ditto on Deathlike. In fact, I'm surprised you guys didn't pick up more on the part of the article that actually mentioned "the Warcraft epidemic" - in a social, make-friends-with-your-naked-MC-raiding-neighbor kinda way:
"1.) DO meet your neighbors. Although the Warcraft epidemic may appear to have swept across their Dorito-strewn home, and the potato cannon positioned proudly on their front porch may throw you off at first, you never know how cool your neighbors can be until you own them in a game of beer pong and get to see them run circles around your apartment complex naked."
Also... when you're gonna make fun of college journalists, please at least put the school name with the publication. "Collegiate Times" doesn't mean anything to most people; the Va. Tech student newspaper does.