Bare Knuckles: Mainstream media are getting hipper to gaming world

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, July, 2008 | by Rob Watson Inquirer Staff Writer

I don't know whether many of you noticed, although you probably should have, that video games have been getting some interesting mainstream ink lately with perspectives by folks we wouldn't expect to hear on this subject.

Last week, the New York Times' Dave Itzkoff offered a cerebral look at the often-convoluted but engrossing storyline of the Metal Gear Solid series.

"Is the Sisyphean mission of Solid Snake - to rid the world of a robotic nuclear tank called Metal Gear - a parable about the futility of war or about its necessity? A critique of America's domination of the global stage?" wrote Itzkoff.

I  said  cerebral, didn't I? Now, granted, I don't know how much average MGS gamers consider such philosophical paths, but to have such ideas put forth in the...