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I have noticed that videogames have become exponentially more popular in the past 5 years (approximately)...there are now tv channels, award shows, tons more commercials, etc than there were in the days of psx and n64 and earlier--

at the times of release of consoles over the years, they represented the newest advances in technology, so i dont see psp, 360 or ps3 as being any different...

i think most of us would agree that in the past few years, gaming has gotten a lot more widespread and culturally acceptable. you wouldnt have been able to get samuel l jackson and 50 cent to show up to a fuckin award show for toys, so what do you think is behind all this?

i think it might have to do with an increased sense of escapism worldwide, maybe as a result of the economic bs that all started after 9-11...do you think im drawing too vague a conclusion?