Back Atcha: Where The Hell Are The Videogames?

8bitjoystick called Seattlest out yesterday (which we love, btw, whether you do it on your random blog you expect us to magically find, or you have at us in the comments or you send us email. Please, tell us what we're missing and we'll consider it internally and then publicly enumerate the reasons why you're wrong.), and, befitting a blog about video games, 8bitjoystick is all over us for our lack of video game coverage.

I just realized something strange about one of my favorite websites Seattlest.com. They do not really mention video games or computer games.

Seattle has become a video game holy land from being the home of Microsoft, Bungie, Nintendo, Gas Powered Games, Valve, Sierra (R.I.P.), Penny Arcade, and about a million billion video game-playing nerds. Here in Western Washington, the weather can often be rainy and crappy and playing video games is a revered local pastime as much as drinking coffee and writing C# code. Hell, we even have a slightly crazy local homeless kid who goes around dressed up as Link from Legend of Zelda.

Alright, joystick, here's why video games are in no way applicable to Seattlest writers or readers or Seattlest's mission: They're for kids. They're--you heard Bill O'Reily the other day--they're, like, escapist, and when you play them all the time you're totally out of touch with the world and stuff. All those people you mentioned in Seattle who make video games and play video games are so wrapped up in their little worlds of warcraft that they don't have time to experience Seattle or really, care about anything, and since Seattlest is all about experiencing Seattle...

Of course, you're absolutely right. We've fucked it up and we can blame it on the fact that none of us are really big gamers, but, well, we're not really big ballers either and that doesn't stop us from talking about pro sports.

Never fear, however! A conscious effort to pay more attention to video games (which will eventually peter out and die like a bad New Year's resolution) will be bolstered by the Nintendo Wii Seattlest may or may not be getting for Christmas. Which brings us to the question: where the hell do you buy the damn thing in Seattle?