video games aren't pointless after all


	video games aren't pointless after all

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7-15-2008 5:01 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/313e0605-5cd1-477e-a984-8e868d24ed75/403CB99C-A0C0-4F51-BA52-E4917E56C12C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://weblog.xanga.com/weblogitem.aspx?user=MelodiousYeti&uid=665946382" href="http://weblog.xanga.com/weblogitem.aspx?user=MelodiousYeti&uid=665946382" style="font-size: 11px;">weblog.xanga.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weblog.xanga.com/weblogitem.aspx?user=MelodiousYeti&uid=665946382"><H4 class="itemtitle"><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self">Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Video Games</A></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weblog.xanga.com/weblogitem.aspx?user=MelodiousYeti&uid=665946382"><P class="MsoNormal">That may be a difficult line for some to read, much less
believe. That is why I have followed it by an explanation of the things that
get me through each day and precisely how I learned them from video games.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weblog.xanga.com/weblogitem.aspx?user=MelodiousYeti&uid=665946382"><P class="MsoNormal">1. <U>Drugs are Bad</U>: At an early age I watched as Mario
ate a mushroom, only to become bigger and stronger.    "Awesome,” I thought. Then
Mario began eating flowers that were on fire and shiny stars, obsessively
chased a Princess through eight different worlds, and watched as his plumbing
career went down the toilet. It was this casual observance of our Italian
friend, much more than any <I><A target="_new" href="http://www.dare.com/home/default.asp">D.A.R.E.</A></I> training, that
lead to my abstinence from substance abuse.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weblog.xanga.com/weblogitem.aspx?user=MelodiousYeti&uid=665946382"><P class="MsoNormal">7. <U>Help Comes From The Weirdest Places</U>: Ever been
backed into a corner only to have your arch nemesis leap forth at the last
second to save your life? Sometimes assistance will arrive in the least
expected form, just make sure that you interpret it as so and readily accept
it.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/403CB99C-A0C0-4F51-BA52-E4917E56C12C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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