Adventure Games - Images of Computer Gamers

Adventure Games - Images of Computer Gamers: "If you are '40 something' like me (or at least out of your teens) and happen to mention the fact that you like to play computer games many people will scoff at you for your childish pursuit. Or they will ask how you can play that rubbish! It comes as no surprise then that the people who generally label computer games as childish or even 'evil' have had little contact with them. Quite often their opinions are moulded by the sensationalist nature of reports of violent games on TV or in the press. We frequently see images of children playing computer games (the media rarely distinguishes these from console and arcade games) where the action is fast and the noise is loud and, so, to the uninitiated all games must be like this. Rarely, if ever, do we see an image of an older person quietly trying to solve a puzzle in any one of the hundreds of less frenetic games that are available.
In the fantasy world of home computer advertising, Dad working on his spreadsheet in his study may switch to golf at the click of a mouse button and Mum looks over her child's shoulder to make sure 'he' is doing his homework on the PC. These are acceptable, comfortable and non-threatening images designed to promote the computer as a wonderful, all-purpose family gadget you can't possibly live without. Rather like refrigerator ads in the 1950's."