The New Yorker mocks the New York Times hyperbolic praise for The Beatles game with illustrations of their own absurdity. The New Yorker isn’t attacking gamers. They are, rightfully, attacking the New York Times.
Some of their absurdity illustrations are funny because they are true. Look at this one:
Hear that? That is the sound of gymnasiums across the country shuttering. Wii Fit, a video game designed to make exercise fun, is to blame. Families can now get all the exercise they will ever need within the five radial feet in front of their television sets. And it only follows that humanity will revert to a subsistence agrarian society within the confines of their own homes. Office buildings and city centers will be ghost towns. The concept of “outdoors” will be little more than a folksy tale Grandpappy spins ’round the fireplace.
Wii Fit certainly is harming gyms and, to be more precise, personal trainers. Who needs these overpaid personal trainers when a digital version will do?
I love how everyone, including Pachter, thought The Beatles game would be so ‘popular’ but the sales don’t show that, do they? When someone gets so excited about The Beatles it really shows me their age.