President Higgins Slams Video Games

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has used his first official public engagement to attack video games.

He issued the warning when attending an event at The Ark in Dublin’s Temple Bar – his first presidential appointment since taking office on November 11^th.

The 70 year old told the audience that:

“We must encourage all citizens, particularly children, to, as Raymond Williams put it, ’Be the arrow, not the target’.

“It is possible to form the impression that many of today’s children no longer fully appreciate the joy of taking refuge in their own imaginations, preferring to spend their time on computer games, or watching digital television or playing with pre-programmed electronic toys.”

What takes the edge off President Higgins’ comments is the fact that he’s 70 years old. You really can’t be too surprised that he hasn’t heard of MineCraft, Scribblenauts or any of the other video games out there that actually encourage creativity and imagination.