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Wired calls it like it is?

The average gamer, far from being a teen, actually is a 35-year-old man who is overweight, aggressive, introverted and … often depressed.

You know it’s funny because it’s true — overweight, aggressive and introverted. No wonder he’s depressed!  If only you could quest for endorphins. Or a +12 vest of sunlight resistance.

Jim McGregor, an analyst at In-Stat, noted that his concern isn’t just with gaming but with social networks, as well.

“My issue is that it’s not just gaming. It’s social networking. It’s the Web in general,” said McGregor. “We’ve gained so much, but still it puts people in front of a computer screen for hours on end. It gives Americans just another reason to be fat, dumb and lazy.”

Move over TV, we have a new scapegoat for our fat, ignorant, lazy asses.

So, John Cleese got slapped with a brutal divorce settlement that netted out in him paying his ex enough to ensure that she’s richer than he is. He pissed and moaned last week in interviews how unfair it was, adding “At least I will know in future if a I go out with a lady they will not be after me for my money.”

Of course, despite his biterness, he kept his perspective.  As Monty Python famously sang, “Always look on the bright side of life.”  Cleese does. “I got off lightly,” he said.  ”Think what I’d have had to pay Alyce if she had contributed anything to the relationship.”

Oooooh,  burn.

He claimed he’d be “working until he was 80″ to afford it . . . and so guess who wins?  We do!

Never has one woman’s greed and antagonism done so much for so many. I’m dancing in my seat! Now nerds will have *brand new* catchphrases to use when playing D&D.

Of course, back when I used to watch Monty Python, life was harder than it is now.

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