Liver spotted luddite Bill O'Reilly, published novelist and TV and radio joke character, went off on a very fashionable rant this weekend. Calling gamers "know-nots" and equating them with drug addicts and alcoholics, the "no-spin" tool defines us as:

Now you have the "knows" and the "know-nots", because if you spend all your youth being prisoners of machines... you're not going to know anything... You're gonna fail.

Oh no! I'm a prisoner of my machine! I can't possibly have healthy relationships, responsibility, maturity, and play video games. Who will free me from my PlayStation shackles?! Speaking of the PlayStation, Billy marveled—or pretended to be disgusted—that gamers lined up for "hours" (!) to buy a PS3. You know, digital opium.

Check out the GamePolitics post for more fantastic O'Reilly blanket statements and scare tactic editorializing. Michael McWhertor

Bill O'Reilly Slams PS3 Launch, Gamers, iPods, Digital Tech (not in that order) [GamePolitics]

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