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I have a 7 year old son who loves nothing more than youtube videos of a guy playing Zombies vs. Plants and commenting on it. Of course being a kid his video ti
by nikster 12y ago
I have a 7 year old son who loves nothing more than youtube videos of a guy playing Zombies vs. Plants and commenting on it.
Of course being a kid his video time is strictly limited.
But the fact that he would choose that activity on his iPad vs. playing all sorts of games makes me think there is something huge there. Huge as in the future of mass entertainment.
You know all those cheesy Sci-Fi books and movies where new sports are invented and masses of people cheering them?
This is the future. PewDiePie is competing with Formula 1 racing, World Cup Football, and prime time TV. He's got more people watching than most TV shows.
In some ways this this is just classic entertainment - good looking guy being funny, doing funny stuff. Take out YouTube and video games and it's the same formula for entertainment we've seen in the last 100 years.
PS: And yes you should stick with your promise.
- jsnell 12y agoA colleague of mine told exactly the same story about his ~8yo son (even down to the game being Plants vs. Zombies). I thought he was exaggerating until I observed my 7yo nephew, who would spend the whole day watching MineCraft videos from YouTube if possible. Despite not really even playing MineCraft. I don't understand the appeal at all, but you're almost certainly totally right that there's be something huge there.