The videogames have enormous stigma among the least understood generations. For many, it is considered a childish and immature hobby. For some, a waste of time that does not deserve to be called culture. And for others, even a danger capable of inducing violence and fomenting addictions. These prejudices have existed for decades and, despite living in the 21st century, catastrophic messages are still spreading. The most recent of them is starred, in fact, by the current Mexican president López Obrador, who has remarked that “the Nintendo” is harmful “for all this that is very violent”.
It’s not the first time nor will it be the last that we find statements of this type. Without going any further, a few days ago it was Pablo Casado himself, leader of the Popular Party, who criticized video games for the controversial cultural bonus that the Government of Spain wants to carry out. In his case, it responds more to mere opposition than to an unfounded fear, but it is again a stone more thrown towards videogames on its difficult path towards full normalization.
AMLO is going against video games! Today in #Morning, President López Obrador said that they will send a message to families, fathers, mothers, children and adolescents, about the risk posed by video games, ‘the Nintendo’, “for all this that is very violent.” pic.twitter.com/EQO76f7WPy
– José Luis Morales (@JLM_Noticias) October 20, 2021
Indeed, López Obrador’s speech is not the most elaborate of all. In fact, it is likely that many Spaniards have had flasbacks of Mariano Rajoy when the Mexican president put words together without being very clear about what to say. It is likely that by exercising your mind with Brain Training you could speed up the pace of your speech, despite your prejudices. His lack of knowledge about video games in general is quite evident, and that has completely delegitimized their message.
It is very clear that there is a significant generation gap on everything related to video games. There are always exceptions, as there are so many seniors enjoying them, but the digitization of entertainment doesn’t sink too deep from the Baby Boomer generation backwards. Anyway, social networks passed judgment on these statements, and the response was laughter and memes, as we show below:
Say “Nintendo” to all video games and then want to comment on its effects on children.
🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
– Eduardo Espinosa (@NingunEduardo) October 20, 2021
Oh no!
The man got mad at the Nintendo again. pic.twitter.com/5oESUFJSOl– {{varname}} (@mi_homonimo) October 20, 2021
We should post ultraviolent images of the nintendo, I start:
Watering the garden violently * pic.twitter.com/rZnyrdscwf– SkywardS (@ LuisMorenoCh18) October 20, 2021
I stay with evil amlo hahaha. FREE FIRE NINTENDO #Morning pic.twitter.com/bUiFaAUgRc
– Javier Rivas 🇩🇰 (@JavierRivasMx) October 20, 2021