For better or for worse, online computer games have become a major part of our culture. Many young people (and older ones!) spend more time sitting at a computer screen and clicking a mouse than they do watching TV.
For many people, “Minecraft”, “Fortnite” and their brethren are more important than Coronation Street or Eastenders.
Online gaming is also changing modern warfare. The battles in Ukraine are dominated by gamers controlling drones through computer games headsets and consoles. Where the culture started with gamers blowing up imaginary tanks on a computer screen, they are now blowing up real ones.
However, not all gamers are obsessed with the modern Big Name games. Earlier generations of computer games still have a following.
At Rushden Library, on Tuesdays, at 3:30, during term time, the Neo Retro Gaming group meet to play the older games.
It’s free to attend and everyone is welcome (under 11’s must be accompanied by an adult).
