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Besides writing songs and playing for British rock band Oasis, Noel Gallagher is a walking quote machine. So, you’d think he would have an opinion on something like Guitar Hero. Well, he does: If it puts little plastic guitars into kids’ hands and fires their imaginations, I think that’s a good thing. It’s harmless fun, innit.
I’d rather that genre of video games than somebody getting their fucking head chopped off with a samurai sword while getting fucked by a goblin up the arse with a laser. Do you know what I mean?
Um…
Noel Gallagher: exclusive interview [Music Radar via CVG]
The recent increase of youth crime has Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher. Eighteen teenagers have been murdered this year so far in London, and the Metropolitan police have set up a dedicated task force of 75 officers to combat crime. And the cause of this crime? According to Gallagher:
I was up in Liverpool for a week a couple of weeks ago and even on the news there it’s every single night… People say it’s through violent video games and I guess that’s got something to do with it. If kids are sitting up all night smoking super skunk [cannabis]and they come so desensitised to crime because they’re playing these video games, it’s really, really scary.
Wouldn’t these kids not having jobs or getting an education have more to do with it?
Oasis star wants action on knives [BBC via Binge Gamer]
