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The "old woman" as some of you refer to her is Germain Greer (no idea of spelling).

She hates just about everything.

Once they mad her review Shrek.

She called it "fattest". (ie, discrimination against fat people being taught to children watching)

It wasn't Greer...

it was the most stupid thing ever what the hell was newsnight review looking at games/consoles when they nknow nothing at all

lol, well, just think what Ninty are trying to do! The target audience for the console is (as well as gamers) those who don't know anything about games...such as the people on Newsnight.

Those of you who missed it, go to youtube and search for "newsnight wii".

really, there was a different old woman O_o

Yep it was Josephine Hart. She's a novelist.

Although Germaine Greer may now be grumpy and old, she is and always was a fantastic feminist and a fantastic intellectual. As such, I wouldn't be surprised if she (quite rightly in this case) had a problem with games due to their depiction of women.

Thought Paul Morley's and Natalie Haynes's reactions to it were very positive, especially Haynes.

What he said about how the next-gen consoles being primitive is just retarted. I'd like to see him create a VR console that is safe, easy and good to use.

The oldie's comment was even worst. 'They said they learn consequences. but with this machine, It is the complete opposite.' How is it? Its the same except that the input device is different. I'm glad my family is normal

I think we're still in the 19th century.

Actually, I get Paul Morley's point on both counts. This could be seen as him seeing the real potential of interactive media (which he should as a post-modern type). In that sense we're still in the "19th Century" and next gen consoles are "primitive" since they don't offer the depth of possibilities that should be open to the medium. This is probably best summed up by the idea that the interactivity of 95% of games out there is limited to pick-up/hit/shoot/kill. That's not 19th century; that's practically stone-age.

The technology is still not at an advanced enough level to allow for, for example, conversation with a virtual character. Imagine a 50 years from now crime thriller game that allows you to actively question witnesses. How great would that be? How primitive does it make GTA, Mario or whatever next gen title you can think of? The novel and the film have played out the possibilities of their respective media, the game has not.

Oh, and yes Josephine Hart is a bint!

Still, 19th century? They were stuck with chess and card games in those times. I say that in the short time that Video games have been mainstream, they have advanced extremely fast.