Comments on: The Gaming Krib

By: charles

charles — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:42:07 +0000

Michael Vitelli is trying to make himself millionaire using professionals for free. at least you must pay a salary to the people, because they will not live of promises.

By: Roger Whaley

Roger Whaley — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

I thought every house came equipped with the hardware version of this…you walk down to the electrical service panel and flip all of the breakers to the OFF position…then you wait for the batteries in all of the hand held devices to die…

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

I would add “spend time with your children” to that list of things parents would have to do as well.

I loved that ending. What a thought-provoking argument to consider.

By: Scott Elias

Scott Elias — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

I stayed on the site for about 5 minutes looking for the punchline or some other indication that it was a joke.

I’m especially disappointed that they evidently “borrowed” some of their images from iStockPhoto and they’re still watermarked meaning they may have “forgotten” to pay for them…

Steps 1, 2, and 3 are, in a word: priceless.

By: Sylvia Martinez

Sylvia Martinez — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Horrifying.

By: Gilbert Halcrow

Gilbert Halcrow — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

These people are not really evolved are they? Not so much Web 2.0 as Web No point Oh no! I run the weekly ‘meat try’ raffle at my local, do you think Jeff and Dan would indorse?

‘ . . . I wish you all the best with your pork loin and rolled roast’

Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Web shopping guru and meat eater

‘Buy a raffle ticket on Fridays at the Dog and Duck. Both sides of your brain need protein’

Dan Pinker, author, public speaker and also meat eater.

If this is for real then it is yet another example of the scare mongering of the Control and Command set. If GamingCrib web design is any indication of their code-work then I’d give your average prenager the time it take to make a PBJ sandwich to hack it.

Or if they have no tech skills just go over to their friends house where the media runs free – as the parents who might purchase GamingCrib are physically and/or mentally just not home!

I wonder if they are even aware of the contemporary meaning of ‘Crib’ I’d like to think they are that clever but I’m not certain. You’d hardly be “hanging in your (Gaming) crib with your bros!”

Please tell me it is a wind-up

By: Michael Vitelli

Michael Vitelli — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Its Krib, not crib..
Site is test, not live as it clearly states.
It reads endorsements and well wishers, again clearly stated.
It would seem you all needed our software and hardware solution when you were younger since your comprehension skills remain very poor (Yes Bud, it all can be done – but then they couldnt read your self important blogs!).

But again, it seems, after reading your posts, you all feel there is no problem with our youth, education and extreme video/tv use and abuse.

What world are you from?

Mike |CEO| gamingkrib.com

By: Vincent Baxter

Vincent Baxter — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Nice punctuation, Mike.

By: Michael Vitelli

Michael Vitelli — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Yep, I was too involved in sports when young, never learned how to write correctly.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

While it might appear fun to throw rocks at someone else’s house, I think we might be missing an important point.

I just spoke with a parent group about children and online behavior. I try to give an objective look at what sorts of activities younger children are (in general) participating in. No value judgment, no right or wrong, but just trying to make sure parents have some understanding of the world “out there”.

One parent turned to me and asked, “How do I get my kid off the computer?” I tried to answer as best I could.

The more I thought about the question, the more it concerned me on many levels. The most troubling part of the question was the parent’s perception of helplessness. I’m hugely afraid that as the gap of understanding grows between what parents know about their kid’s activities, the capacity of parents to help children develop limits will diminish. I’m afraid that when mom or dad does not understand what children do online, they will turn to fear, authoritarian rules or zero tolerance mentalities. None of which work well.

I’m certainly not advocating for technologically limiting their access, as that places the locus of control on an external entity. I’d much rather help children develop that locus of control in themselves (and for them to desire balance in their lives). However, this is not an easy task for parents, and one which seems to be out of reach for many (too many).

One final comment, I am not holding my breath that we will ever return to what it was like to be a kid when I was younger. That will not happen…. ever. It can not be wished for, and cannot be forced technologically. My kids will say the same about their kids; how they cannot believe the amount of time their kids spend doing x, y, or z. I do think the need for balance between x, y, and z will endure (and I certainly hope we don’t lose that idea of balance).