I blame postmodernist deconstructuralism (or whatever nonsense they've come up with recently) in which, having decided that the world spirals about all over the place, anything goes. A few years ago I agreed to drive some nerds to a "convention" because none of them could drive. In their own deconstructed minds they could drive massive Anaconda spaceships across the galaxies trading contraband, atom-blasting even more ridiculous insect spaceships and becoming multi-trillionaires overnight. But an actual car? No. They agreed to cover accommodation (so that I'd be on hand for errands) but honestly. They were going to do some rôle playing. Well, I make costumes and had just stocked up some nice lively fabrics, even run up a couple of ideas on the machine. I'd even thought, naïvely, that I might pick up a design or two for future use.
You will not believe this.
It was supposed to be a "frenzy" (not my words) but I've seen more frenzied sloth enclosures at the zoo. They just stood there looking at one another. No-one was wearing a costume. One or two had cardboard fins stuck on themselves with dragon? scales drawn on in crayon. A couple of moonlighting teachers cocked an eyebrow "YOU!! STAND UP STRAIGHT!!"
(points) "STOP DOING THAT!!" There was a bit of shuffling, at least they all seemed to be in familiar territory now. One of the teachers commandeered an empty room for her office (this was quite a plush conference facility) I don't know what went on in there but it sounded more interesting than the "frenzy" and I'm getting a bit off topic but the point is that an in-house cable service was included. A 24/7 geek-a-thon. Music. Dork-themed binge TV. It was that or listen to the speakers. I lasted about 5 minutes of the keynote address before leaving so was able to get a good idea of their musical tastes. This is about the shortest approximation I could find.
How could the message of Salvation ever be understood in such an environment? No mention of the sin we're condemned to be tortured for. No acknowledgement of Christ accepting torture on our behalf. And certainly no mention of the billions, not chosen for Salvation, who are abandoned to perdition forever. What conclusion can we draw? That the "gamer" community consists only of dissipated wretches mocking God, inventing spiralling "earths" and "moons" for their consoles but utterly devoid of any True understanding. This is not actually a new thing.
Exodus 32:6d-8a The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them