As I walked through a movie-theater-made-casino in Vegas a few weeks back, I stared in wonder at the glazed expressions of people playing on the slot machines. Did they not realize they hadn't moved from that position for hours? Probably not. They also probably couldn't hear their names being paged to come pick up their kids at the theater ticket desk.
Then I stared at what they were staring at and became more perplexed. These vegetables didn't seem to notice that the thing they were staring at was as graphically stimulating as Rosie O'Donnel in a bikini. What I'm getting at is how ridiculously gaudy and dated slot machines are. I play video games. I do it for fun. It's fun because they have good graphics, are pretty to look at, and are visually stimulating. (No I'm not talking about Grand Theft Auto or crap like that) But I mean, the original mario brothers beats most slot machines out there in terms of video sophistication. If people already can be suckered into depositing money into machines that are less dynamic than your average coffee maker, then how much MORE would they be hooked by something that's actually pleasant to look at? As it stands, they might as well go to a nickelcade: the money they'll save by going there is probably greater or equivalent to the money they might have "won" playing the slots, and the games there are cooler and more interesting (even though they're probably 10 years old).
And they won't leave their kids at the ticket counter.
1 comment:
Number one: I am not bored, I am simply wasting time avoiding things that I should be doing. Number two: Are you trying to say that Rosie O'Donnel in a bikini isn't aesthetically pleasing? I'll have you know there are plenty of lesbians out there willing to dispute that. Although, and more importantly, there are plenty of gun toting NRA supporters that would agree with you. Though I'm not a gun toting NRA supporter, I want to be, so I think I'll side with them. Therefore, I think your right to say that slot machines are out dated, shame on the money hungry tycoons of Vegas for not keeping shop up to par.
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