Gaming blamed for something else!

Yes, not another week goes by without gaming being blamed for something else, this time, Rickets!

Some doctors somewhere have decided that the rise in that condition that everyone was taught about in school, that can be prevented by eating proper food such as fish that had Vitamin D in it, is caused by games.

Now, call me stupid (as people are wont to do) but surely the cause is just, well, not eating a proper diet and getting enough sunshine.

Not that sunshine is the issue here in tropical Britain and particularly the North East, where the beach is full of tanned beauties and the sun beams healthy rays most of the year as opposed to it lashing down with rain, being bitterly cold and no-one actually goes out because it's so wet and cold!

And since when has a total of 100 cases in England a year been some sort of epidemic and not just a sign of the population rise and more parents who think that a Big Mac with gherkins is a balanced meal?!?

This joins the merry list of things games have been blamed for including, but not exclusively,

Poor family relationships

Murder

Animal Cruelty

England not Qualifying for the Euro 2008 finals

The Illegal Import of Stag Beetles into Japan

Child Neglect

The Decline of the Camping Holiday!

Drugs, Murder AND Teen Pregnancy (Bless the Chinese authorities for this one!)

and, finally,

Games have been blamed for the decline of games sales!

And here was me thinking that gaming was responsible for advanced dice sales, the rise of the entertainment market and late nights playing one's favourite game, along with increased social interaction, vocabulary and an introduction to some of the literary greats like the Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia.

Now excuse me, I have to go out and try to avoid engaging in mindless criminal activity whilst eating some Cod Liver Oil tablets..