Green on Games

As a hippy who's also a gamer, this metre hits a very particular niche with me. I used to keep the two lives separate, my gamer friends didn't know I was a hippy and my hippy friends didn't know I was a gamer. Then one of the hippies bought a PS3 and I guess the gamers finally noticed the dreadlocks. 

Of this list I own and regularly use a Microsoft product (Xbox 360), an Apple laptop, and Nokia mobile phone. My television's brand didn't make the list (Celestial). So I have one in the red, another in the yellow, and one in the green. After this add from Apple I did expect to find them further up the list, but I can still be happy enough with my own laptop, maybe iPods are made from baby seals or something. Microsoft wasn't such a surprise. The Xbox, when on, sounds like it's connected directly to the Bill Gate's Doom Fortress where it's powered by the souls of the living. It's good to see Nokia leading the charge too. Cell phones and their batteries that end up in landfills are still a considerable problem.

I couldn't say how widespread the concern is amongst gamers about the environmental impact of their dream machines. Gaming is, after all, a form of escapism. Personally though, I would not buy a Wii or any further DS games based on this information.

Greenpeace's full report here.

Peace.