The Onion News Network debates on how video games actually help prepare children prepare for the inevitable apocalypse; zombie, cyborg, or nuclear. I have never heard a more true statement:

“Playing video games all day, alone and friendless, is simply the best way we have to prepare our children for a life of solitude in a barren wasteland.”

Here’s a wiki articles on The Onion for those who are not in the know.

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