And the growing pains are seen almost every day. Like every major entertainment medium, the video game industry, at first struggled to be accepted. In fact, it still struggles in many ways, to be seen as an adult form of entertainment. But that is nothing new for an emerging entertainment medium. Movies, television and radio have all been accused of rotting the minds of adolescence.
Video games are no different.
Well, one that we have already seen is the rise of stars that become icons for the industry. Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino have been replaced by Pac-Man, Mario, and Earthworm Jim. So engaging were all of these icons that they made their way back to movies and television. And every year more characters from games make their way across the borders of entertainment. And of course, this is met with some resistance.