No Photoshop skills whatsoever, but I fear I may need that hat.

@Ortego13 It's because we are delicate and refined, like a beautiful woman. Only more cynical and passive aggressive.

No dragons or mammoths, thank you very much. It's hard enough getting to work in the morning as it is.

@majalvega Not to mention European Bus Simulator.

@NervoZa That would explain the suspicious puddles at Vegeta's feet.

It's always a worry when Hollywood attempts to adapt a video game. The hit rate is not great, after all. However, where Deus Ex is concerned, they couldn't ask for more rich, thematically strong source material. For me, the problem will be in how derivative it might start to look once on screen. I mean, it's no coincidence people are mentioning Keanu Reeves as a potential Jensen. The rounded shades and black trench coat are pretty familiar. Video games can often rely on their gameplay to set them apart (with Deus Ex, it's the element of choice that makes it exceptional). Strip that away by turning into a movie, and it could turn into just another Matrix clone.

A pastime doesn't lose value simply because of how others view it. The value in gaming, as with any other hobby, is in the relaxation and enjoyment it provides. Sure, if you come away from a gaming session feeling like you've just frittered away hours of your life then yes, you should probably stop and find some other way to relax. But the simple fact that there is no physical reward or end product associated with playing a game doesn't make it inherently worthless. You could spend many hours and a vast amount of money building model boats. At the end of it you might have a magnificent replica of the Titanic, but it'll probably never sail out of Southampton! Of course, if you were to dedicate all of your spare time to curing disease and ending world hunger, then that would be a different matter. ;)

As for disaproving of the 'free to play' model, I don't think that makes you a hypocrite necessarily. Thompson claimed that violent video games were doing damage to society. It was an easy scapegoat for a very complex and far reaching problem. Your disapproval of a game model which essentially offers an incomplete product 'for free', which can only be made whole by the payment of a potentially limitless amount of money is a little different. Yes, violent games appeal to baser instincts, but then so do a lot of other media. At least there's a degree of honesty to it, whereas the 'free to play' model is often cynical at best.

In any case, if it makes you fell any better, the heat death of the universe will occur in about 1x 10^1000 years, and then everything you've ever done will have been a waste of time, not just gaming. There, all better. :)