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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:37 am  
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:22 am  
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It's no more or less true of playing video games than engaging in any hobby other than sitting and staring at the TV.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:43 am  
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I'll never understand how much videogames are frowned upon in today's society as opposed to television...


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:23 am  
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Battletard wrote:
I'll never understand how much videogames are frowned upon in today's society as opposed to television...


It's because society is generally stupid.

Whatever is deemed "acceptable" by the masses will have its shortcomings overlooked. Whatever is deemed "unacceptable" will have all its shortcomings highlighted.

Another example - Alcohol and Marijuana. The one that's legal can actually kill you, results in many more deaths, etc. However, society says it's okay to drink (and in college, binge drink, drink excessively). The other is illegal so society frowns upon it etc.

Just inherent human hypocrisy.


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pot is illegal because it does what pain relievers do, but better and you can grow it in your back yard.

blame the legal drug companies for that one.


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Haha, maybe.

In any case, my point was really about the hypocrisy of society.

In college, I knew people who would get black out drunk every night, then when it came to the subject of mary jane they'd say things:

"OMG I'd NEVER smoke weed"

"It's so bad!"

"blah blah blah blah"

The funny thing is, some of them would cite the illegality of it...ironically, some of these people were also 20 years old and drinking constantly.....le sigh.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:21 am  
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Aestu wrote:
It's no more or less true of playing video games than engaging in any hobby other than sitting and staring at the TV.


In my house, my wife used to hate that I played WoW, XBpx, or whatever was not sitting there watching TV with her. So I quit all of the above for a while, and the arguments started about what to watch, which resulted in her going "just go play a damn game or something". Heh heh, I win. I actually sit in the same room as my kids watching cartoons with them if I play when they are up. It is very common for my 5 year old to be in my lap while I mine, asking what certain things are on the screen. I have even gone as far as to let her run around towns. My 10 year old has shown some interest in the game but if I were to let her play I would strictly limit her play time. My wife plays Facebook games and CSI on her laptop so I dont have to worry about her deciding she wants to play WoW anytime soon.


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Usdk wrote:
pot is illegal because it does what pain relievers do, but better and you can grow it in your back yard.

blame the legal drug companies for that one.


If only Nancy Reagan had inhaled, it would be a whole different ball game.

I remember stories my uncles would tell about my dad when he was a teen. He was one of the typical wild eyed southern boys from south Georgia. He would drink and fight and fight and drink until my uncles discovered that if they gave him weed he would just sit in the corner eating hot dogs and laughing. But they kept getting busted for possesion and the pot experiments were done. However, at 15 they could roll into the local gas station and buy a 12 pack from people that knew they were 15 and said nothing of it. Gotta love society.


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Baneleaf wrote:
Usdk wrote:
pot is illegal because it does what pain relievers do, but better and you can grow it in your back yard.

blame the legal drug companies for that one.


If only Nancy Reagan had inhaled, it would be a whole different ball game.

I remember stories my uncles would tell about my dad when he was a teen. He was one of the typical wild eyed southern boys from south Georgia. He would drink and fight and fight and drink until my uncles discovered that if they gave him weed he would just sit in the corner eating hot dogs and laughing. But they kept getting busted for possesion and the pot experiments were done. However, at 15 they could roll into the local gas station and buy a 12 pack from people that knew they were 15 and said nothing of it. Gotta love society.


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There was some yahoo news thing a while back, some guy apped to a high level yahoo position and got the job because he was a guild leader in WoW. A successful or w/e, was cool wish i had saved it.


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Baneleaf wrote:
Aestu wrote:
It's no more or less true of playing video games than engaging in any hobby other than sitting and staring at the TV.


In my house, my wife used to hate that I played WoW, XBpx, or whatever was not sitting there watching TV with her. So I quit all of the above for a while, and the arguments started about what to watch, which resulted in her going "just go play a damn game or something". Heh heh, I win. I actually sit in the same room as my kids watching cartoons with them if I play when they are up. It is very common for my 5 year old to be in my lap while I mine, asking what certain things are on the screen. I have even gone as far as to let her run around towns. My 10 year old has shown some interest in the game but if I were to let her play I would strictly limit her play time. My wife plays Facebook games and CSI on her laptop so I dont have to worry about her deciding she wants to play WoW anytime soon.


As a young child, I used to do pretty much the same thing: play SC2K or SimFarm while the family watched TV. My mother kind of liked SC2K (although she never played it) because she thought the music was tasteful and appreciated the intelligent nature of the game. My brother felt that how we played the game reflected the difference between us: he was never really able to wrap his mind around it and made small, pleasant towns; I invariably created what my mother and brother called "ant farms".

Years later, driving around the city, they remarked that they felt like they could hear the SC2K jazz overview music in the background.

I do not like to watch TV because it is too passive and slow-paced for my liking, so being able to sit out of line of sight of the TV and listen to the dialogue worked well for me. Since my father could not see well my mother often had to narrate things anyway.

My father loved Rodent's Revenge and Minesweeper, although despite being very smart he was never able to develop any skill. My mother had no opinion of video games.

I will say that playing Persona II definitely helped me get an A in Introduction to Mythology, which was one of the most enlightening classes I have ever taken.

Moving forward to today, my parents believe that my playing WoW helps keep me from becoming a threat to world peace. They know very little about the game and have no interest in learning more. My brother knows quite a bit more about the game (he is very restrained and secretive by nature and it is very hard to tell exactly how much he knows about anything), but is contemptuous of it as being "full of ridiculous nerds" and below my level. He enjoys Starcraft but is frustrated by others' superior skill. To both my parents and brother I say only that I enjoy the game itself.


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Wait, some people who played SimCity built towns with the intention of keeping them small? Everyone knows the point is to fill your city with arcologies and have a higher population count than your neighbors.

Especially when you're 10 years old. Arcologies are cool.


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Yeah but the article mentions a dude play 6-7 hours a week, not 60-70
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I usually loaded one of the already built cities in Sim City 3 (I think) and then just hit it with a bunch of natural disasters.

This has increased my ability to succeed as a comic book villain.


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Weena wrote:
I usually loaded one of the already built cities in Sim City 3 (I think) and then just hit it with a bunch of natural disasters.

This has increased my ability to succeed as a comic book villain.


Invaluable training, sir.


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