Balancing a life in gaming and outside.

Jagos · 03-11-2010, 11:21 PM

Ya know, I go through some hard times. I read a lot about copyrights and how they could be better improved. I play a few PSP games while reading War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

Sometimes I wonder about the direction my life is going and how to get there. Then I get a few bombs to drop.

One, talking about the effects of gaming from a personal perspective I can relate to.

Two, the effects of gaming in a broader sense

Both are pretty good to sit down with for 5 minutes and wonder, how is your life being affected? Are you hitting the strides that you can hit? Or are our lives being engulfed in our entertainment? It's funny. How I talk about gaming right now, it's a beast that's come up to destroy us. We make choices in how we progress in our lives. It's those very choices that can affect us far longer than we know.

DFM · 03-11-2010, 11:35 PM

I don't have any world of warcraft characters at all but I also don't want anything to do with the gaming community where do I fall on the wasted opportunity scale.

Regulus Tera · 03-11-2010, 11:55 PM

My problem is not much gaming but gaming news. I think I've got the hang of it though.

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Originally Posted by DFM

I don't have any world of warcraft characters at all but I also don't want anything to do with the gaming community where do I fall on the wasted opportunity scale.

You post in a freaking sprite-webcomic forum. Figure that one out yourself.

synkr0nized · 03-12-2010, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Regulus Tera

You post in a freaking sprite-webcomic forum. Figure that one out yourself.

I don't get it. Pounding on a keyboard for a few minutes a day is somehow socially crippling?

DFM · 03-12-2010, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by synkr0nized

I don't get it. Pounding on a keyboard for a few minutes a day is somehow socially crippling?

I flail my fists at it and make "OOOGAAAH" sounds and the keyboard smashes and eventually flips off the desk so I'm not allowed in the library anymore.

Regulus Tera · 03-12-2010, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by synkr0nized

I don't get it. Pounding on a keyboard for a few minutes a day is somehow socially crippling?

Every second DFM spends posting is a second he could spend finding a cure for his illness.

Doc ock rokc · 03-12-2010, 10:22 AM

I have recently been thinking about such subjects of late. Why I waste my life in such minuscule entertainment when i could be honing my art or Doing something productive? But also I have looked at my life. One filled with Favors that will never be paid back, a cheapskate father who steals anything he can get his hand on, a Mother that has Frequent mood swings and injuries, a school filled with several students that a few years ago made death threats to me and Various troubles brought on me By both things I couldn�t control and emotional overloads in my mind causing actions that I would never intend.
Stepping away from this world to cool down or feel like something is the only thing keeping me sane. In my insight I have also realized everyone has their distraction from the real world, whether chemical or mental. Athletes exercise endlessly for both endorphins and a easily repitive task to keep their minds busy . Writers immerse themselves in their own writings. Readers immerse themselves into their books. And so on and so forth.
I think it wise that We know that these are distractions and nothing more.

BitVyper · 03-11-2010, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DFM

I don't have any world of warcraft characters at all but I also don't want anything to do with the gaming community where do I fall on the wasted opportunity scale.

No opportunity to waste.

DFM · 03-12-2010, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by BitVyper

No opportunity to waste.

Shot at the starting gate.

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You post in a freaking sprite-webcomic forum.

What if I am a sprite webcomic.

Seil · 03-11-2010, 11:58 PM

Cracked argues that video game developers are trying to create a virtual Skinner Box.

03-11-2010, 11:21 PM	#1
Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	Balancing a life in gaming and outside. Ya know, I go through some hard times. I read a lot about copyrights and how they could be better improved. I play a few PSP games while reading War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Sometimes I wonder about the direction my life is going and how to get there. Then I get a few bombs to drop. One, talking about the effects of gaming from a personal perspective I can relate to. Two, the effects of gaming in a broader sense Both are pretty good to sit down with for 5 minutes and wonder, how is your life being affected? Are you hitting the strides that you can hit? Or are our lives being engulfed in our entertainment? It's funny. How I talk about gaming right now, it's a beast that's come up to destroy us. We make choices in how we progress in our lives. It's those very choices that can affect us far longer than we know. __________________ Copyright musings World ramblings Scifi stories

03-11-2010, 11:35 PM	#2
DFM Om Nom Nom Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,850	I don't have any world of warcraft characters at all but I also don't want anything to do with the gaming community where do I fall on the wasted opportunity scale. __________________ [14:26] ManoftheRus: YOU GODDAMN SNEAKY DEE

03-12-2010, 10:22 AM	#7
Doc ock rokc ...Really? Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: in Theory. Everything works here Posts: 3,961	I have recently been thinking about such subjects of late. Why I waste my life in such minuscule entertainment when i could be honing my art or Doing something productive? But also I have looked at my life. One filled with Favors that will never be paid back, a cheapskate father who steals anything he can get his hand on, a Mother that has Frequent mood swings and injuries, a school filled with several students that a few years ago made death threats to me and Various troubles brought on me By both things I couldn�t control and emotional overloads in my mind causing actions that I would never intend. Stepping away from this world to cool down or feel like something is the only thing keeping me sane. In my insight I have also realized everyone has their distraction from the real world, whether chemical or mental. Athletes exercise endlessly for both endorphins and a easily repitive task to keep their minds busy . Writers immerse themselves in their own writings. Readers immerse themselves into their books. And so on and so forth. I think it wise that We know that these are distractions and nothing more. __________________ I have a Pesterchum its DangerousDoc I am ether fading out of Time, Space, or Reality...Or Simply my Typewriter is running out of ink

03-11-2010, 11:58 PM	#10
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Cracked argues that video game developers are trying to create a virtual Skinner Box.