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.

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.

Seil · 03-11-2010, 11:58 PM

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

Ryong · 03-12-2010, 12:01 AM

I only know English because of RPGs and Priston Tale. I guess I'm on a bad part of the oppotunity scale, but I'm in a great university and failing as many classes as basically everyone else. I guess gaming helped making me overweight, but I was never good at sports and I exercised a LOT a few years ago, trying to get in shape and it didn't happen. Maybe I lost romantic opportunities. I do not, however, accept the point of view that it is a "beast that's come up to destroy us". I suppose I can't parallel them to books in sheer amount of learning experience, but dang, you always get something. In the first link, I find it interesting that he mentions some books which are fiction, which serve to tell a story...As many games do.

I guess my view of the world would be pretty different had I not played games that led me to their respective gaming communities, as I ended up making friends in a MMO I used to play that, while I don't talk with them anymore* they have affected me a lot. More than a great deal of people I know in real life.

*= Some people don't seem to have time out of uni.

MasterOfMagic · 03-12-2010, 12:07 AM

Were I not to play games, I would be a bookworm. The net effect would have been the same.

Meh.

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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Quote:

You post in a freaking sprite-webcomic forum.

What if I am a sprite webcomic.

Bells · 03-12-2010, 12:31 AM

As i move towards work and study i find that i have less time for Rune Frontier, Final Fantasy and Harvest Moon... but i have enough time to enjoy Tiger Woods, WCW VS Smackdown, Tatsunoko vs Capcom and some Boom Blox on the side

It's all about balance you know?

But really, i just had to find a inner balance. I love games that makes me think, games that make me give a damn and actually process information to get to the goal... so, in some level, it's mental exercise.

synkr0nized · 03-12-2010, 12:45 AM

Quote:

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?

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, 12:31 AM	#9
Bells That's so PC of you Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Server-sided Dimension where time is meaningless Posts: 10,490	As i move towards work and study i find that i have less time for Rune Frontier, Final Fantasy and Harvest Moon... but i have enough time to enjoy Tiger Woods, WCW VS Smackdown, Tatsunoko vs Capcom and some Boom Blox on the side It's all about balance you know? But really, i just had to find a inner balance. I love games that makes me think, games that make me give a damn and actually process information to get to the goal... so, in some level, it's mental exercise. __________________ *BELLS STORE : Clothes! You wear* them! Free US Shipping Subscription System? WTF?! Zazzle Black!**

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03-11-2010, 11:58 PM	#5
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.

03-12-2010, 12:01 AM	#6
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	I only know English because of RPGs and Priston Tale. I guess I'm on a bad part of the oppotunity scale, but I'm in a great university and failing as many classes as basically everyone else. I guess gaming helped making me overweight, but I was never good at sports and I exercised a LOT a few years ago, trying to get in shape and it didn't happen. Maybe I lost romantic opportunities. I do not, however, accept the point of view that it is a "beast that's come up to destroy us". I suppose I can't parallel them to books in sheer amount of learning experience, but dang, you always get something. In the first link, I find it interesting that he mentions some books which are fiction, which serve to tell a story...As many games do. I guess my view of the world would be pretty different had I not played games that led me to their respective gaming communities, as I ended up making friends in a MMO I used to play that, while I don't talk with them anymore* they have affected me a lot. More than a great deal of people I know in real life. *= Some people don't seem to have time out of uni.

03-12-2010, 12:07 AM	#7
MasterOfMagic ahahah Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,456	Were I not to play games, I would be a bookworm. The net effect would have been the same. Meh.