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What Stinks about Gaming in 2014?

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Yep (Score: 1, Interesting)

by sam36@pipedot.org on 2014-05-19 14:50 (#1QX)

I got out of gaming in 2005. I haven't bought a game since (or game console). Life is much better.

Gaming is not much different than being an alcoholic. I know so many youth now that do nothing but game. They barely pass through school. They have no time to put any thought into a career path. And when they finally graduate they are perfectly happy with working at taco bell (or not working at all) and spending 80% of their time in front of the TV 'gaming'. Finally when they are 30, they realized that they have wasted most of their life. I was in the same boat once, but I managed to give it all up and go back to school for a degree in CS. I have also effectively banned all games from my household, with one exception, you can play the game if you are the one that made it. At least then you will have accomplished something somewhat productive. "Gaming" is a blood sucking time waster.

Re: Yep (Score: 4, Insightful)

by ticho@pipedot.org on 2014-05-19 15:22 (#1R0)

Right, because we live in an all-or-nothing world, and moderation doesn't exist.

Re: Yep (Score: 1, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-19 16:07 (#1R2)

Surely we can agree there are people with varying levels of addiction? Cigarettes are the same - some people have an occasional smoke, others reach for the cigs as soon as their eyes are open in the morning. I've got an aunt who has smoked since she was 16, so going on 60 years now. Amazing she's still alive, is all I can say.

Gaming can be addictiveness.

Moderation

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2014-05-19 19:36 Interesting +1 kerrany@pipedot.org

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Marked as [Not Junk] by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-01-04 00:21