RE: Addicted to gaming
September 15, 2012 at 10:27 am
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2012 at 10:28 am by Reforged.)
To be fair where else would you be able to beat the shit out of a man with a cheetahs head that spits fireballs?
Seriously, its escapism to a level not possible by any other means. Can you settle into the mantle of a character and influence how it evolves in a movie? Or a book? No. You have no direct influence of any kind in either. No other media at this time allows an individual to escape the bounds of himself to such a colossal extent.
You want to cure your addiction? Make your life more interesting and more rewarding to participate in.
Make being you a better thing to be to the extent that a game is a pale and meek alternative.
Seriously, its escapism to a level not possible by any other means. Can you settle into the mantle of a character and influence how it evolves in a movie? Or a book? No. You have no direct influence of any kind in either. No other media at this time allows an individual to escape the bounds of himself to such a colossal extent.
You want to cure your addiction? Make your life more interesting and more rewarding to participate in.
Make being you a better thing to be to the extent that a game is a pale and meek alternative.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred.
- Abdul Alhazred.
