RE: Vig-E-O games
January 17, 2010 at 6:04 am
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2010 at 6:34 am by theVOID.)
(January 16, 2010 at 9:05 pm)Pippy Wrote: Fat is essential for brain function, and sugar is absolutely necessary for blood and organ function. But too much of them can be sickening, when not used in moderation.
Yeah and drinking too much water can kill you, we get it.
Quote:Video games are also bad for you, especially in excess.
More correctly - Video games are only bad for you in excess. Then again, so is water.
Quote: It is worse than TV for imposing a trance-like state.
Fuck off it is, video games require (and develop) reaction times, motor function, problem solving, lateral thinking, cause and effect etc. Games that involve storytelling often (with RPGs almost always) present philosophical problems for the player to encounter and decide upon, it requires you think out these hypothetical scenarios, evaluate the effects your decisions will have and then anticipate how they will play out - These things are anything but a trance like state (I'm an acid head, i know trances like the back of my hand), they involve active analysis and reaction to the game, whereas in a trance you are more like a sponge.
Quote: All the time you spend in front of the idiot box is time you are hypnotized.
It doesn't resemble hypnosis in any way.
Quote: In the 'use it or lose it' world of neurology, you literally get stupider as you sit there in a trance and make no new synaptic connections.
And you know nothing about neurology, not surprising.
1) Being inactive does not stop synaptic connections forming between neurons.
2) Not forming connections would make no change to a persons intelligence.
3) Video games are (as i pointed out above) an efficient tool for learning.
Quote: They are also non-reality.
So is fiction, but i bet you read fiction books right?
Quote:It saddens me to hear you say that life is hard and cruel and unfair, but video games make you feel good.
But i bet you don't find it strange if someone reads for comfort right?
Quote:Life is what life is, if it's anything it's multi0faceted and complex.
And Video games are part of life
Quote:Life is unfair and cruel, but also beautiful and miraculous.
Aside from the miraculous part I would agree.
Quote:But to recluse into virtual reality instead of spending our limited time and energy on something more real or constructive is a waste.
Who are you to tell people what they can and cannot enjoy doing with their own lives?
And what do you do with your spare time that is so important?
If non reality is a waste of time then Art, Music, Fiction, Movies etc are all in the same category, they all offer a level of escapism.
Quote:And as part of TV culture, video games are an obvious control mechanism. If you are not in control of your thoughts, something else is.
1) I chose what TV i watch and what video games I play as well as what decisions and actions i take inside the game, nobody decides these things for me, rather i select a number of possible shows and games against my own preferences.
2) If i am not in control of my thoughts then nobody is.
3) Even if i was forced to watch pre selected programming and play pre selected games, how does that in any way give someone else access to my thoughts?
Quote:I would urge you, and any other geeks here that have admitted an unhealthy relationship with the objects that are video games to try reality now and again.
1) Nobody here has said that they have an unhealthy relationship with games (EvF said he thought he was heading in that direction and cooled off), for you to supposed they do based on your dislike of video games is sheer arrogance.
2) You suggest we try reality every once in a while, sure, because i never stop playing games, reading fiction and watching movies... You're an idiot if you genuinely think that people who play games are unfamiliar with reality, we engage in it all the time, the majority of the time in fact. You seem to have this bizarre idea that video games are something more than entertainment which is certainly not the case for the vast majority of people who play games.
Quote:Try something less flashy and hyperactive, lest you do long-term damage to the function of you mind.
And you once again demonstrate you know nothing of neurology.
Quote:That is what being the devil means. It is evil. It is an object, we are subjects. It mkaes us treat it like the subject, and ourselves like the object. you guys can say 'oh, they're just video games', but i assure you that you are underestimating the power of the boob tube.
You truly are one weird, pathetic little man.
Also, anyone looking for a f2p FPSRPG, check out this one:
http://parabellum.xg1.net/
Parabellum is a hell of a lot of fun, currently in Open Beta.
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