am i the only one who doesnt like video games?

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I used to be obsessed with just video games and almost nothing else. Now, I don't crave them nearly as much. But at the same time, I have never had any alternative hobbies that have held my interest any better than video games do right now. So now I'm just bored all the time. No obsessions, no real hobbies, only mild interests in things that quickly dissipate into thin air.

OMG! I'm the same way. I'll play a level or two of a game, and I'll be fine for a long time. I still buy a lot of Video games like crazy. Don't ask...

I think that with the increasing prevalence of video gaming in society, soon it will be such that when a person says he or she doesn't play games, it will be like saying he or she doesn't read books or watch movies or listen to music. Right now we've still got the stereotypes that games are intellectually sterile, that they're just adolescent power fantasies, that they're dangerously addictive and teach violence and antisocial behavior, etc. As time progresses and games get even more complex, I believe that soon the video game will just be another medium of creative expression, with just as much validity as art and entertainment as any novel, film, or song. It's harder to make a case for it now, since most video games are cut from an action-adventure cloth, but soon there will truly be something for everyone, and people will no longer have an excuse not to play games.

And in case I didn't make it obvious, I play video games

I swear I've already posted here... oh well I hate video games as well. The only thing I'll even consider playing is the car racing games because I'm so bad it's kind of entertaining - and I love driving backwards around the track (if I can do it without crashing). Otherwise all the games are just

I love Video Games.. Mostly I play for the plotline, the story that goes with the game, I was never big on the multiplayer part of it. But I recently got Xbox Live and I'm addicted to that lol...

Though my girlfriend (renaeden) doesn't like video games, not her thing really.

So I think it depends on the person...

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Some don't require dexterity. I'd reccommend Shining Force II from Sega Staurn. No coordination whatsoever required. That game kicks ass. Dragon force for that same system ain't half bad either.


I hate them too, but is that a medical condition or lack od dexterity you're referring to? They just make me dizzy (though weirdly enough no carnival rides ever seem to, even spinny ones.)

I like video games, I should play them more often

Shining Force 3 was on the Saturn, not 2. Too bad the other two parts wern't released in the states.

I'm not activly looking for it, but if I find it in the pawn shop cheap, like most games there, I'll pick it up on the spot.

Dangit, meant III but typoed.

Is anyone else interested in a computer game called The Movies? I've always wanted to see some of my short stories played out. It seems this would even improve my writing.

Oh and Shining Force 1 for the Sega Genesis is a great game if anyone still has that system.

Funny you should mention that, because I don't do any of those 3 examples you listed but I still do play games although not as often as I used to.

Nba Live 2006 is the best!

I used to be heavily addicted (especially in the NES/SNES/Sega era), but now I only like portable consoles. And only sport-related games too, the joy of rpg and shooter games totally escapes me.

I’ve just read an article concerning an on-line gaming fanatic who died after an uninterrupted 3-day session of playing ‘World of Warcraft’. Apparently, these Massively Multiplayer Online Role Play Games (MMORPG) can involve many gamers and last for days. Each gamer gets so involved with their characters and the virtual world that they are gaming in, that some have difficulty distinguishing the world of the game from real life. One gamer was quoted as saying that MMORPG gave them:

“…a sense of achievement.... The results of your playtime will still be visible in months/years time…”

The article concluded by saying that games are not the problem; rather, the gamers real world alternatives to the games are so poor. I’ve never been into video games myself (pinball was my game of choice in my youth), and I wondered whether any WP members had been so into games that they preferred the game environment to reality.

Oh "I can throw a grenade really good with my thumbs and fingers on my controller." and "I can 4 shot someone on Halo."

I really don't see a point , it's a form of entertainment but it becomes a life that takes over a more less rewarding life because it feeds you dopamine.

Thier too psychologically reinforcing you can spend hours on end looking at a number that very slowly moves up. An Addiction can also be viewed as a continued involvement with a substance or activity despite the negative consequences associated with it. Pleasure, enjoyment or relief from actual or perceived ailments would have originally been sought; however, over a period of time involvement with the substance or activity is needed to feel normal. Some psychology professionals and many laypeople now mean 'addiction' to include abnormal psychological dependency on such things as gambling, video games, food, sex, pornography, computers, internet, work, exercise, idolizing, watching TV or certain types of non-pornographic videos, spiritual obsession, self-injury and shopping

You start neglecting other needs to feed on the game , players may play many hours per day, having late baths and regarding personal hygiene as a waste of time, gain or lose significant weight due to playing, disrupt sleep patterns to play and suffer sleep deprivation as an effect, play at work, standing in the middle of nowhere looking into space for a considerable amount of time, avoiding phone calls from friends and/or lying about play time

But many players have different reasons for playing games. This includes not feeling lonely , the experience of connecting with someone from a different part of the world is built into the psychological function of the game. So if your lonely in life play videogames!
Competition is another , if you don't have the height, weight, and athletic ability , play videogames! Bored and lacking in school achievement , Play videogames!

http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb07/yourbrain.aspx
^ Videogames may be good for spatial tasks and fine motor tasks, but this makes it nothing close to what real hunters do.

But I'm not saying you shouldn't play them , even I play them once and a while to take my mind off mathematics. I'm just saying these are possible causation's and videogames are good at some skills in life like surgery but not all videogamers are going to become surgeons. As long as it's in moderation , as Epicurus says.