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post #1 of 8
6/23/05 at 11:25pm
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Very interesting read. Apparently we gamers aren't the slackers everyone thought we were. And now we have scientific research to back us up!
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post #2 of 8
6/24/05 at 4:40am
This is a much better argument than those horrible horrible horrible advertisements for those no name game design schools that come on G4 every 5 seconds. "My mom said I would never get ANYWHERE playing these games!"
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post #3 of 8
6/24/05 at 9:56am
Pretty much the same article comes out every year or so.

"STUDY! Playing videogames can be part of a healthy lifestyle!"

And then, naturally, a game like Manhunter is released, and an article like THIS comes out.

"BOY SLAUGHTERS ENTIRE FAMILY! 'PS2 TOLD ME TO DO IT,' HE SAYS!"

Which do you think will get more media attention?
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post #4 of 8
6/24/05 at 11:23am
Interesting article about video game violence.
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post #5 of 8
6/24/05 at 11:45am
I wonder how improved the brain patterns were on the couple that let their baby die while playing World of Warcraft.

Seriously, though - I stopped playing massive amounts of video games after Final Fantasy X came out. It was the first time I ever paid attention to the game timer. After a few weeks of playing it - I saw that I had wasted 2 weeks of my life. Not 9 to 5 business hour weeks - but 2 weeks straight. I vowed that I would never again play those massive RPGs again (unless it's Zelda - I'll always give it up for Zelda). Instead I'll compromise and play quick arcade games every now and then. I watch my fiancee's eight year old son play those games with his eyes glazed over and his mouth hanging open like a zombie. Maybe I'm maturing but consider most of those games "Timesucks". I mean, how many days of your life are gone because of those games?
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post #6 of 8
6/24/05 at 11:45am
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Originally Posted by Fazer
This is a much better argument than those horrible horrible horrible advertisements for those no name game design schools that come on G4 every 5 seconds. "My mom said I would never get ANYWHERE playing these games!"
God, those ads are so horrible they verge on the surreal. "I've got another game I need designed!"
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post #7 of 8
6/24/05 at 11:47am
hurry, we need to churn out madden 2007, and then 2008. by lunch maddens 2009-2020.
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post #8 of 8
6/24/05 at 2:41pm
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Originally Posted by AI_Joe
I wonder how improved the brain patterns were on the couple that let their baby die while playing World of Warcraft.

Seriously, though - I stopped playing massive amounts of video games after Final Fantasy X came out. It was the first time I ever paid attention to the game timer. After a few weeks of playing it - I saw that I had wasted 2 weeks of my life. Not 9 to 5 business hour weeks - but 2 weeks straight. I vowed that I would never again play those massive RPGs again (unless it's Zelda - I'll always give it up for Zelda). Instead I'll compromise and play quick arcade games every now and then. I watch my fiancee's eight year old son play those games with his eyes glazed over and his mouth hanging open like a zombie. Maybe I'm maturing but consider most of those games "Timesucks". I mean, how many days of your life are gone because of those games?
I have let myself get sucked in by epic RPG's on more than one occasion. Lately though, I've been spending less time playing. I find that if I only get to play an hour or two every couple of days or so, I enjoy it that much more. It's just a good way to wind down after a long work week. Now, if I have a day off with nothing to do, I have no problem spending a day on a FF game or in WoW or some other such "timesuck". It's also nice to get a game that you don't have to spend multiple hours at a time on in order to get anything out of it. For example, a couple weeks ago, I was playing one game of my MLB 2005 season a night right before I went to bed. Again, it's a nice way to wind down after working all day/week.
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