Don't get me wrong, I like gaming just as much as the next guy but I do not let it get in the way of my real life. The life style the people in that documentary describe sounds miserable.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Blog #2
Second Skin was, well, disturbing. The fact that people spend 12-18 hours daily playing a game online is mind blowing. They do not even have time to work, sleep, or eat. Talk about an addiction. The one guy from Philadelphia lost everything so he could pretend to be something he is not in a virtual world.
I also found it astonishing that people use them almost as dating sites. One of the people said they had around 6 online relationships. How does that even work? I can only imagine. Gamer 1: "Oh hey want to go run around in this fake forest and kill fake things for a few real life hours?". Gamer 2: "Yeah sure, its a date". I mean really? Is that what its like? I guess the virtual world is more appealing to them because there are no real problems they have to deal with, there is no real responsibility. They can pretend to be great, when in fact they are just people, mostly with dead end jobs, sitting in a chair, eating hot pockets.
Don't get me wrong, I like gaming just as much as the next guy but I do not let it get in the way of my real life. The life style the people in that documentary describe sounds miserable.
Don't get me wrong, I like gaming just as much as the next guy but I do not let it get in the way of my real life. The life style the people in that documentary describe sounds miserable.
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First, I loved the video clip you posted. Nice. lol. Second, I think you hit the nail on the head when you said, "There are no real problems...there is no real responsibility." Bingo! What could be more appealing than that?
ReplyDeleteI wrote about it being surprising about the amount of time people spend playing games also...I couldnt believe it!!!
ReplyDeleteI like what you said about relationships in a virtual world. It would probably offend someone who has those types of relationships, and I guess we really can't understand that but it does show how different people become when they spend so much time detached from reality.
ReplyDeleteHahaha Kane you are too funny! I liked the gamer conversation, but it's honestly as close to the truth as it gets. To me that is just so weird, and not safe if you're planning on meeting up with this person.
ReplyDelete"Don't get me wrong, I like gaming just as much as the next guy but I do not let it get in the way of my real life. The life style the people in that documentary describe sounds miserable". I agree with this Kane.. lol Hopefully my brothers can say the same thing. Sike naw, but my brothers love the games and I mean absolutely love playing games, but I'm actually glad that they do not let it run their lives.. Instead they run the game system!!
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