You wanna get high, i got GTA:SA here at 5 dollars a nickel bag. Anakha fucked around with this message on 02-24-2006 at 02:25 AM.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
I see no experts. I see opinionated idiots spouting out inane drivel about something they dislike for no actual concrete reason, trying desperately to twist words to their own ends.
In short: "Its not something I did when I was younger, I dont do it now, and that means it must be BAD!"
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Quoth Fazum'Zen Fastfist:
Well if they must whine about any aspect of video games, then it should be about how addictive they are.
Video games aren't the least bit addictive. It's just that they tend to be played by people who lack self-control, a life, and any ability to interact with real people. Those are the people who become "addicted," and, frankly, I haven't the least bit of sympathy.
Remember, kids: obsession != addiction.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
quote:And it's a good thing, too. Imagine all those unfortunate people addicted to their own hair!
Remember, kids: obsession != addiction.
`Doc fucked around with this message on 02-24-2006 at 10:14 AM.
It's quite hard to break that habit once you get it. Trust me, I know 
WTF are the parents thinking of letting their kids play that when they should!
Race: Dwarf
Name: (Kill) Kilinus
Class: Fighter/Weapon Master/ Doom Knight
Level: 14
Allignent: Neutral Evil
Diety: Bane
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Bloodsage said:
Video games aren't the least bit addictive.
Master of Orion 2.
OH GOD
MASTER OF ORION 2
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Peanut butter ass Shaq Mortious booooze lime pole over bench lick:
Master of Orion 2.OH GOD
MASTER OF ORION 2
I've had such an immense desire to play MOO2 lately, but I load it up and realize that I've done literally everything possible in the game
Then I reinstall MOO3 which I kept around for nostalgia's sake.
Then I cry myself to sleep.
"I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."
-- George Herbert Walker Bush
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A sleep deprived Maradon! stammered:
...Then I reinstall MOO3 which I kept around for nostalgia's sake.
....
What, Lost you copy of Excel?
Race: Dwarf
Name: (Kill) Kilinus
Class: Fighter/Weapon Master/ Doom Knight
Level: 14
Allignent: Neutral Evil
Diety: Bane
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Over the mountain, in between the ups and downs, I ran into Leftover Mog who doth quote:
Poeple need to realize shit like this is the parents fualt and deal with that instead of just blaming every possible symptom
BLAME THE PARENTS!? How DARE you suggest parents take responsibility for their child's upbringing!!
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
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Over the mountain, in between the ups and downs, I ran into Fazum'Zen Fastfist who doth quote:
If I had a kid I'd probably just not introduce them to TV or video games in the first place.
sheltered life ftw
Race: Dwarf
Name: (Kill) Kilinus
Class: Fighter/Weapon Master/ Doom Knight
Level: 14
Allignent: Neutral Evil
Diety: Bane
quote:
x--BuroriO-('-'Q) :
*gasp* life without videogames? How dull for a child.
Because everybody knows the best way to teach kids to deal with something is to remove it from their lives utterly.
Because everybody knows that parents can do that. Just snap their fingers and all of a sudden video games don't exist for that child. Maradon! fucked around with this message on 02-24-2006 at 08:44 PM.
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Verily, Cobalt Katze doth proclaim:
I think it has less to do with sheltering them from games and tv, and more to do with letting them grow up with an emphasis on reality. I don't see much of a reason for a kid to be babysat by entertainment at a young age.
What about novels? Comics? Cinema? Poetry? Philosophy? Music? None of those 'empasize reality'.
You can start eliminating all sources of joy from a kid's life one by one untill he has nothing better to do than lick walls, an eleven year old will still not sit down and start learning the thesaurus by heart.
Edit: There is this really silly meme about video games being somehow 'unreal' going around. Games are as much a part of reality as chess boards and books. Mod fucked around with this message on 02-24-2006 at 10:52 PM.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
