I stand corrected. Homocide also implies that the people I want to kill are like me, which is an implication that I deeply resent. All in favour of changing it to heterocide?usmarine4160 said:Homocide is a hate crime, you should kill people that aren't gay tooFrungy said:
hang on a minute, is this a strawman in the making
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Yeah I read that, I almost wanted to laugh.syrus27 said:
I had to check the source when I saw it the first time just to make sure it was done by the Onion, and then I felt sad when it wasn't....
You know, that works on at least two levels. Too bad the word is actually Homicide, and it refers to killing humans, not things that are alike.Frungy said:I stand corrected. Homocide also implies that the people I want to kill are like me, which is an implication that I deeply resent. All in favour of changing it to heterocide?usmarine4160 said:Homocide is a hate crime, you should kill people that aren't gay tooFrungy said:
OT: During periods where I spend a lot of time playing online games, I frequently find myself trying to press a push to talk button while talking on the phone. This is true of pretty much any frequently repeated behavior; eventually you start to generalize it. For a non-videogame example, when I've been posting a lot on The Escapist, I frequently find myself typing BBcode for italics and the like when I'm writing papers or posting on facebook. When I've been on Facebook for a while, I occasionally find myself doing /this/ to indicate italics, even when I have actual access to an italic feature. The only thing the article really fails at is painting this as some big scary thing, instead of as an interesting piece of trivia.
You know how after you get out of a movie that you liked, and you just want to be that person in the movie? If you've never felt that, surely you've seen kids come out of Star Wars or Harry Potter play acting the film.
Games will have that same effect on people. I'm sure most mediums will. Will they *force* you to act out of the norm? That's a different question.
Games will have that same effect on people. I'm sure most mediums will. Will they *force* you to act out of the norm? That's a different question.
i'm not on that level but did try looking for a quick-save button before a test started. i'd been playing way too much fallout
OF course it affect you
When I was on an oblivion high I nearly picked up a flower on the way to work, it looked like a potion ingredient...I solved a Zelda puzzle in my sleep (literally I dreamed the solution)
There are little moments when you slip, as it's said playing games is habit forming, in Oblivion my habit was to pick up all such useful items while running cross country, so yeh I see it in real life my first instinct is 'collect flower'
My work affects how I view the world I'm in car insurance claims, I now note damage on cars - where it is, the extent and likely cost vs pre-accident value as well as scenarios on how that was caused.
You do anything for long enough and it's affects will seep over....heck my wife always gets me to repack cupboards and freezers - why? I've played inventory tetris in enough RPGs that it's second nature to me.
When I was on an oblivion high I nearly picked up a flower on the way to work, it looked like a potion ingredient...I solved a Zelda puzzle in my sleep (literally I dreamed the solution)
There are little moments when you slip, as it's said playing games is habit forming, in Oblivion my habit was to pick up all such useful items while running cross country, so yeh I see it in real life my first instinct is 'collect flower'
My work affects how I view the world I'm in car insurance claims, I now note damage on cars - where it is, the extent and likely cost vs pre-accident value as well as scenarios on how that was caused.
You do anything for long enough and it's affects will seep over....heck my wife always gets me to repack cupboards and freezers - why? I've played inventory tetris in enough RPGs that it's second nature to me.
this article has poped up on a few sights (including this one) I think peopel are over-reacting, it happens to alot of us in some way or another
like me looking at white wall surfaces and thinking if they could be portal conductors, or making a mistake and fora second thinking about reloading a save it doens tmake oyu crazy
mabye some anti-game nuts might use it to fuel their veiw..but relaly no one listens to those guys anyway
like me looking at white wall surfaces and thinking if they could be portal conductors, or making a mistake and fora second thinking about reloading a save it doens tmake oyu crazy
mabye some anti-game nuts might use it to fuel their veiw..but relaly no one listens to those guys anyway
That's not what a straw man argument is.
Anyway, I hate it when news stories leave out reference links to the actual study. Especially when they take their "own spin" on it. I went out of my way to find that study, and the conclusion basically was "we should research this further". The overall tone wasn't negative at all.
(If you want to read the study, here it is on PDF format: http://cdn1.gamepro.com/cdn_img/43105-IJCBPL%20GTP%20VG%202011.pdf )
Anyway, I hate it when news stories leave out reference links to the actual study. Especially when they take their "own spin" on it. I went out of my way to find that study, and the conclusion basically was "we should research this further". The overall tone wasn't negative at all.
(If you want to read the study, here it is on PDF format: http://cdn1.gamepro.com/cdn_img/43105-IJCBPL%20GTP%20VG%202011.pdf )