How has gaming affected your life?

[Don Rabello]

I even remember when I my mom and stepdad bought me my first playstation. Shit went downhill from there on forth. Honestly at some point I was really addicted. I loved gaming, and staying in school was a way to get a good job to buy more games.

But then I grew up, got drunk and had sex. Things have been better since then. The next year when I turned 12, I was still playing, but I didn't waste the entire day on it.

Now I still play quite a lot, but mostly when I have nothing else to do. And since I train so much, I don't even have that much time to play.

 

[Bat Vader]

Well it helps me get rid of my social life pretty effectively.

Gaming does good work. Who needs to be social anyway?

 

[Paulrus_Keaton]

Gaming was been in my blood for as far back as I can remember. I feel that I write a bit better because of some games like Zelda.

Because Wario was, and still is, my favorite game character I found a sprite comic that became my introduction into the world of the Internet.

However, because of games I feel like i've missed the opportunity to do more child-like things. To this day I STILL don't know how to ride a bike. Mario didn't teach me that; just Goomba killing and a few typing basics.

 

[twistedshadows]

I think gaming has affected me positively, for the most part. The only thing that it has truly affected negatively is the number of books I read.

 

[Fingerprint]

Well it helps me get rid of my social life pretty effectively.

Gaming does good work. Who needs to be social anyway?

Exactly, without us "misanthropy" wouldn't have meaning. I for one take pride in supporting the English language this way.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

When I was like 6, I sort of played many J-RPG's, namely Dark Cloud, Final fantasy, and others. All of the love stories has turned me into a romantic and I don't tend to refer to a woman by calling her 'ass'. Y'know the sort of thing...but no girls seem to find me a good person for not saying it.

 

[ksn0va]

I can't imagine living without it!

 

[Sebenko]

It's made me who I am today- an opinionated fag with a hatred of incorrect grammar, despite making plenty of mistakes myself.

It's also got me out of the house, helped me form relationships which kept me alive during a pointless depression, allowed me to see views other than my parent's racism, shown me epic stories and made me care about a cloud of ones and zeroes.

So yeah, no effect at all.

 

[matnatz]

How did games effect my life?

They destroyed it.

Although, like the guy above said, they stopped me from sucking on a exhaust back when my life sucked more than it does now. I've mmet some awesome people online aswell.

 

[antipunt]

I'd actually say my life has in turn affected my gaming

 

[cannot_aim]

Helped me with a lot of things. Quick adaption, heightened visual reflexes, and generally the ability to think outside the box.


Of course it has also given me the unfortunate side-effect of being lazy.

Ya this is what has happened to me too, but games have also made me a lot of friends, I find people that live by me that enjoy the same games and things that I do through them.

 

[LINKXIII]

Its a stress reliever at times and online gaming as actually improved my social skills

 

[Laurefinde]

Gaming is my way to remove myself from real life for awhile. (I forget that my wife is in progressive stages of dying.) I have met many people playing online, some I have met in real life and others from my own real life I have talked into gaming. Roleplaying is my forte and it seems to help work out problems I may be facing in real life.

Like others here it has helped my coordination and quick thinking.

 

[Kirra]

Gaming helps me stay awake during the really boring classes and also provides the lack of boredom.

 

[veloper]

Gaming has killed my ambition. Now I'm content with just gaming.

 

[Kstreitenfeld]

I really do love the time I spend on games and playing games with friends (online and real), but at the same time I can't shake the feeling that I would be a lot more "social" if it weren't for games if you know what I mean.

 

[thecresta]

Life? Um, what's that?

Wait...somethings coming back to me now...from my early childhood...very...hazy...er...what was I thinking about again? Never mind, couldn't have mattered.

Eh? That's strange - why is my PlayStation switched off?

 

[Blow_Pop]

Well it helps me get rid of my social life pretty effectively.

Gaming does good work. Who needs to be social anyway?

besides my gaming friends are my social life.

 

[Bat Vader]

Well it helps me get rid of my social life pretty effectively.

Gaming does good work. Who needs to be social anyway?

Exactly, without us "misanthropy" wouldn't have meaning. I for one take pride in supporting the English language this way.

Who else can hate humanity like us gamers? I thought misanthropy meant hating the human race because of it's faults?