Myths and excuses people make up to stop you playing video games.

[coldfrog]

It'll make your eyes square!

I'm pretty sure they meant "pixellated".

 

[zidine100]

"its ruining the computer", I was playing world of warcraft on the only computer in the house and I am the only one who knows how a computer runs in my house

Same here if anything goes wrong with mine its automaticly the games that ruined my PC

hah have ive heard that one before, its always fun to try and explain why it doesnt just to hear the bs made up afterwords.

 

[Zaksav91]

They'll make yer eyes pop out they will!!!

My mom -_-

 

[TheBarefootBandit]

They're rotting your brain.

 

[TomOfTheCross]

It's always been 'Why don't you play an interesting game?' my Dad's never got RPG's.

 

[723N]

lol. My parents used to say similar stuff. My favorite one was, "It will fry your brain."

What the fuck does that even mean?

 

[zidine100]

lol. My parents used to say similar stuff. My favorite one was, "It will fry your brain."

What the fuck does that even mean?

heh doesnt that remind you of television. The whole your mind will turn to mush and fall out your ears and such used to scare people away from tv.

 

[hazabaza1]

... None really. My family's pretty much okay with it.

I have been called a sad fucking nerd with no life who will stay a virgin forever by someone at school, but that's about it.

 

[TwitchierGuitar]

Me and my Dad play them all the time when he vivsts. My mom said that It'll make you a sterile, retarded freak of nature who can't stand sunlight. So glad I'm outa that house!

 

[rokkolpo]

it makes you violent so you kill people.

 

[johnman]

Someone once hammered on about how they were all stupid, meaningless, and plotless (keep in mind, said family member hasn't played anyhthing since the dawn of Galaga).

My reply:

"One word: Bioshock."

That was the last I heard about that.

EDIT: There was also a time one of my family warned me that I wasn't spending enough time with my friends. For her benefit, I related the details of my last conversation with my friend David-- she had to go take a shower afterwards.

My mum said that the ohter week. Because everyone was winding down after a full term back and handing in the terms work nobody had time for each other. Now its half term and i have so far slept 2 nights at home out of 7, and havent been sober since Friday. Now shes complaining I'm never around anymore

 

[Cpu46]

My parents dont mind the video games because their interactive. My mom is crazy about Wii sports and my dad is into Wii fit.
My dad also tried to play Halo and Call of Duty but he had never played any first person shooter.....ever, but at least he tried.

 

[Kloffy]

"They're too violent, they'll make you kill people!"

 

[ultimateownage]

"You're becoming too anti-social"

No shit. I've never had this stuff because my brother and dad are both obsessive computer gamers, my dad never stops playing world of warcraft, he has like 20 level 80 characters in loads of different servers and about 300,000 gold on each character and I never believed the bad eyesight thing because I never stop looking at screens, I've got used to it, and I have amazing eye sight.

 

[CrysisMcGee]

I'm curious to what people's parents/friends make up to stop you from playing your games. Hopefully we come across something bizzarre. Though my mother kept saying it was making me stupid, yet i passed my exams.

Quite a few will make you smarter. Somebody even wrote a book about it. I believe it was called "How Video games make you smarter"

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

"It's a waste of time."

...say the people who oh-so-usefully spend their time watching reality shows and American Idol

You just summed up my mother sir, except of course since I'm British you should replace American Idol with X-Factor. Now I feel sad she's so generic.

Although I think she has used every excuse in the book, ranging from "It's the reason you don't have a girlfriend" to "you will fail at life".

 

[The Austin]

"They will make our kids forget how much life really sucks!"

Not even kidding.

 

[SamElliot'sMustache]

I've been told ever since I was little "They will rot your brain cells and make you retarded."

I heard something similar to this when I had bought a gaming magazine years ago. The guy behind me just said that to me, and I paid him no mind, kept playing games, and still ended up doing pretty good in school. Then again, it was hard to take him seriously when he was decked out in camouflage. You know, so deer won't spot him in the thick, wooded underbrush of the local Wal-Mart.