Why do we game?
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Gaming is my ground state. I am either gaming, about to game, or have just gamed. Sometimes I have to work, where I will usually be wishing I was gaming, sometimes I have to shop/do housework/other stuff I don't enjoy, which is an annoying interruption to gaming, and sometimes I'm doing other things I want to do like meeting friends, going to the movies, out for a meal, etc which is a short break from gaming. Whenever I'm not doing any of those things, I'm gaming.
I'm finding this a difficult question to answer to be honest - it's feeling a little like trying to answer "why do you like sex?" or "why do you not spend all your time cleaning?". It's a question that has me making this face:
Not sure whether to answer or to go home and rethink my life (and stop selling death sticks obviously)
I'm finding this a difficult question to answer to be honest - it's feeling a little like trying to answer "why do you like sex?" or "why do you not spend all your time cleaning?". It's a question that has me making this face:
Not sure whether to answer or to go home and rethink my life (and stop selling death sticks obviously)
I would say for entertainment, but then I also get it out of all other medias.
The reason I play is so I can see creativity and work of others. This is why love fantasy games so much. The creators can go any directions with their imaginations, and as long as it ties with fun gameplay and great stroyline, it works.
The reason I play is so I can see creativity and work of others. This is why love fantasy games so much. The creators can go any directions with their imaginations, and as long as it ties with fun gameplay and great stroyline, it works.
What else? To pass the time.
Sure there are many ways to pass the time but I choose gaming to do so.
Sure there are many ways to pass the time but I choose gaming to do so.
Because the real world is horribly depressing and boring. I mean I would rather play Fallout, because its less depressing and way more interesting than going out to a bar or seeing a movie.
To experience things you can't in real life.
Movies allow you to passively dream along with it, games give you the reigns to it.
This ad can say it better than I can...
Movies allow you to passively dream along with it, games give you the reigns to it.
This ad can say it better than I can...
Because it's fun, and it's always been fun, and sometimes I'm bored. I can't imagine playing games for a reason other than enjoyment or killing boredom, but I gather that for some people it's a lot more. Sorry for those people.
Because I find it engaging in some way, pretty much same reason I do anything I am not forced or feel obligated to do. Its just so happens games as a whole tend to engage me more than a lot of other entertainment so its a sort of a more relaxing engagement for me even if the game is competitive and makes me angry, which sound strange but thats what it is.
Gaming for me is an escape. From a very early age I flocked to gaming as an escape. I was a small kid, weak and bullied constantly.
Gaming let me be strong.
In school nobody liked me, I had very few friends and even then I never got invite to parties or outings.
Gaming gave me friends.
Things didn't improve as I got older. Everyone around me, got bigger, stronger, more confident. I always felt small and weak.
Gaming proved me wrong.
My friends growing up became, Mario, Cloud, Sub Zero, The X-men, Kratos, and countless more.
Now I have a job that I do not enjoy.
Gaming takes me away from it.
I have bills, I have a life. For a long while, I lived in absolute hate of my life. Throughout school and my early working years. If not for video games to take me away from it all at the end of the day. I probably would have killed myself. If I couldn't look forward to my Thursday night raids, or some adventure in a Final Fantasy game, or whatever. I never would have made it this far in life.
Gaming is everything to me.
Gaming let me be strong.
In school nobody liked me, I had very few friends and even then I never got invite to parties or outings.
Gaming gave me friends.
Things didn't improve as I got older. Everyone around me, got bigger, stronger, more confident. I always felt small and weak.
Gaming proved me wrong.
My friends growing up became, Mario, Cloud, Sub Zero, The X-men, Kratos, and countless more.
Now I have a job that I do not enjoy.
Gaming takes me away from it.
I have bills, I have a life. For a long while, I lived in absolute hate of my life. Throughout school and my early working years. If not for video games to take me away from it all at the end of the day. I probably would have killed myself. If I couldn't look forward to my Thursday night raids, or some adventure in a Final Fantasy game, or whatever. I never would have made it this far in life.
Gaming is everything to me.
Lego would like to have a word with you.Sassafrass said:
I would get into how it shaped my life and stuff, but there is already been a ton of good posts throwing that hat in the ring, so I will focus on why I do now, social connecting. I moved away from all my friends and we saved up and got PC's and play when our schedules line up.
Depends on the game. They all draw me in for different reasons. Some offer social opportunities with guests, some provide an enthralling escape into a different world, some are emotionally compelling, and some are really challenging and draw me in to see how far along I've come as a gamer.
For fun and a small bit of bragging rights (achievement whoring.)
Not for simulated power or escape. It's something I go to, not somewhere to get away from anything. And power is for petty politicians and psychos. If someone handed me power, I think I'd just hand it off to someone else because I'd rather spend my time playing some videogames.
It's also exceedingly economical compared to getting drunk.
Not for simulated power or escape. It's something I go to, not somewhere to get away from anything. And power is for petty politicians and psychos. If someone handed me power, I think I'd just hand it off to someone else because I'd rather spend my time playing some videogames.
It's also exceedingly economical compared to getting drunk.
Challenge, story, something to do(I have ADD, and my hands are usually always doing something), and lets me meet cool people.
Lot of cons but enough good pros to keep doing it.
Lot of cons but enough good pros to keep doing it.
A pastime. Something to look forward to.
But mostly escapism and power fantasies. I have a debilitating speech disorder you see; it's almost impossible for me to string together more than four or five sentences without drooling. No game protagonist I've ever played as has such a condition and I can live vicariously for at least a few hours through them.
But mostly escapism and power fantasies. I have a debilitating speech disorder you see; it's almost impossible for me to string together more than four or five sentences without drooling. No game protagonist I've ever played as has such a condition and I can live vicariously for at least a few hours through them.
Help? Comfort? Blood? Death? Pretty Things? Eeeeesssscapism? * winks not-so-subtley in direction of site overseers* A story to take me someplace else?
I like the interactivity. The test of skill. Improvement. Competition. Discovering their inner workings. Challenging yourself. Escape and immersion. Marveling at technical advancements. Involvement in a great story. Risk and reward. Learning about a universe. Enjoying artwork. Disconnect. Reconnect. Amp up or chill down. Pass time in a queue. Release some anger. Hell, sometimes I just like the soundtrack.
Need I say more? Probably is a lot more (just speaking for myself).
Games do a lot more than society gives them credit for.
Need I say more? Probably is a lot more (just speaking for myself).
Games do a lot more than society gives them credit for.