Why do you think we game? A question of philosophy.

[Evertw]

I play GTA because anything i do in the game doesn't affect me in real life, so i can go on a murderous rampage with a baseball bat and not have the police knocking on my door in real life.

 

[The_Deleted]

I play GTA because anything i do in the game doesn't affect me in real life, so i can go on a murderous rampage with a baseball bat and not have the police knocking on my door in real life.

Not yet...

 

[Zorg Machine]

Two things spring to mind:
1) Escapism, the fourth desire (after food, water and sex) of the human animal. Games deliver better escapism than any other form of entertainment (except perhaps for novels).

2) Games trick the achievement/reward system of the brain.

first reply won the thread

 

[traceur_]

I play games to play games...

 

[BlindTom]

When I watch a map slowly filling up with my colour of choice I feel like a big strong territorial MAN.

Just one more turn because territory = sex. (When i've finished scoffing red meat and letting the blood drip down my chin and lighting fires in my underpants it depresses me that I can be so easily fooled.)