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"Why do you play?"

Ok now I know this isn't much of a post but it was just a topic that interested me, I won't use the excuse 'I'm new here (dont shoot)' because that is just silly, although i haven't been on this site before i can still decipher what is decent and what is not.

Anyhoo I was playing Zelda: TWW the other day and my girlfriend walked in and watched for a while, she asked me why I spent hours of my free time on a video-game? To be honest i wasn't sure, for me it's just something I have grown up with right from the good old Commodore or even the Spectrum. What about you?

Escapism.


It's a way for me to get away from everyday life. If I've had a bad day and I was to go out into the middle of town with a sniper rifle and pick off some randoms because they looked at me funny then I'd be well on my way to being locked up for a couple of months (life sentence, eligible for parole in three months).

That PSOne ad sums it up for me.

“For years I have lived a double life, in the day I do my job, roll up my sleeves with the ordinary people, but at night, I live a life of exhilaration, of missed heartbeats and adrenalin, a life of dubious virtue. You might not think it to look at me, but I have commanded armies and conquered worlds. And though I may have broken one or two rules, at least I can say, "I have lived."”

Oh yeah, it's fun too.

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> You live a life in games that would never happen in the real world.
> Games are a form of escapism.
>
> Much like drugs only more healthy and you don't wake up the next day
> and feel like sh*t.


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tht is pretty much it and beside from the fact you will have random quotes like "itsa ME MARIIIOOO" and " I'll be backkkkk" and s**tupid things like that in your head I think that it is perfectly healthy

Yes that is a good point. Yet when it becomes obsessive I'm not sure about the 'More healthy' part :-P

You live a life in games that would never happen in the real world. Games are a form of escapism.

Much like drugs only more healthy and you don't wake up the next day and feel like sh*t.

...Or from beating your mates at a game!

The glory of winning.

I suppose we get satisfaction from completing various tasks, winning races, or seeing a story unfold.

The satisfaction of doing something makes you feel happy (YeY endorphins!), so you want to play more.

Thanks Memorandum. I see all of your points but another question would be why do we enjoy them so?

I play them because I enjoy them.

Simple as that.

Kinyo wrote:
> I don't think anyone really has a reason. It seems strange when you
> think about it: We don't know why we play yet are totally
> addicted...

I have a reason.

I play games becuase they are fun, I enjoy them.

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