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[–] Walk1 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I think video games are a waste of time and get one stuck in a virtual world, instead of a real world of thought, which is where one should try to head.

Its kind of a sign that our culture has grown lazy and is not as ambitious anymore, since we have to live our ambitions and reality in a fantasy world that is played out on a screen before us. I think its a sign that we are going through a major transition in society and not a good one, but certainly one where we are more open-ended to race-mixing and multi-culturalism.

As one will note, the majority of gamers have a hippie kind of quality to them that basically implies their affinities towards race-mixing and multi-culturalism.

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[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Yeah, it implies a desire to escape and a new kind of infantile society where grown men adopt the hobbies of little kids. I can definitely appreciate wanting to get away from the rat race but there are better ways to do that than become glued to a controller.

Though to each his own I guess. There are worse things people can get into. But it is descending into what J.S. Mill called pig morality in indulging in a lower kind of pleasure. I've had gamers argue that today's games are high end, or even representative of high culture. But they're not Shakespeare - and even if they were it'd take a couple of centuries to assess their value in terms of the test of time.

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[–] Walk1 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

The classics are hard to beat and gamer culture is built on the endless pursuit of pleasure, which is unfortunately a Descartian ideal.

I personally don't think they will have any value for society besides for entertaining the young and as a pastime for those serious about it, but for it to become a widespread interest in society would dull the passions and intellectual drives of a person in society, which is certainly not good.

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[–] Battlefat 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Neighbor kid just turned 10 and already jumped off the console because he’d rather be outside playing with my kids. The days of gaming for 12 hours straight aren’t necessarily numbered, but it’s a hell of a lot more fun to have friends in real life doing the things kids have done for millenia

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[–] ThisIsMyRealName 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I always kick my kids out of the house when the weather permits (decent snowfall in winter, sunny and decent enough temperature in the other seasons). They're okay with it. Temperature outside here lately is hitting negatives, so I don't mind them being inside most of the time.

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[–] ThisIsMyRealName 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I mostly just like to play Minecraft with my family anymore. The little ones find it quite challenging, especially because my wife and I won't share our diamonds with them. They're learning the value of overcoming challenges through hard work and persistence in order to obtain what they want. And it's fun.

Occasionally I'll play some 7 Days to Die, Cities Skylines, or GRID on one of my days off. That's usually only just for an hour or two though. It's fine in moderation. Don't make it a hobby but rather just a fun activity to blow off some steam here and there. Have other things to do as well. Since it's winter and I don't have a shop I'm kind of stuck doing things inside the house until the weather warms back up.

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[–] whitemaleie 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Once you're an adult anything other than the occasional session is worrying. Once/twice a week at most, and certainly not for hours on end.

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[–] HateCumbuckets 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

As long as it's not dominating ones life, I see no harm in it. I turn my ps4 on probably twice a week, for maybe up to an hour. I guess for me though, as much as I enjoy games, it's the social side of it. I have a couple of mates I enjoy catching up and chatting with. Irl they are both minimum 2hrs away.