Archived Is playing video games a worthwhile use of one's time? (OccidentalEnclave)
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Archived Is playing video games a worthwhile use of one's time? (OccidentalEnclave)
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[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 0 points 3 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.
[–] Walk1 0 points 3 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.