Gaming addict...

Okay people. How many of you here are gamers? I mean really gamers and not just people who appens to play one or two games for a short time type of gamers. the hardcore gamers. Those who are addicted to it like bee to honey. Thos who write nonsense stuffs like this. Tho...OMG!!! I'm writing this stuff!! I'm an addict!!!!! ARGHHHHHHH!!!!!

Seriously though, I find this a fascinating phenomenon. First of all, why would people shun their fellow real life friend (okay, i'm making a generalisation here) to be in-game with thier "imaginary" friend? Is it the ability to be anonymous? To be treated as equal? To help face and come to terms with the world that has gone cold turkey on you? Or just plain anti-social? I don't know. My reason is becouse my real life friends are too busy to hang out with me. What am I to do? I'm too introverted to make new friends (shyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....) and when I do, people just tend to stay away.....problem with me perhaps? Anyway, some guy in Korea died of exhaustion after playing for 55 hours straight with pee stops in-between. I don't what he used for food, but in the end, he just drop dead. Now that is a hard-core addict. Are you him?

Well others find games fascinating, some find it so that they can interact with normal (as normal as they want it to be) people whom they wouldn't meet otherwise. they type better than they talk and they are more chatty than face to face meetings. Trust me, I've seen this type before. I've met them before.

Is game addiction a problem? I don't think so. Games play games for a reason. They do not conciously become anti-social overnight. Something must drove them there. Cornered as they are, they find release in virtual worlds. A place where, if they play well enough, can earn some respect and self esteem. It is for this very reason that they sometimes buy with real money for game items, blowing thousands in the process. I believe giving them the benifit of a doubt and self esteemed goes a long way to curbing their seemingly anti-social behaviour.

GAME ON people!!!