Video Game Guilty Pleasures

[Monkey_Driven]

all of them. I feel really guilty after playing all of them.

Why?

I always feel like I could have been doing something more productive. I'm obsessive with games though. I can't just play for an hour and then put it down.

I'm kinda like this too. I rationalize it by reminding myself I have to be extroverted at my both my jobs and it's much-needed me time, but I also think I just like the escapism. The real world sucks a lot of the time.

Same. I usually get more enjoyment out of games than reading, TV, or movies though. I can jump in and out a lot easier but get lost in it while I'm there.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Monkey_Driven]

i think games are the quickest path to active mental engagement. TV and movies are way more passive, and reading is active but it's tough when the writing is obtuse. games are like mental calisthenics, though after a certain point it's diminishing returns.

There's a lot of truth to this.

[BurtReynolds]

all of them. I feel really guilty after playing all of them.

Why?

I always feel like I could have been doing something more productive. I'm obsessive with games though. I can't just play for an hour and then put it down.

Are you an obsessive collector in well in games?

Not usually. But I have to complete every side quest and make sure I didn't miss any secret stuff. Or in the case of competitive games, I feel like I have to be the greatest player in the world.

[BurtReynolds]

Oddly, the last game I played all the way through, Inside, was maybe an exception.

I finished that in about a weekend (which is still too long for me), didn't feel like I was just getting my addictive behavior exploited, and actually got something from the story/world.

I wish more games were like that.

[Monkey_Driven]

Oddly, the last game I played all the way through, Inside, was maybe an exception.

I finished that in about a weekend (which is still too long for me), didn't feel like I was just getting my addictive behavior exploited, and actually got something from the story/world.

I wish more games were like that.

That's a great game/experience.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Ello Sailor]

I don't believe in "guilty pleasures"

Nor I. Especially in regards to video games. If it's fun, who gives a shit?

[Monkey_Driven]

I don't believe in "guilty pleasures"

Nor I. Especially in regards to video games. If it's fun, who gives a shit?

Yup.