do both

Originally posted by -OrLoK- Слава Україн:

do both

Literally no good games nowadays too tbh.

it's not as if people who aren't sinking as much time as the average person here into gaming is doing something more constructive with their lives. A lot of people are aimlessly browsing through social media, watching dumb tik tok videos, or still watching reality tv and sports events all day long on tv.

gaming is better than most stuff people waste their time on, at least you are keeping your mind busy and hand eye coordination etc honed.

Originally posted by Morrandir:

it's not as if people who aren't sinking as much time as the average person here into gaming is doing something more constructive with their lives. A lot of people are aimlessly browsing through social media, watching dumb tik tok videos, or still watching reality tv and sports events all day long on tv.

gaming is better than most stuff people waste their time on, at least you are keeping your mind busy and hand eye coordination etc honed.

I feel like that argument w hand eye coordination is poor cope.
Watching sports and tv atleast helps w the social aspect in life. Gaming only helps you to connect w dorks at best if we are being honest.

Ladies love Mount & Blade.

I agree for the most part. Gaming does one thing, and one thing only. It kills time. It's something people do to fill the spaces in their lives. And franklyy, if people spent less time filling that space with video games, and more time filling it with the pursuit of productive skills and/or relationships, they'd live much happier lives for sure.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/438270/Learn_Japanese_To_Survive_Hiragana_Battle/

Two birds, one stone.

I have often thought if I spent all that time practicing guitar scales, I would be Steve Vai by now.

I will say gaming keeps me off the bottle though, and that's a good thing.

Originally posted by Ulfrinn:

I agree for the most part. Gaming does one thing, and one thing only. It kills time. It's something people do to fill the spaces in their lives. And franklyy, if people spent less time filling that space with video games, and more time filling it with the pursuit of productive skills and/or relationships, they'd live much happier lives for sure.

And with that I'm now off for dinner. My mother made rice w raisins for me. I will think abt your message. Gotta get my ♥♥♥♥ together fr. Its alr tough as an english major.

Originally posted by Blue Smiley:

Originally posted by Ulfrinn:

I agree for the most part. Gaming does one thing, and one thing only. It kills time. It's something people do to fill the spaces in their lives. And franklyy, if people spent less time filling that space with video games, and more time filling it with the pursuit of productive skills and/or relationships, they'd live much happier lives for sure.

And with that I'm now off for dinner. My mother made rice w raisins for me. I will think abt your message. Gotta get my ♥♥♥♥ together fr. Its alr tough as an english major.

Yeah, and I'm going to get some breakfast, then tear down my early 1980's tape deck so I can catalog all the capacitors used, measure some of the trim pot resistances, and order replacements for a rebuild.

I'm playing mount and blade and rizzing up huzz and learning a new language among other things.

I agreed that I like going out and working. It makes me feel better and more productive than obsessive over fake characters

It depends on the game and the gamer and in other factors as well such as how safe the matchmaking is etc.

Hmm yet OP chose to be on STEAM ...

Originally posted by Blue Smiley:

Originally posted by Morrandir:

it's not as if people who aren't sinking as much time as the average person here into gaming is doing something more constructive with their lives. A lot of people are aimlessly browsing through social media, watching dumb tik tok videos, or still watching reality tv and sports events all day long on tv.

gaming is better than most stuff people waste their time on, at least you are keeping your mind busy and hand eye coordination etc honed.

I feel like that argument w hand eye coordination is poor cope.
Watching sports and tv atleast helps w the social aspect in life. Gaming only helps you to connect w dorks at best if we are being honest.

no, gaming helps you with stuff like honing hand eye coordination, in fact there are studies on how gaming helps against things like Alzheimer's, meanwhile people watching tv are just coach potatoes, and why would you want to even socialise with people who talk about some sports team they support as if it a personal part of their life, dorks are endlessly more intelligent.

In this comprehensive study, we found that high frequency of playing computer games was associated with decreased risk of dementia, favorable cognitive functions, and better brain structure. In addition, MR analysis further showed a potential causal association between computer gaming and dementia. These findings suggest that computer gaming could modulate cognitive function and may be a valuable preventive target for dementia.

https://alzres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13195-024-01496-7