Are games bad for ye?

marvin2k

ive recently got hooked on bf2 but i think it has bad effects on me , I see people in the distance and try and picture them in sniper vision and im always lookin at buildings for good shottin spots , it cant be good to spend hours virtually killing people , why wouldnt a game where you go around helpin peole out be popular why do we find such joy in the closest simulation to brutal real life conflicts we can find surely its a part of us we should shun rather than indulge in .

tuxy

bit of a stupid question isn't it?
common sense says any form of addiction is bad

Karl Hungus

marvin2k wrote:

I see people in the distance and try and picture them in sniper vision and im always lookin at buildings for good shottin spots

You're quite deranged. Seek professional help.

MrJoeSoap

So long as you channel your murderous instincts onto people deserving of it you should be fine.

AnCapaillMor

I punch things when i play it and i get killed stupidly. Thats pretty much all games tho.

Vegeta

AnCapaillMor wrote:

I punch things when i play it and i get killed stupidly. Thats pretty much all games tho.

I also puch things when I die stupidly, like when I reload a gun and then this guy comes from around the corner and mows me down.

Its usually my CRT that takes the brunt

ambro25

Guys... sounds like you have issues :rolleyes:

Vegeta

ambro25 wrote:

Guys... sounds like you have issues :rolleyes:

Ok mostly I punch things when I get booted from a server for having huge pingtime, thats the one that really gets me mad

Drapper

marvin2k wrote:

ive recently got hooked on bf2 but i think it has bad effects on me , I see people in the distance and try and picture them in sniper vision and im always lookin at buildings for good shottin spots , it cant be good to spend hours virtually killing people , why wouldnt a game where you go around helpin peole out be popular why do we find such joy in the closest simulation to brutal real life conflicts we can find surely its a part of us we should shun rather than indulge in .

Dude ............... go for a walk !

ghost26ie

the only people who think games are bad for u are 'mad as a brush' religious american types!

Vegeta

ghost26ie wrote:

the only people who think games are bad for u are 'mad as a brush' religious american types!

Preach!!

projectmayhem

i remember reading about some study done in some fancy university somewhere where they discovered after lengthy sessions of gaming (say hl2 for example), walking around the streets or whatever, you're at a much more hightened state of awareness, and will take note to ANYTHING that may resemble something from the game.

i had this experience (using hl2 as an example) when i heard a courrier on a bike jetting past. his little radio thingy sounded like combine radio chatter... nearly crapped myself

IG-Calibre

Anyone every play Alien V's Predator2? after a weekend LAN of that i'd still be hearing the blip... blip... blip... of the motion detector in work on a monday morning.

Static M.e.

IG-Calibre wrote:

Anyone every play Alien V's Predator2? after a weekend LAN of that i'd still be hearing the blip... blip... blip... of the motion detector in work on a monday morning.

lol that game was class !! Loved being the marine, you were on the edge the whole time )

TO OP

NO

IG-Calibre

AvP2 is on of the best video games ever imo (feels a bit dated now though) I just wish the Dev's had made a new one instead of F.E.A.R Although there was a lot of talk about a HL2 mod being made of it, but I guess Fox wouldn't let them do it cause i've never ever heard anything more about it since