Man child video gamers

gimli2112 · 13-01-2019 4:56pm

Just paid €60 for a game I played 20 years ago, may take a few days off work when it arrives or just call in sick

antodeco · 13-01-2019 5:14pm

gimli2112 wrote: »

Just paid €60 for a game I played 20 years ago, may take a few days off work when it arrives or just call in sick

If you were a real gamer you wouldn't have a job

Pac1Man · 13-01-2019 5:21pm

To be fair, it's still an incredibly young hobby. People who deride it as a kid's activity most likely remember it from 30 years ago when Nintendo were targeting young kids with their advertising. Those who never caught the bug back then are oblivious to what it has now become.

Nowadays there are deep strategy games that take a lot of forethought and planning to be successful, which sit alongside the kid orientated games. They are just two examples of a hobby which is packed full of different genres that appeal to people of all ages and interests.

I understand that this is a tongue in cheek thread but it must be awful to feel like you must follow a specific blueprint on how to spend your time based on what age you are. It's almost like folding under peer pressure which is a small bit pathetic once you are out of your teens.

batgoat · 13-01-2019 5:31pm

Pac1Man wrote: »

To be fair, it's still an incredibly young hobby. People who deride it as a kid's activity most likely remember it from 30 years ago when Nintendo were targeting young kids with their advertising. Those who never caught the bug back then are oblivious to what it has now become.

Nowadays there are deep strategy games that take a lot of forethought and planning to be successful, which sit alongside the kid orientated games. They are just two examples of a hobby which is packed full of different genres that appeal to people of all ages and interests.

I understand that this is a tongue in cheek thread but it must be awful to feel like you must follow a specific blueprint on how to spend your time based on what age you are. It's almost like folding under peer pressure which is a small bit pathetic once you are out of your teens.

Yep, it's still very much so in its infancy and things are becoming progressively more creative. Eg You've got the Walking Dead series, The Last Of Us and others. They're got incredible storytelling and then there's all the other styles of games that make spectacular achievements. Also worth remembering when the first novels came into existence, they were decried as wastes of time.

Greyfox · 13-01-2019 5:36pm

Pac1Man wrote: »

I understand that this is a tongue in cheek thread

Its a tongue in cheek thread but the truth is some older people actually believe such nonsense. I love films but these days I find games are better than films at telling stories are there far more immersive, I even prefer gaming to reading a book as I prefer to dictate myself how the story develops. Games like the Witcher 3 or the last of us offer an experience no film or book can match. Then you have gameplay, exploring in the latest Zelda game is far more interesting and rewarding than ANYWHERE in real life. Like the majority of gamers I have a girlfriend, a job, lots of hobbies and travel often. Games can offer things films and books can't but almost anything done in a book or film can be done in a game. I feel sorry for adults who don't play games.

Hercule Poirot · 13-01-2019 6:28pm

fryup wrote: »

i got it in the neck for saying this before in similar threads...but here goes...

video games are for kids/teenagers

anyone over the age of 25 who play video games on a regular basis is sad, imho

i mean get a life

Awww honey, did Daddy not get you that N64 for Christmas all those years ago? Tell us baby, who hurt you this badly to make you this way?

mcmoustache · 13-01-2019 6:29pm

What year is this?

Kimbot · 13-01-2019 6:34pm

mcmoustache wrote: »

What year is this?

Well we have had year if the dog etc

I think this year is the year of the moanbag

KungPao · 13-01-2019 6:39pm

Former Snooker World Champion Neil Robertson’s career almost went down the Kermit because he was hopelessly addicted to video games.

I have no point, just saying.

I played Mortal Kombat on an arcade machine recently, still amazing when you get Sub Zero to rip off your opponents head and it has the spine dangling from it.

FIFA is great too with lads and a few beers, good laugh.

Grayditch · 14-01-2019 10:30am

And endless list of former sports champions were hopelessly addicted to pints/painkillers/gambling...

Doctor DooM · 14-01-2019 10:32am

Trolls really aren't even trying any more, are they.

topper75 · 14-01-2019 11:18am

batgoat wrote: »

I just realised, each individual story is about an incredibly unhealthy obsession..... :O So much darker now.

Yeah **** got really ****ed up for Mr. Snow.

14-01-2019 1:18pm

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Trolls really aren't even trying any more, are they.

The fact it has managed over 10 pages and the OP starting the thread has hardly responded with anything logical speaks volumes

Mission accomplished I guess

Cantona's Collars · 14-01-2019 2:34pm

Fred The Red wrote: »

The fact it has managed over 10 pages and the OP starting the thread has hardly responded with anything logical speaks volumes

Mission accomplished I guess

Probably after gluing themselves to the wall trying to stick up their 55 inch TV.

TomSweeney · 14-01-2019 2:54pm

Like anything, it's fine in moderation.
If you are playing games all day and don't get out - yeah it's a problem - but that would be the same of any hobby.

But I can see the OPs point, unfortunately gaming usually has bad reps as it can focus on the bad aspects of it - I say this as someone who enjoys a game of FIFA ... till 4 in the morning sometimes !! The time just flies by.

edit - I see the OP has been banned.
hmm I wonder was it the same person that started the car crash fiction thread - has a similar name Sirname ring to it.
Go on admins tell us ?

Assetbacked · 14-01-2019 2:57pm

As an adult, spending every evening glued to the game or to the TV would be equally unhealthy. But certainly for downtime it has its purpose in adulthood.

the_syco · 14-01-2019 3:01pm

MaryBrosnan wrote: »

Not healthy in my opinion as these people want control of everything. They can’t seperate real life from their gaming life.
Should adults who play games be audited?

Ah, so you want to be audited. Okay. We'll around at 3pm on April the 31st.

BattleCorp · 14-01-2019 3:03pm

Omackeral wrote: »

I'm not a gamer myself but what's the harm?

What's the harm? I'll tell you what the harm is. The lady below, her boyfriend broke up with her so he could play Call of Duty. WTF.

https://www.maxim.com/women/yanet-garcia-call-of-duty-break-up-2018-7

Video games should be banned, I tell ya.

Gunmonkey · 14-01-2019 3:03pm

Kimbot wrote: »

Well we have had year if the dog etc

I think this year is the year of the moanbag

Ah cmon, this is boards.ie....every year is the year of the moanbag!

14-01-2019 3:04pm

BattleCorp wrote: »

What's the harm? I'll tell you what the harm is. The lady below, her boyfriend broke up with her so he could play Call of Duty. WTF.

https://www.maxim.com/women/yanet-garcia-call-of-duty-break-up-2018-7

Video games should be banned, I tell ya.

And now his net worth is 1.5 million

Mutant z · 14-01-2019 3:08pm

It's their own business how people spend their leisure time as long as it isn't affecting anyone else it's not a problem.

LirW · 14-01-2019 3:09pm

My mother and stepdad play one or two rounds of Mario Cart every evening before going to bed.
Personally I don't know a healthier relationship than theirs.
It's one of those rituals I guess...

raze_them_all_ · 14-01-2019 3:33pm

BattleCorp wrote: »

What's the harm? I'll tell you what the harm is. The lady below, her boyfriend broke up with her so he could play Call of Duty. WTF.

https://www.maxim.com/women/yanet-garcia-call-of-duty-break-up-2018-7

Video games should be banned, I tell ya.

Actually they broke up because she asked for part of his revenue share from YouTube

Boom_Bap · 14-01-2019 3:35pm

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

Actually they broke up because she asked for part of his revenue share from YouTube

Yup, they were both featured in each others vids, but she wanted a cut of his because of her arse.

I think in his explain video, he also said she was too needy and dependent on him.

I'm going to play some BattleFront II tonight.

14-01-2019 3:35pm

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

Actually they broke up because she asked for part of his revenue share from YouTube

Also known as a succubus :pac:

Gazzmonkey · 14-01-2019 3:51pm

MaryBrosnan wrote: »

Yea the F off got reported.

There is no way your OP is real... you couldn't be that much of a twat.

But just in case... I'm telling you to F off too

s7ryf3925pivug · 14-01-2019 3:58pm

They could have a maximum age limit introduced as well as the existing minimum age. Under this age you might be influenced to go on a rampage.* Over this age then go and clean the gutters you layabout.

*Shockingly enough I have heard of games where if you kill enough people then it says "rampage!" in a triumphant tone.

AtomicHorror · 14-01-2019 4:06pm

Roselyn Happy Transparency wrote: »

They could have a maximum age limit introduced as well as the existing minimum age. Under this age you might be influenced to go on a rampage.* Over this age then go and clean the gutters you layabout.

*Shockingly enough I have heard of games where if you kill enough people then it says "rampage!" in a triumphant tone.

That was like 15 years ago.

BattleCorp · 14-01-2019 4:15pm

I used to lose days of my life playing Civilisation III. Fcukin loved that game. The only way I'd realise time would be when I'd be bursting for a pee and realise that it was 6 hours since I last left the game.

Ah, the days when I didn't have a mortgage.

Roger Hassenforder · 14-01-2019 4:37pm

BattleCorp wrote: »

I used to lose days of my life playing Civilisation III. Fcukin loved that game. The only way I'd realise time would be when I'd be bursting for a pee and realise that it was 6 hours since I last left the game.

Ah, the days when I didn't have a mortgage.

jeez, I so want a game of Civ now

That feeling when you unleash a horde of barbarians...

https://classicreload.com/civilization.html

s7ryf3925pivug · 14-01-2019 4:53pm

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

jeez, I so want a game of Civ now

That feeling when you unleash a horde of barbarians...

https://classicreload.com/civilization.html

Civilization 1 had no unit hitpoints and simplistic battle logic so you could occasionally see a battleship be sunk by a phalanx and things like that.

I really liked the introduction of strategic resources in civ 3. Then the hex grid in civ 5 or 6.

chrissb8 · 14-01-2019 5:00pm

Haha, I'll be honest. In my experience those I have seen whining about "Man Children" playing video games, wearing nerdy t-shirts etc.
are the lack of a better word, brainless. Usually the kind obsessed with what Kim K' weird alien proportioned bum has been seen covered in this time, eyebrows, Instagram "influencers", Kodaline, bottomless brunches, Posting updates of nothing really, posting lol updates about eating all the time/over thinking all the time (do not worry about that). Oh and watching Ru Paul's drag race because "Yassss queen I don't have a personality can I copy yours?"

Honestly I don't even care about what these stan smith wearing carbon copies are doing because y'know, everybody to their own. But if that's what you're interested in then don't even talk. At least video games have something which stimulates the mind. Rich narrative stories, unique worlds/universes etc.

Personally I don't play many of them as I think they can get very samey in their mechanics but just boxed up in a different package. But the ones I have played and made the time for have been amazing. For me the Last of us blew me away and couldn't believe I was crying at the end. But sure, I guess to that type everyone is at home being a loser with cheeto dust in every crevice of their person.

All this criticism and yet Game Of Thrones will be what they'll clamour on about when it comes back. Just solidifying the fact that these are the kind of person no one should be bothered about what they're thinking. Game on my friends, just don't let it become an unhealthy obsession like anything in life.

Noveight · 14-01-2019 5:05pm

The last game I gave a good chunk of time to was Uncharted 2. Really high quality, engrossing stuff.

Currently enjoying RDR2. Only get maybe an hour a week, but that's all I need.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 14-01-2019 5:55pm

Noveight wrote: »

The last game I gave a good chunk of time to was Uncharted 2. Really high quality, engrossing stuff.

Currently enjoying RDR2. Only get maybe an hour a week, but that's all I need.

It's going to take you yrs to finish it. :pac:

Rubberchikken · 14-01-2019 5:58pm

from my experience of drivers on our roads, im convibced a lot a gamers, especially Gta etc, and incapable of differentiating between reality and silly games.

14-01-2019 6:10pm

Rubberchikken wrote: »

from my experience of drivers on our roads, im convibced a lot a gamers, especially Gta etc, and incapable of differentiating between reality and silly games.

And yet our roads are safer than ever. If I were an infant, I would draw a parallel between that and the popularity of gaming, but I'm not.

goose2005 · 14-01-2019 6:14pm

It's time for this again:
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Doctor Jimbob · 14-01-2019 6:14pm

chrissb8 wrote: »

Haha, I'll be honest. In my experience those I have seen whining about "Man Children" playing video games, wearing nerdy t-shirts etc.
are the lack of a better word, brainless. Usually the kind obsessed with what Kim K' weird alien proportioned bum has been seen covered in this time, eyebrows, Instagram "influencers", Kodaline, bottomless brunches, Posting updates of nothing really, posting lol updates about eating all the time/over thinking all the time (do not worry about that). Oh and watching Ru Paul's drag race because "Yassss queen I don't have a personality can I copy yours?"

Honestly I don't even care about what these stan smith wearing carbon copies are doing because y'know, everybody to their own. But if that's what you're interested in then don't even talk. At least video games have something which stimulates the mind. Rich narrative stories, unique worlds/universes etc.

Personally I don't play many of them as I think they can get very samey in their mechanics but just boxed up in a different package. But the ones I have played and made the time for have been amazing. For me the Last of us blew me away and couldn't believe I was crying at the end. But sure, I guess to that type everyone is at home being a loser with cheeto dust in every crevice of their person.

All this criticism and yet Game Of Thrones will be what they'll clamour on about when it comes back. Just solidifying the fact that these are the kind of person no one should be bothered about what they're thinking. Game on my friends, just don't let it become an unhealthy obsession like anything in life.

Well done, you're making exactly the kind of generalisation about other people as some on this thread are about gamers.

Noveight · 14-01-2019 6:15pm

Rubberchikken wrote: »

from my experience of drivers on our roads, im convibced a lot a gamers, especially Gta etc, and incapable of differentiating between reality and silly games.

Yes.

Incorrect motorway lane usage is both a scourge in Ireland and San Andreas.

chrissb8 · 14-01-2019 6:38pm

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Well done, you're making exactly the kind of generalisation about other people as some on this thread are about gamers.

Talking about my experience though. If you read the first sentence. I could be entirely wrong but I don't think I am. Most people don't really care if you play video games but I find there is a kind of person who I've came across who balk at the idea of going to see a superhero film or anything deemed a bit "childish" aka anything sci fi, fantasy etc. related. Generally vaccuous types who are more obsessed about looks, what's in and what's not, who's hot who's not.

Then again they're not all like that. But commonly that's the kind of person I've seen who have had anything negative to say.

gctest50 · 14-01-2019 6:43pm

Rubberchikken wrote: »

from my experience of drivers on our roads, im convibced a lot a gamers, especially Gta etc, and incapable of differentiating between reality and silly games.

silly games ? Doctors who play a few hours a week can be far better

37% fewer errors !!!!!!!!!!

The primary outcome measures were compared between participants' laparoscopic skills and suturing capability, video game scores, and video game experience.

RESULTS:

Past video game play in excess of 3 h/wk correlated with 37% fewer errors (P<.02) and 27% faster completion (P<.03). Overall Top Gun score (time and errors) was 33% better (P<.005) for video game players and 42% better (P<.01) if they played more than 3 h/wk.

Current video game players made 32% fewer errors (P=.04), performed 24% faster (P<.04), and scored 26% better overall (time and errors) (P<.005) than their nonplaying colleagues

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17309970

..

Ariadne · 14-01-2019 6:52pm

Fred The Red wrote: »

Also known as a succubus :pac:

Were you talking about me? :pac:

Tazzimus · 14-01-2019 11:08pm

Noveight wrote: »

Yes.

Incorrect motorway lane usage is both a scourge in Ireland and San Andreas.

It's why I carry a rocket launcher in the car, those journeys on the M50 are such a pain with all the GTA drivers on it.

cml387 · 14-01-2019 11:32pm

So Mary's been banned eh?

Not surprised, this thread took the biscuit,speaking as a proud aged gamer who played doom on an old 386 pc we cobbled together from spare parts at work.

Currently gone fishin' in RDR

batgoat · 14-01-2019 11:33pm

cml387 wrote: »

So Mary's been banned eh?

Not surprised, this thread took the biscuit,speaking as a proud aged gamer who played doom on an old 386 pc we cobbled together from spare parts at work.

Currently gone fishin' in RDR

Still think Far Cry offers the best fishing experience.

pah · 14-01-2019 11:49pm

https://youtu.be/d8NlNNV5gF0

pah · 15-01-2019 1:21am

Sonic Youth wrote: »

.

I don't know, each to his own and all but I do think it's a bit sad adults playing computer games.

Simpsons fan, right?

Is it not a bit sad that you, as an adult watch cartoons?

Sonic Youth · 15-01-2019 1:24am

pah wrote: »

Simpsons fan, right?

Is it not a bit sad that you, as an adult watch cartoons?

Haven't watched the Simpsons in years since it went to hell.

Although I was just thinking of it today for some reason.

AtomicHorror · 15-01-2019 12:17pm

Sonic Youth wrote: »

Haven't watched the Simpsons in years since it went to hell.

Although I was just thinking of it today for some reason.

But you have, as an adult, watched and enjoyed cartoons frequently in the past?

Cee-Jay-Cee · 15-01-2019 12:27pm

Gamers aren't really adults, they're children stuck in grown-up bodies.

Man child video gamers

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