Man child video gamers

pah · 15-01-2019 12:30pm

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

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

I'm a lesbian, trapped in a mans body

15-01-2019 12:50pm

AtomicHorror wrote: »

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

Ah he hasn’t watched it in years.
He’s 18 now give him a break.

AtomicHorror · 15-01-2019 12:52pm

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

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

The world makes a lot more sense when you accept that this applies to all people.

pah · 15-01-2019 12:52pm

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Ah he hasn’t watched it in years.
He’s 18 now give him a break.

But, but, but....those cartoons are for adults

15-01-2019 12:57pm

cml387 wrote: »

So Mary's been banned eh?

Not surprised,

I’m distraught at this news.
Genuinely thought she was a cracking burd.

super_furry · 15-01-2019 1:01pm

So that's videogames, nurses and razor adverts on the After Hours whinge list today. Am I missing anything else?

batgoat · 15-01-2019 1:02pm

super_furry wrote: »

So that's videogames, nurses and razor adverts on the After Hours whinge list today. Am I missing anything else?

The Romans, what have they ever done for us?

Doctor Jimbob · 15-01-2019 1:05pm

batgoat wrote: »

Still think Far Cry offers the best fishing experience.

I read this three times as Fair City.

greenspurs · 15-01-2019 1:11pm

super_furry wrote: »

So that's videogames, nurses and razor adverts on the After Hours whinge list today. Am I missing anything else?

Cyclist V Motorists is there too !!

Pac1Man · 15-01-2019 2:08pm

Well while you were all drinking with friends and looking for all of the vaginas, I spent the evening hanging off Zeus' ball sack.

So who's the loser now?

Maximus Alexander · 15-01-2019 3:39pm

I'd love to go out and meet girls but my parents only put 2 points in my CHA attribute when they spawned me.

h0neybadger · 15-01-2019 4:32pm

34. male. have 15 yr old son.
Have a house. A job. Steady income. Happy relationship with partner.
Usual 2-3 holidays a year.
Have a car.
A car loan.
I watch TV. Movies.
I go to the gym 3 times a week.
Weekends, I see friends, family, do outdoor stuff.

All normal so far yeah?

2-3 nights a week, I play computer games. I even got a Oculus Rift for Christmas.
I look like a prat when playing it.
I play all sorts of games. I've spent about €3,000 on my PC in the last 3 years.
But it's the most fun I've had in years playing games.

I'm happy.
Very happy.

Still normal right?? right?

pah · 15-01-2019 4:57pm

h0neybadger wrote: »

34. male. have 15 yr old son.
Have a house. A job. Steady income. Happy relationship with partner.
Usual 2-3 holidays a year.
Have a car.
A car loan.
I watch TV. Movies.
I go to the gym 3 times a week.
Weekends, I see friends, family, do outdoor stuff.

All normal so far yeah?

2-3 nights a week, I play computer games. I even got a Oculus Rift for Christmas.
I look like a prat when playing it.
I play all sorts of games. I've spent about €3,000 on my PC in the last 3 years.
But it's the most fun I've had in years playing games.

I'm happy.
Very happy.

Still normal right?? right?

Weirdo!

Hercule Poirot · 15-01-2019 8:23pm

h0neybadger wrote: »

34. male. have 15 yr old son.
Have a house. A job. Steady income. Happy relationship with partner.
Usual 2-3 holidays a year.
Have a car.
A car loan.
I watch TV. Movies.
I go to the gym 3 times a week.
Weekends, I see friends, family, do outdoor stuff.

All normal so far yeah?

2-3 nights a week, I play computer games. I even got a Oculus Rift for Christmas.
I look like a prat when playing it.
I play all sorts of games. I've spent about €3,000 on my PC in the last 3 years.
But it's the most fun I've had in years playing games.

I'm happy.
Very happy.

Still normal right?? right?

The Rift is like sooo last year, you wannabe poser noob!

15-01-2019 9:11pm

h0neybadger wrote: »

34. male. have 15 yr old son.
Have a house. A job. Steady income. Happy relationship with partner.
Usual 2-3 holidays a year.
Have a car.
A car loan.
I watch TV. Movies.
I go to the gym 3 times a week.
Weekends, I see friends, family, do outdoor stuff.

All normal so far yeah?

2-3 nights a week, I play computer games. I even got a Oculus Rift for Christmas.
I look like a prat when playing it.
I play all sorts of games. I've spent about €3,000 on my PC in the last 3 years.
But it's the most fun I've had in years playing games.

I'm happy.
Very happy.

Still normal right?? right?

Space Cadet.

Sonic Youth · 15-01-2019 9:14pm

AtomicHorror wrote: »

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

I have been known to enjoy some Beavis and Butthead.

14-03-2019 2:06pm

Seems April 1st is coming early this year! At least I hope it is!

Will anyone be making use of the "Aldi Teatime Takedown" campaign?

Apparently to "help" parents get their kids off the games console and down for dinner - Aldi have hired a crack team of gamers.

Parents have to reveal their kids gamer tag* - their online identity - to this crack team of gamers who will then all stalk the kid and make their life hell in the game by beating them and essentially harassing and bullying and targetting them.

The goal being to make the kid rage quit the games and happily meander down for a friendly and cordial family dinner.

*Please note, by submitting your child’s gamer tag, you’re giving our elite squad of professional gamer’s permission to request to join your child’s game via the platform

Deebles McBeebles · 14-03-2019 2:21pm

Amazing. Can't wait for the law suit when one of their "crack team" turns out to be a paedo.

14-03-2019 2:24pm

^ Well I am assuming it is an early joke and not real. As it seems to ridiculous to be real. Plus the "sign up" button simply links to a Facebook thread which kinda suggests it is a joke to me.

I suppose since they are asking for the kids "Gamer Tag" there is a risk someone taking it seriously will post that tag on that Face Book thread and broadcast it to every Pedo in the UK.

But so far no one has done that it seems which means either A) no one has missed the joke or

they have constant moderation deleting people who do do that.

15-03-2019 8:39am

Wtf is the hysteria about pedos? They can just go online anyways. Why would they directly link it to their job?

It must be a joke, though. Highly weird that they give guides for PS, Xbox, and ..... Twitch??

15-03-2019 8:54am

^ Yea I love the bit in the Twitch section where they say "Ask their permission". That gave me a laugh.

Sgt Hartman · 15-03-2019 9:03am

One of my big regrets in life was spending too much time on video games in my 20's and early 30's and not enough time actually planning for my future. Otherwise I'd have my own place by now. It's only in the last two years that I've finally started to get my a$$ in gear and start planning properly for my future. The phrase "young and dumb" comes to mind

15-03-2019 11:53am

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

One of my big regrets in life was spending too much time on video games in my 20's and early 30's and not enough time actually planning for my future. Otherwise I'd have my own place by now. It's only in the last two years that I've finally started to get my a$$ in gear and start planning properly for my future. The phrase "young and dumb" comes to mind

I'm interested in how you've pinned it so much on gaming.. Were you unemployed because of it or spending all your money on them?

Sgt Hartman · 15-03-2019 12:33pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm interested in how you've pinned it so much on gaming.. Were you unemployed because of it or spending all your money on them?

I wasn't unemployed but I was spending quite a lot of money and time on them when I should have invested in a mortgage/car/other projects instead.
I'm not knocking gamers, I just think that when it comes to other things in life,games should never be one of your first priorities unless you plan some sort of career in gaming.

jimgoose · 15-03-2019 12:44pm

If this is real, it is one of the weirdest and most bone-headed moves by a company that I have seen for a while. The gaming folks are reacting, too - from Twitter:

"Is your kid's rugby practice getting in the way of your weekends? We'll send in the Samoan International side to crush them so badly they'll abandon their hobby for good"

:pac::pac::pac:

orourkeda1977 · 15-03-2019 12:47pm

I'm not a gamer and never was.

However, I see no harm in anyone enjoying a hobby like this. It's relatively harmless. If youre an unemployed alcoholic who plays world of warcraft for 15 hous a day in their basement then we have an issue.

Relikk · 15-03-2019 12:49pm

As long as it never harmed anyone else, you should never regret anything that you did in the past that you enjoyed doing at the time.

Jerichoholic · 15-03-2019 12:59pm

I fail to see how playing a game is somehow seen as worse than watching 'Dancing with the Stars' every week and spending money to vote on it.

Gaming isn't that stupid.

15-03-2019 1:01pm

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

I wasn't umemployed but I was spending quite a lot of money and time on them when I should have invested in a mortgage/car/other projects instead.
I'm not knocking gamers, I just think that when it comes to other things in life,games should never be one of your first priorities unless you plan some sort of career in gaming.

Fair enough if you feel that way, but as someone else said, if you enjoyed it, you shouldn't regret it.

Everyone wastes time doing x, y and z. Very few maximise their time and be productive for years on end.

highgiant1985 · 15-03-2019 1:03pm

Jerichoholic wrote: »

I fail to see how playing a game is somehow seen as worse than watching 'Dancing with the Stars' every week and spending money to vote on it.

Gaming isn't that stupid.

exactly! I'm a man child gamer. As well as the X-Box, I also play pokemon go and go to comic conventions every year (I've been to San Diego & New York Comic Con in the last few years and heading again this year).

I also have a lot of responsibilities with a good job, mortgage, car and girlfriend. It's all about balance.

15-03-2019 1:09pm

Jerichoholic wrote: »

I fail to see how playing a game is somehow seen as worse than watching 'Dancing with the Stars' every week and spending money to vote on it.

Gaming isn't that stupid.

My girlfriend is getting doing more exercise that ever before because of Beat Saber, a VR game where you slash light sabers through boxes set to music. Like Guitar Hero but your whole body.

It's amazing really. She isn't a gamer one bit, but this one has hooked her.

A video of a very good player:

We can do most of that one now.

topper75 · 15-03-2019 1:11pm

highgiant1985 wrote: »

exactly! I'm a man child gamer. As well as the X-Box, I also play pokemon go and go to comic conventions every year (I've been to San Diego & New York Comic Con in the last few years and heading again this year).

I also have a lot of responsibilities with a good job, mortgage, car and girlfriend. It's all about balance.

You are unwittingly doing the entire world a great favour by being you.

I have no interest in these things you listed, but homogeneity is something that would destroy this world. Resist it at every turn.

Jerichoholic · 15-03-2019 1:13pm

Deleted User wrote: »

My girlfriend is getting doing more exercise that ever before because of Beat Saber, a VR game where you slash light sabers through boxes set to music. Like Guitar Hero but your whole body.

It's amazing really. She isn't a gamer one bit, but this one has hooked her.

A video of a very good player:

We can do most of that one now.

What use is it though if there isn't some camp lad to judge you at the end and say something outrageous?

15-03-2019 2:17pm

Jerichoholic wrote: »

What use is it though if there isn't some camp lad to judge you at the end and say something outrageous?

Tis' true. Uninstalling now.

Canis Lupus · 15-03-2019 2:18pm

Deleted User wrote: »

My girlfriend is getting doing more exercise that ever before because of Beat Saber, a VR game where you slash light sabers through boxes set to music. Like Guitar Hero but your whole body.

It's amazing really. She isn't a gamer one bit, but this one has hooked her.

A video of a very good player:

We can do most of that one now.

I can only imagine how ret...... dumb people look playing that game. It must look like a **** competition.

15-03-2019 2:51pm

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I can only imagine how ret...... dumb people look playing that game. It must look like a **** competition.

Aye, it's funny as hell to be honest. But everyone who's tried it has forgotten that within 5 seconds of starting to play.

It's gone down great with a lot of people who have come over specifically to try it. Most are wanting to get VR because of it, and these are all in their 30s and 40s, and not big gamers. It doesn't "feel" like a game cause you're right in that world, surrounded by it, and you have to hit those damned boxes to keep the music going.

Hobosan · 15-03-2019 3:46pm

There are people that have finished Dark Souls in one play through without taking damage.

If you put that on your CV, people would probably be less inclined to hire you. Imagine Neil Armstrong going to a job interview and his moon holiday being a black mark against him.

I think what must really grate with people is the lack of fanfare gamers have in their achievements. Give a tiny few exceptional actors metal trophies and money for their equally productive careers, parade them in the media, and suddenly film and television are a mature form of entertainment.

To even assume it's possible to beat Dark Souls without taking damage, let alone that you will be the one to do it, would be considered certifiably insane if people knew what you were attempting.

Derision of video games is hilarious. To video game enthusiasts, you may as well be going around scoffing at the Sistine Chapel. You come across as a buffoon and your criticism only serves to highlight your own failings.

gmisk · 15-03-2019 4:00pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Aye, it's funny as hell to be honest. But everyone who's tried it has forgotten that within 5 seconds of starting to play.

It's gone down great with a lot of people who have come over specifically to try it. Most are wanting to get VR because of it, and these are all in their 30s and 40s, and not big gamers. It doesn't "feel" like a game cause you're right in that world, surrounded by it, and you have to hit those damned boxes to keep the music going.

That looks like a lot of fun!
I can definitely see the appeal.

I remember getting a wii, I think my parents spent more time playing it than me, seeing my mum beat my dad constantly at golf was hilarious especially as my dad is in single figures handicap wise.

My last console was probably a wii or PS2, but I got an XBox one maybe a year or so ago I love it, I maybe play for a couple of hours max a week but it is a great stress relief for me.

Its kind of amazing to see the growth of esports recently as well, I wouldnt get the appeal of watching someone else play a computer game but hey whatever floats your boat.

WarpAsylum · 15-03-2019 4:11pm

Hobosan wrote: »

Derision of video games is hilarious. To video game enthusiasts, you may as well be going around scoffing at the Sistine Chapel. You come across as a buffoon and your criticism only serves to highlight your own failings.

QTF

AllForIt · 15-03-2019 4:45pm

Lost my interest in video games a long time ago although I do play retro games on the odd occasion - for the nostalgia. No problem with any adult playing video games although having said that when someone on a dating app says they are a big gamer and brags about it puts me right off.

EmmetSpiceland · 15-03-2019 4:45pm

Hobosan wrote: »

Derision of video games is hilarious. To video game enthusiasts, you may as well be going around scoffing at the Sistine Chapel. You come across as a buffoon and your criticism only serves to highlight your own failings.

Do people deride the video games themselves? I thought everyone was of the opinion that they are getting better and better. The stories more complicated and challenging, the violence more graphic and real.

I think the issue some people have is with their promotion and facilitation of a sedentary life for children. And indeed man children. Parents can at least try to control what their children eat if they cannot prise them from the computer. With grown men that isn’t possible so they can just sit for hours on end gorging on crisps, chocolate, and fizzy minerals.

Those of us who can remember playing Pong and the like can only be impressed by the standards of computer games today but I shudder to think how my own life would have gone had shut myself away playing them all day.

JohnnyFlash · 15-03-2019 5:42pm

I have a young fella who was getting far too immersed in computer gaming. He lives with his Mother, but I'm doing my best in trying to be a Father to the lad. Got fairly serious at one stage - he was up until 2 or 3 playing the Playstation, and then trying to go into school the next day.

Not the easiest situation, but we've managed to change things for the better. He was hopelessly addicted; and, as parents, we have to keep an eye on that. Ended up pretty much lifting him out of bed to go to hurling training. His favorite sport as a young teenager. He won't ever be lifting Liam, but I'm so happy to see him back out playing competitive sport. Huge difference in the young fella. You don't get a manual for dealing with them.

quokula · 15-03-2019 5:48pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Do people deride the video games themselves? I thought everyone was of the opinion that they are getting better and better. The stories more complicated and challenging, the violence more graphic and real.

I think the issue some people have is with their promotion and facilitation of a sedentary life for children. And indeed man children. Parents can at least try to control what their children eat if they cannot prise them from the computer. With grown men that isn’t possible so they can just sit for hours on end gorging on crisps, chocolate, and fizzy minerals.

Those of us who can remember playing Pong and the like can only be impressed by the standards of computer games today but I shudder to think how my own life would have gone had shut myself away playing them all day.

None of those criticisms apply to computer games any more than they apply to TV, movies, books, many arts and crafts etc. There are a great many hobbies that involve sitting down indoors.

Roger Hassenforder · 15-03-2019 5:50pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I think the issue some people have is with their promotion and facilitation of a sedentary life for children. And indeed man children. Parents can at least try to control what their children eat if they cannot prise them from the computer. With grown men that isn’t possible so they can just sit for hours on end gorging on crisps, chocolate, and fizzy minerals.

Ah here
I can sit for hours playing PUBG with only carrot sticks with an organic humus dip, and Evian mineral water.
I save my crisps, chocolate, and fizzy minerals for the more energetic activity of watching TV

Jerichoholic · 15-03-2019 6:30pm

Two packages of Tayto and a fizzy mineral please 1950's shopkeeper.

Giveaway · 15-03-2019 8:55pm

anybody up for re-creating the antics of grand theft auto in real life?

Jerichoholic · 15-03-2019 8:58pm

Giveaway wrote: »

anybody up for re-creating the antics of grand theft auto in real life?

Just as soon as I'm finished re-creating the antics of Love/Hate

CalamariFritti · 15-03-2019 8:59pm

The girlfriend is out tonight with her friends and its going to be a serious battlefront session in a few minutes.

Blueshoe · 15-03-2019 9:02pm

Jerichoholic wrote: »

Just as soon as I'm finished re-creating the antics of Love/Hate

I'm on a Coronation Street buzz myself. Steve McDonald is getting a slap

Giveaway · 15-03-2019 9:03pm

so you are all too busy with your pre computer games moral hysterias to help me create a daily mail headline? Boards I am so disappointed in you

Man child video gamers

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