Bullseye

Nov 20 2004, 06:57 AM

I Totaly disagree.
What else is there to do in your free time ?
Surfing x-rated pictures ?
Origami ?
Gardening ?
No thanks ....... i'll stick to gaming anytime.

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Ryoga

Dec 4 2004, 08:01 AM

I love video games. I am young, have a life, and like video games. As long as im not completely antisocial, whats the big deal? :-D

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TempKnight

Dec 5 2004, 02:01 AM

its true... video games are awsome no matter which way u look at em


but! i do know where hes coming from

video games while being fun and sometimes CAN be a waste of time.while some games are educational others are just time burners meaning they dont really accomplish anything just giving you a fun time

but thats what video games are supposed to do,right? thats a little flaw in video games TINY flaw but over all Video games do rock

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MechVegita

May 7 2005, 03:59 PM

No gaming is not waste of time 1 because I create video games from Rpg maker 2003 its awesome allows you to create games but on the other hand I don't play to many games,I am addicted to grand theift auto san andreas(may have misspelled it)but I like alot of fighting and hellish games there so awesome.


Gaming is not a waste of time.

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marionfanss

May 7 2005, 03:43 PM

There are lots of things that are considered a waste of time. Gaming being one of them. But if you look at it in the "intellectual" way (not the way I look at it, I play games just to have fun), you can learn from gaming. Games like Warcraft (I don't like it but my brother plays it all the time) or Age Of The Empires help you learning. Because since they're strategy games, you work your brain a lot. And in some games, again Age Of The Empires, you learn a little bit of history. I think I learned more playing that game than in 10 classes of history class. Honestly.
I think it depends on the way you look at it. Of course you won't learn anything from PacMan... Or Quake 3 to say a game that's more of this time. But I'll tell you something about Quake 3: It brought me and my brother together. Not only that game, but all of multiplayer games and even some single player games. It's because we have this something to do together.
And even if games don't bring you closer to your brother or make you enjoy history, I don't think there's anything wrong on doing something in your free time that you enjoy. But opinions are opinions and all the opinions have my respect

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Trystim

May 7 2005, 01:41 PM

I respect your opinion on gaming and hence that is why we are the human race and allowed to have opinions.

But I have to say I myself would rather do something with a game on the pc/ps2/xbox and or any other system because 99% of the time it is more stimulating then the crap they put on the babysitter now a days aka the television.

The MMO's out there for PC's encourage interaction with out human beings and stimulate the mind and make you think about your actions as far as building a strategy. Some of the pc games like RTS's and such do the same. The web games from various sites may not encourage as much along those lines but are nice time killers while say chatting with friends on various messengers.

I myself also have a life and play 3 different MMO's and looking forward to adding a 4th to the list when the release of dungeons and dragons online is released. To go out and deal with the public anymore is almost more of a pain then it is worth being that the population is becoming more increasingly overwhelmed with stupidity which irritates me to no end.

Again though I find successful mind stimulation and social interaction with many people in the MMO's kind of fulfilling to an extent granted it isn't a physical interaction of flesh to flesh / face to face type of thing but it still creates an interaction that is beyond being ignored.

Hope you can sometime find a way to change your views but again your entitled to your opinion.

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Luigi

May 7 2005, 12:01 PM

I don't think Videogames are really a waste of time. They are great for when you have free time and you want to have some fun and just chill out, it's just like listening to music or watching a film. Some games even teach you interesting things, like about the military, and other such stuff.

In the end, it is your own opinion, so you are entitled to it, but i can't help but disagree with you.

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PingGolferS59

May 5 2005, 03:09 AM

Hello,
Gaming is not a waste a time well I guess it depends on how much you game. I got to school from 6:30 till 2:35 then after school I have athletics till 5:00 then I come home and do my homework. So in my free time I do play video games and I don't think it is a waste of time. Now if you skip school to play video games or come home from school and play games till you go back to bed I think that is ridiculous. Wouln't that just get boring after a while? Now some games are just stupid and they don't teach you anything like cartoon games and crap. Now some games like war games teaches you how the army works and how they use the weapons and what it would be like if you were in the situation. So is gaming a waste of time? I guess it's just how you look at it.

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