Video Games Make You Less Manly?

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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]Edevus wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]Edevus wrote:
A movie would be like WarGames…which is from 1983 wink

But now seriously, missing out something it depends on how the person is. There’s just too many factors to just state that someone is “missing out something if he doesn’t/didn’t do X”.

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interpersonal communication, nature and competition are all aspects of life everyone will face, whether they embrace it or not.

Hiding from any of it in an imaginary world sucks, plain and simple.[/quote]

So let people have it at its own pace. I’m not a fan of talking about random stuff in person with people I barely know. If I can avoid talking with people, I do so. By internet I can choose the topics, my own pace, etc.
Competition? Are you implying videogames have no competition? E-Sports are growing very fast.
[/quote]No offense but you would have been that weird kid on the block. I guess videogames are better than “magic” or “dungeons and dragons.”

E-sports equal lo fucking l. You can’t reset life and try again, punch in cheat codes or manipulate coding.
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I’m an introvert kind of person. When I go to this lounge to dance, most people sit and talk 80% of time, dance 20% of time. I dance 100% of time. I can’t be bothered to sit and talk. It’s just not my thing. (This is when I go alone, with girlfriend is different of course).

Ehm…I don’t think you know much about e-sports. I recommend you check how Starcraft Broodwar is doing in South Korea or Starcraft 2 around the world.
These guys are sometimes playing games for thousands of dollars of prizes.

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Ah, a quote that came to my mind now, somewhat related. I don’t remember where I read it, it was many years ago, but I found it very cute. It was something like :

“My grandfather is a vet from WWII, European front and during his life he was always a very active hunter. Now he’s retired and plays videogames…about hunting and killing nazis”.

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Video games are fine in healthy doses. People wasting their lives because they spend 8+ hours a day for weeks on end playing the same shit is what’s the problem. Shit, back when I was 14-16 I wasted 1000 hours playing GTA: San Andreas alone … looking back now I would of loved to learn how to pull a car apart and put it back together.

Today I’m playing catch up, although I do believe my problem solving skills are superior because of video games … which makes catch up a little easier.

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My junior year (fall semester) in college, I played and finished “Descent”- the real first “no gravity” 3-axis game. I got a 4.0 that semester.

Game gave me nightmares and the soundtrack is still creepy. I remember catching myself trying to peek around corners on the screen (obviously futile).

Ever go to the beach and surf/body-surf/boogie-board all day and get tumbled around, then you go home to sleep and you keep waking up because you feel like you’re getting tumbled? That’s what it was like at the time.

I’ve dreamed a lot of maps and landscapes over the years. lol.

Played a lot of “BoogerMan” that year, too.

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[quote]SteelyD wrote:
My junior year (fall semester) in college, I played and finished “Descent”- the real first “no gravity” 3-axis game. I got a 4.0 that semester.

Game gave me nightmares and the soundtrack is still creepy. I remember catching myself trying to peek around corners on the screen (obviously futile).

Ever go to the beach and surf/body-surf/boogie-board all day and get tumbled around, then you go home to sleep and you keep waking up because you feel like you’re getting tumbled? That’s what it was like at the time.

I’ve dreamed a lot of maps and landscapes over the years. lol.

Played a lot of “BoogerMan” that year, too.[/quote]

I used to have dreams of both Tomb Raider and God of War. It was usually after getting to some level with a puzzle that stumped me at first. It was like my mind wouldn’t let it go. The funny thing is, when that happened, I always solved the puzzle next time I played it.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:
My junior year (fall semester) in college, I played and finished “Descent”- the real first “no gravity” 3-axis game. I got a 4.0 that semester.

Game gave me nightmares and the soundtrack is still creepy. I remember catching myself trying to peek around corners on the screen (obviously futile).

Ever go to the beach and surf/body-surf/boogie-board all day and get tumbled around, then you go home to sleep and you keep waking up because you feel like you’re getting tumbled? That’s what it was like at the time.

I’ve dreamed a lot of maps and landscapes over the years. lol.

Played a lot of “BoogerMan” that year, too.[/quote]

I used to have dreams of both Tomb Raider and God of War. It was usually after getting to some level with a puzzle that stumped me at first. It was like my mind wouldn’t let it go. The funny thing is, when that happened, I always solved the puzzle next time I played it.[/quote]when this happens in a mind concentrating on real life issues, the “collective subconcious” often reveals insight with real value. Just saying.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:
My junior year (fall semester) in college, I played and finished “Descent”- the real first “no gravity” 3-axis game. I got a 4.0 that semester.

Game gave me nightmares and the soundtrack is still creepy. I remember catching myself trying to peek around corners on the screen (obviously futile).

Ever go to the beach and surf/body-surf/boogie-board all day and get tumbled around, then you go home to sleep and you keep waking up because you feel like you’re getting tumbled? That’s what it was like at the time.

I’ve dreamed a lot of maps and landscapes over the years. lol.

Played a lot of “BoogerMan” that year, too.[/quote]

I used to have dreams of both Tomb Raider and God of War. It was usually after getting to some level with a puzzle that stumped me at first. It was like my mind wouldn’t let it go. The funny thing is, when that happened, I always solved the puzzle next time I played it.[/quote]

I’ve had “Tomb Raider” dreams, too, but I think they had more to do with titties than levels.

Amazing that the brain cranks away at puzzles, creativity, and other problem solving during sleep.

Would be a fascinating study to somehow compare brain activity during sleep after, say, a movie of particular genre (action, horror, romance, etc), video game of similar genre, and reading a similar genre. Maybe it’s been done.

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[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:
My junior year (fall semester) in college, I played and finished “Descent”- the real first “no gravity” 3-axis game. I got a 4.0 that semester.

Game gave me nightmares and the soundtrack is still creepy. I remember catching myself trying to peek around corners on the screen (obviously futile).

Ever go to the beach and surf/body-surf/boogie-board all day and get tumbled around, then you go home to sleep and you keep waking up because you feel like you’re getting tumbled? That’s what it was like at the time.

I’ve dreamed a lot of maps and landscapes over the years. lol.

Played a lot of “BoogerMan” that year, too.[/quote]

I used to have dreams of both Tomb Raider and God of War. It was usually after getting to some level with a puzzle that stumped me at first. It was like my mind wouldn’t let it go. The funny thing is, when that happened, I always solved the puzzle next time I played it.[/quote]

I’ve had “Tomb Raider” dreams, too, but I think they had more to do with titties than levels.

Amazing that the brain cranks away at puzzles, creativity, and other problem solving during sleep.

Would be a fascinating study to somehow compare brain activity during sleep after, say, a movie of particular genre (action, horror, romance, etc), video game of similar genre, and reading a similar genre. Maybe it’s been done.[/quote] lots of brainwave studies out there. Alpha waves, beta, theta… Theanine in tea alters brainwave patterns.

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Won’t let me edit but look up “infinite mind, science of the human vibrations of concsiousness” can’t think of author. Oh shit dreams and brainwaves are off topic! But who cares, its ok cuz you guys are involved this time right? Jk, who cares. Good book for your curiosity, steely.

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I know you guys googled collective sub-conscious, theanine and infinite mind. You’re welcome.

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I actually pay attention to my dreams. Sometimes I feel subconscious anxiety caused from doing something I don’t like or because I have an inner fight about doing something or not. This causes me to have dreams about natural disasters, war or just me killing people, although most times it’s in self-defense.

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[quote]Edevus wrote:
I actually pay attention to my dreams. Sometimes I feel subconscious anxiety caused from doing something I don’t like or because I have an inner fight about doing something or not. This causes me to have dreams about natural disasters, war or just me killing people, although most times it’s in self-defense.

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I have a book you may like, can’t think of the title. Will pm you when I get back to the casa mucho later. Unless of course this thread is still on brainwaves.

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[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:
My junior year (fall semester) in college, I played and finished “Descent”- the real first “no gravity” 3-axis game. I got a 4.0 that semester.

Game gave me nightmares and the soundtrack is still creepy. I remember catching myself trying to peek around corners on the screen (obviously futile).

Ever go to the beach and surf/body-surf/boogie-board all day and get tumbled around, then you go home to sleep and you keep waking up because you feel like you’re getting tumbled? That’s what it was like at the time.

I’ve dreamed a lot of maps and landscapes over the years. lol.

Played a lot of “BoogerMan” that year, too.[/quote]

I used to have dreams of both Tomb Raider and God of War. It was usually after getting to some level with a puzzle that stumped me at first. It was like my mind wouldn’t let it go. The funny thing is, when that happened, I always solved the puzzle next time I played it.[/quote]

I’ve had “Tomb Raider” dreams, too, but I think they had more to do with titties than levels.

Amazing that the brain cranks away at puzzles, creativity, and other problem solving during sleep.

Would be a fascinating study to somehow compare brain activity during sleep after, say, a movie of particular genre (action, horror, romance, etc), video game of similar genre, and reading a similar genre. Maybe it’s been done.[/quote]

X and Steely did you guys play Portal 1 and 2? Talk about the best puzzle game. You can actually play co-op online was a blast.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:
My junior year (fall semester) in college, I played and finished “Descent”- the real first “no gravity” 3-axis game. I got a 4.0 that semester.

Game gave me nightmares and the soundtrack is still creepy. I remember catching myself trying to peek around corners on the screen (obviously futile).

Ever go to the beach and surf/body-surf/boogie-board all day and get tumbled around, then you go home to sleep and you keep waking up because you feel like you’re getting tumbled? That’s what it was like at the time.

I’ve dreamed a lot of maps and landscapes over the years. lol.

Played a lot of “BoogerMan” that year, too.[/quote]

I used to have dreams of both Tomb Raider and God of War. It was usually after getting to some level with a puzzle that stumped me at first. It was like my mind wouldn’t let it go. The funny thing is, when that happened, I always solved the puzzle next time I played it.[/quote]

Same here BIG reason why I loved the Raider and GOW series is the puzzle solving.

How do you feel about the Raider reboot?

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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]Edevus wrote:
I actually pay attention to my dreams. Sometimes I feel subconscious anxiety caused from doing something I don’t like or because I have an inner fight about doing something or not. This causes me to have dreams about natural disasters, war or just me killing people, although most times it’s in self-defense.

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I have a book you may like, can’t think of the title. Will pm you when I get back to the casa mucho later. Unless of course this thread is still on brainwaves.[/quote]

Please do so. I’m very interested in all about dreaming, I think it’s a quite cool topic.

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:
My junior year (fall semester) in college, I played and finished “Descent”- the real first “no gravity” 3-axis game. I got a 4.0 that semester.

Game gave me nightmares and the soundtrack is still creepy. I remember catching myself trying to peek around corners on the screen (obviously futile).

Ever go to the beach and surf/body-surf/boogie-board all day and get tumbled around, then you go home to sleep and you keep waking up because you feel like you’re getting tumbled? That’s what it was like at the time.

I’ve dreamed a lot of maps and landscapes over the years. lol.

Played a lot of “BoogerMan” that year, too.[/quote]

I used to have dreams of both Tomb Raider and God of War. It was usually after getting to some level with a puzzle that stumped me at first. It was like my mind wouldn’t let it go. The funny thing is, when that happened, I always solved the puzzle next time I played it.[/quote]

I’ve had “Tomb Raider” dreams, too, but I think they had more to do with titties than levels.

Amazing that the brain cranks away at puzzles, creativity, and other problem solving during sleep.

Would be a fascinating study to somehow compare brain activity during sleep after, say, a movie of particular genre (action, horror, romance, etc), video game of similar genre, and reading a similar genre. Maybe it’s been done.[/quote]

X and Steely did you guys play Portal 1 and 2? Talk about the best puzzle game. You can actually play co-op online was a blast.[/quote]

Never played them. I’ll look them up now though.

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[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]SteelyD wrote:
My junior year (fall semester) in college, I played and finished “Descent”- the real first “no gravity” 3-axis game. I got a 4.0 that semester.

Game gave me nightmares and the soundtrack is still creepy. I remember catching myself trying to peek around corners on the screen (obviously futile).

Ever go to the beach and surf/body-surf/boogie-board all day and get tumbled around, then you go home to sleep and you keep waking up because you feel like you’re getting tumbled? That’s what it was like at the time.

I’ve dreamed a lot of maps and landscapes over the years. lol.

Played a lot of “BoogerMan” that year, too.[/quote]

I used to have dreams of both Tomb Raider and God of War. It was usually after getting to some level with a puzzle that stumped me at first. It was like my mind wouldn’t let it go. The funny thing is, when that happened, I always solved the puzzle next time I played it.[/quote]

I’ve had “Tomb Raider” dreams, too, but I think they had more to do with titties than levels.

Amazing that the brain cranks away at puzzles, creativity, and other problem solving during sleep.

Would be a fascinating study to somehow compare brain activity during sleep after, say, a movie of particular genre (action, horror, romance, etc), video game of similar genre, and reading a similar genre. Maybe it’s been done.[/quote]

X and Steely did you guys play Portal 1 and 2? Talk about the best puzzle game. You can actually play co-op online was a blast.[/quote]

Never played them. I’ll look them up now though.[/quote]

Portal one was a bonus game at the end of Half Life, Portal 2 was a stand alone game.

It is first person BUT you do not “fight” shoot at people. All you have is a “portal” gun that allows you to travel from one section to another. Trick is learning how to get through areas and over obstacles etc.

I think you would really enjoy it.

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::::::::::::confession time::::::::::::::

when super mario bros came out, I would play with my kids, who were 4 & 6, and we had alot of fun.

then they started beating me.

then they started making fun of me.

then they would flip a coin, and the loser would waste his time playing with me.

then…they started offering up instructions, and would coach me, while slowing down their game.

it was very demeaning.

Then, we got Madden - and I routinely would have my ass handed to me by my then 9 and 11 year old kids.

and it was a repeat of above.

Then, we got Xbox, and Halo was our universe.

and it was a repeat of above.

does anyone see a pattern?

Look, my kids have both finished thier undergrad degrees, are working on post-grad work while working full time, I am sure that Vid games did not damage them or inhibit their ability to interact with others.

but it did give them the opportunity to look upon dear old dad as a useless fuck.

feel better SSC?

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For a surprisingly addictive kids’ puzzle/adventure game (3rd person), get a (free) account at “PopTropica”. Fun, stupid little game. Kids love it. I’m as excited as them when a new map comes out.

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[quote]Edgy wrote:
::::::::::::confession time::::::::::::::

when super mario bros came out, I would play with my kids, who were 4 & 6, and we had alot of fun.

then they started beating me.

then they started making fun of me.

then they would flip a coin, and the loser would waste his time playing with me.

then…they started offering up instructions, and would coach me, while slowing down their game.

it was very demeaning.

Then, we got Madden - and I routinely would have my ass handed to me by my then 9 and 11 year old kids.

and it was a repeat of above.

Then, we got Xbox, and Halo was our universe.

and it was a repeat of above.

does anyone see a pattern?

Look, my kids have both finished thier undergrad degrees, are working on post-grad work while working full time, I am sure that Vid games did not damage them or inhibit their ability to interact with others.

but it did give them the opportunity to look upon dear old dad as a useless fuck.

feel better SSC?[/quote]

Sorry Edgy, I can see how you are now bitter.

It will be okay…

Not really.

I get this same thing when I play online I routinely get my ass kicked.

I dont play online anymore.