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Being an ex drug addict does NOT make you a fucking expert on how the brain forms chemical and psychological dependencies. Video games are ONLY capable of forming the latter, and even then, it's not an epidemic, it's in single case scenarios where the people who are being hooked already have significant problems that they use the games to escape from. If you're in good psychological health, the demons from video game land can't steal your soul.
AND WHAT THE FUCK IS "PHYSICAL ADDICTION"!?
AND WHAT THE FUCK IS "PHYSICAL ADDICTION"!?
Gee, another DRUG ADDICT-gone-clean that now seems to think he knows whats best for everyone.....I've never met one of those. Fox News needs to give this man his own show.
Based on my survival through countless hours of gaming, I have come to the conclusion that I am a fucking Highlander. That can be the only reason!
*looks for his "Princes of the Universe" 7" maxi single
*looks for his "Princes of the Universe" 7" maxi single
Great, video games turn people into rapist AND will slowly kill you? I never realized what a dangerous industry this is.
He should know about cocaine, he snorted the shit. But that doesn't give him the authority to compare it to gaming. "Hey, everyone! I blew 7-8 years of my life becoming a psychologist so that people will listen to my opinions." How presumptuous of you, MR Pope. Fuck this punk.
@Jim
Tell me, under that brilliant paint job, is that pompous bastard making a smug little weasel face? Judging by the pretentious way he's nibbling on the end of his glasses, I'll wager he is. Whaddacunt.
Tell me, under that brilliant paint job, is that pompous bastard making a smug little weasel face? Judging by the pretentious way he's nibbling on the end of his glasses, I'll wager he is. Whaddacunt.
Some stories are just so absurdly stupid that I can't even think of something funny to say about them.
This is one of those stories.
This is one of those stories.
2 hours of gaming = 1 line of Cocaine
1 Line of Cocaine = 5% of a gram
1 Gram of Cocaine = 60 dollars
Average 60 dollar game has 20 hours of gameplay
2 hours of gaming is 10 percent of 60 dollars
10 percent of 60 dollars is 6 Dollars!
5 percent of 60 dollars is 3 Dollars!
So 2 hours of gaming costs 6 Dollars while 1 Line of Cocaine = 3 Dollars!
So logically the psychologist is telling us to stop wasting our money on gaming and start spending it wisely on cocaine!
Awesome! Party at Jims!
1 Line of Cocaine = 5% of a gram
1 Gram of Cocaine = 60 dollars
Average 60 dollar game has 20 hours of gameplay
2 hours of gaming is 10 percent of 60 dollars
10 percent of 60 dollars is 6 Dollars!
5 percent of 60 dollars is 3 Dollars!
So 2 hours of gaming costs 6 Dollars while 1 Line of Cocaine = 3 Dollars!
So logically the psychologist is telling us to stop wasting our money on gaming and start spending it wisely on cocaine!
Awesome! Party at Jims!
it's true that games are extremely addictive, though. moderation is important, but that's up to individuals.
"silent killer?" the most lethal effect they usually have is helping you become fat and have bad posture. just the same as TV, movies, mcdonalds.
"silent killer?" the most lethal effect they usually have is helping you become fat and have bad posture. just the same as TV, movies, mcdonalds.
To an extent, it kind of makes sense, but you can't really compare video game addiction and cocaine. Personally I think that video games are more of a brain stimulent,rather than a deadly addiction
I've heard love causes a chemical high. It's like fucking meth, man. It's killing our world.
WHAT WILL WE DO ABOUT LOVE!?
WHAT WILL WE DO ABOUT LOVE!?
Goddamnit Jim, get off the site we all know you browse. It's fucking with your mind. All your Jimquisitions seem to be you responding to the idiots/trolls there, and never anything relevant.
This header just confirms it. Which is why your articles and posts like this are usually filled with unnecessary stuff.
This header just confirms it. Which is why your articles and posts like this are usually filled with unnecessary stuff.
Hey, if gaming will make me as batshit insane as Charlie Sheen then I'm all for continuing this habit
Whoa and I thought meth was bad... there's a growing threat of sensationalist experts out there and it is the fastest growing menace in the country.
I have to say though Jim he's right, since Bulletstorm came out there has been a large increase of rape statistics in my state /sarcasmend, in all seriousness LOL love your point about no evidence because it's true, seems anyone with some sort of snazzy paper that says "I IZ DOCTR!1!1" is instantly better aware of the videogame situation and it's unholy corruption on the youth of America rather than the people who play them, thanks for the laughs again Jim I always love reading about the stupidity of the "experts"
Have you tried contacting this guy? I bet an interview by an actual gamer would be hilarious.
This blog is fairly large, so it's not like he'd be invisible if he's just in it for the attention. Not only that, but he be able to reach a lot of people that he thinks are troubled with a serious addiction.
Take one for the team, Jim. Ring this guy up.
This blog is fairly large, so it's not like he'd be invisible if he's just in it for the attention. Not only that, but he be able to reach a lot of people that he thinks are troubled with a serious addiction.
Take one for the team, Jim. Ring this guy up.
"Spending two hours on a game station is equivalent to taking a line of cocaine in the high it produces in the brain,"
Wait, how is this bad?
He basically just said that playing video games for a while makes you feel just as good as doing cocaine. (then again, I've never taken cocaine, so who am I to talk?)
But since you don't take anything physical and games don't really do anything to your body as such, why does it matter? It's feeling good without the horrible consequences.
Wait, how is this bad?
He basically just said that playing video games for a while makes you feel just as good as doing cocaine. (then again, I've never taken cocaine, so who am I to talk?)
But since you don't take anything physical and games don't really do anything to your body as such, why does it matter? It's feeling good without the horrible consequences.
"go upstairs to your kids bedroom and try and take the game station controller out of their hands" He said most kids will react "in the same way as an alcoholic would if you tried to take their booze – it's scary".
If someone ripped my controller out of my hands and I was about to beat dead space 2 on hardcore mode... yea, I would destroy them. But its kinda like saying "the next time your dad is in the middle of an important report due to his bosses by midnight this evening and hasn't hit ctrl+s in 6 hours, go unplug his computer".
That's right people, hard work = a line of cocaine in the high it produces. I'm writing this paper right now. People need to stop working.
If someone ripped my controller out of my hands and I was about to beat dead space 2 on hardcore mode... yea, I would destroy them. But its kinda like saying "the next time your dad is in the middle of an important report due to his bosses by midnight this evening and hasn't hit ctrl+s in 6 hours, go unplug his computer".
That's right people, hard work = a line of cocaine in the high it produces. I'm writing this paper right now. People need to stop working.
can destructoid please post a post on how bad psychologists are making our youth more violent?
gotta fight sensationalism with sensationalism. or how about a over 50% of psychologist have superiority complexes or are delusional?
gotta fight sensationalism with sensationalism. or how about a over 50% of psychologist have superiority complexes or are delusional?
btw, here's the contact page for the place he works:
http://www.stevepopeassociates.co.uk/contact.html
http://www.stevepopeassociates.co.uk/contact.html
"Yet no radio station will let me talk about my solid research that shows Jeff Dunham causes ball cancer."
A-fucking-men Jim, Amen.
A-fucking-men Jim, Amen.
The Silent Killer? That guy needs to get a better speaker system with Surround Sound.
I thought that videogames were supposed to be some kind of anti-drug...so what's the anti-videogame? (Kinect is not an acceptable answer!)
More importantly, what is two hours of NARC like?
I'm so confused. What would good ol' Cap'n Lou Albano say about this? Oh. Does that apply to videogames like Super Mario Brothers, too? Does this mean that the Super Mario Brothers Super Show was glamorizing a dangerous controlled substance as much rap music occassionally does? For that matter, does that mean that Super Mario Brothers=50-Cent: Bulletproof/Blood on the Sand?!
My whole world is turned upside down! Thanks a lot, Doc.
Should we be listening to condemnation of gaming from anyone named Pope any more than the Pope?
I thought that videogames were supposed to be some kind of anti-drug...so what's the anti-videogame? (Kinect is not an acceptable answer!)
More importantly, what is two hours of NARC like?
I'm so confused. What would good ol' Cap'n Lou Albano say about this? Oh. Does that apply to videogames like Super Mario Brothers, too? Does this mean that the Super Mario Brothers Super Show was glamorizing a dangerous controlled substance as much rap music occassionally does? For that matter, does that mean that Super Mario Brothers=50-Cent: Bulletproof/Blood on the Sand?!
My whole world is turned upside down! Thanks a lot, Doc.
Should we be listening to condemnation of gaming from anyone named Pope any more than the Pope?
Crazy Guy: "AC/DC stands for After Christ Devil Conquers!"
Me: "Cool, I'll have to check them out!"
Crazy Guy: "Vidya Games are like Cocaines!"
Me: "i'd like to place an order to be delivered!"
Me: "Cool, I'll have to check them out!"
Crazy Guy: "Vidya Games are like Cocaines!"
Me: "i'd like to place an order to be delivered!"
That is the best anti-drug campaign I have ever seen. If you are ever curious about drugs, just play 2 hours of Desert Bus. Problem solved!
I've been gaming for the last 20 of my 25 years of life, and I've logged enough time to have done about several metric tonnes cocaine by Stevie's standard. And hey! Guess what! I'm still doing great and have yet to stab anyone!
Well... At least not yet... BUWAHAHAHAHA!!!
Well... At least not yet... BUWAHAHAHAHA!!!
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