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'' "Hardcore gamers become so immersed in virtual worlds'' , ''blaming the London Riots on videogames,'' . From what I understand from ahrdcore gamers I seriously your going to see them out and about in a violent social group, there more likely to stay in during those riots and play.......video games...
'' "Hardcore gamers become so immersed in virtual worlds'' , ''blaming the London Riots on videogames,'' . From what I understand from hardcore gamers I seriously doubt that your going to see them out and about in a violent social group, there more likely to stay in during those riots and play.......video games...
Just remember, the Metro is free and found on buses, trains and sleeping hobos. I doubt they care as much as the Sun or Daily Mail.
42 gamers are fucking nuts, and 62,040,610 people thought it a good idea to re-elect G.W. Bush.
I'd rather be associated with gamers, hardcore or otherwise.
I'd rather be associated with gamers, hardcore or otherwise.
Also, the devs keep reusing the whole "vidja gaemz r evulz" point for the in-game books. Not very realistic.
/obligatory joke.
/obligatory joke.
Read the article this morning. I suspected that the findings had been taken out of context. Thanks for confirming that.
My dad loves NASCAR so much that he speeds around in his Nissan Frontier like he's freakin' Dale Earnhardt. People get into things they enjoy and like to pretend and fantasize and whatnot. What's wrong with that? It doesn't mean they've completely lost touch with reality. If you see a HUD in your field of vision or exclamation points over cops heads and shit like that it just means you're fucking mental.
Well shit,so that's why I couldn't find any Pokemanz in the tall grass behind my house...huh,who would have thunk it...
It's true, I can't tell games from reality - I'm always trying to jump on the heads of people I don't like :(
Wait a moment guys, I must go for some pizza to lvl up my health and then maybe I'll run over some whores with my car, brb.
these guys are right, the police arrested me last night for smashing bricks on a local pub looking for a fiver for some fags #britishstereotypeanddumbnewspaper
When I started mountain climbing for exercise I started looking at stone buildings differently, as things to be scaled. That doesn't mean I have issues distinguishing between reality and fantasy. It means I'm interested in the excitement of climbing a building.
"He said 'I don't want to know about that, I want to know the negative stuff.'"
Oooooooooooooh so he confessed it!! Newspapers buying people are idiots (no I don't wanna know about the few people that aren't).
Oooooooooooooh so he confessed it!! Newspapers buying people are idiots (no I don't wanna know about the few people that aren't).
Shit, I was wondering why they wouldn't let me deposit bottlecaps into my bank account. Who woulda thunk...
The study may be sound in terms of people who play games experience the world in a different way than those that don't play video games, but to use the language, "gamers can't tell real world from fantasy" is quite the dramatic exaggeration and nearly, if not, inflammatory.
Props for using a pic from Twelve Monkeys, one of my favourite films of all time.
However, Destructoid is clearly a creation of my warped mind, from when I saw a website in a video game once. In reality my screen is blank and I'm just tapping random keys on the keyboard.
However, Destructoid is clearly a creation of my warped mind, from when I saw a website in a video game once. In reality my screen is blank and I'm just tapping random keys on the keyboard.
Fucking absurd!
"After playing Assassin's Creed, you begin to look at tall buildings in a different way, as something to be traversed rather than ignored."
Point being? After playing GTA4 for some time, I saw a sports car once and a "steal it" thought got in my mind for a nanosecond. That doesn't fucking mean, that I can't tell real world from fantasy -_-
It's just a feeling you get, a habit, that you used in the game for your advantage. It's just a small feeling, only a lunatic would do that for real.
"After playing Assassin's Creed, you begin to look at tall buildings in a different way, as something to be traversed rather than ignored."
Point being? After playing GTA4 for some time, I saw a sports car once and a "steal it" thought got in my mind for a nanosecond. That doesn't fucking mean, that I can't tell real world from fantasy -_-
It's just a feeling you get, a habit, that you used in the game for your advantage. It's just a small feeling, only a lunatic would do that for real.
It's true. After playing Deus Ex for a prolonged amount of time I've begun to see yellow rims appear around air vents.
In all seriousness, yes, our newspapers are corrupt, but until there is a country-wide boycott then nothing can be done about it.
In all seriousness, yes, our newspapers are corrupt, but until there is a country-wide boycott then nothing can be done about it.
Playing video games definitely can change how you look at the world. After playing a lot of GTA I stop seeing cars as something to cuss at when their drivers fail to obey the rules of the road and instead as something I can easily toss a fool out of and drive to a chop shop for some quick cash.
Well of course you'd be a bit mad after playing something like Assassin's Creed. Just give those people a better game and they will be fine.
That professor made them look really, really bad. I think that kind of negative reporting is the much bigger story.
As far as the study goes, he's kind of right. When I used to play WoW, if we had three days of raiding in a row I'd sometimes find myself imagining that other cars had identifying bubbles while I was driving, like "Ford Ranger" or such. Didn't mean anything, and it's certainly not only confined to video-games. I used to play Chess everyday in study hall, and after awhile I used to think of walking over tile in terms of a Knight's movement. You never hear anyone complain that Chess players are lost in a fantasy world.
As far as the study goes, he's kind of right. When I used to play WoW, if we had three days of raiding in a row I'd sometimes find myself imagining that other cars had identifying bubbles while I was driving, like "Ford Ranger" or such. Didn't mean anything, and it's certainly not only confined to video-games. I used to play Chess everyday in study hall, and after awhile I used to think of walking over tile in terms of a Knight's movement. You never hear anyone complain that Chess players are lost in a fantasy world.
They're right you know, after playing Professor Layton I expect everyone to give me a puzzle before we even start a conversation.
How ridiculously annoying. Spending enough time with -anything- will effect the way you think about the world, be it people, situations, locations, or some form of media. A study like this is a pathetic waste of money and it makes me want to smack the idiot that thought it was something worth putting resources towards.
wait people take the news in the Metro seriously..a newspaper that is free and can be picked up on a bus..wow mind blown
Oh, I can tell. Real life is the bits that suck.
Why is this even getting space? why am I even reading this? why am I even commenting? The media wastes my time once again.
Why is this even getting space? why am I even reading this? why am I even commenting? The media wastes my time once again.
I am happy that videogames are more or less winning the battle against most of the Jack Thompsons in the U.S.A., so I guess the asshats had to find another place to make poor arguments against games based on pure conjecture. Anyone know who I can send money to help fight against such assholes. Any videogames rights groups in ye olde Britain?
Only 42 people? That's WAY too small a sample set! It'll be funny when they start praising video games once it becomes "normal". Can't stand these people.
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