Comments on: Sunday Thoughts: 05/07/09

By: Dar-Kaus

Dar-Kaus — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:07:22 +0000

Welcome to my world Demibeard, we must be both at ‘that age’ lol.

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By: MarkSawbo

MarkSawbo — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:00:13 +0000

I use games to get a sence of accomplishment. I never really play them for fun anymore, apart from when im messing around with friends on littlebigplanet or gta. Other than that i just like to get trophies and achievements. When i buy a game its the first thing i look at. I hate that i dont enjoy games as much anymore tho. It comes from my time on wow where id always trying and get better gear etc etc, glad thats over.

By: hannes_truce

hannes_truce — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:51:11 +0000

I’m gonna go read through my collection of HH books. forgot all about him

Stainless steel rat here i come.

By: toutski

toutski — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:11:00 +0000

Well, football games are more authentic with advertising in them.

By: Tuffcub

Tuffcub — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:56:52 +0000

You are very naughty boy, go straight to your room.

By: Spazz

Spazz — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:28:54 +0000

I like to think of gaming as a way to pass the time more than as an escape, although sometimes it really helps as a stess reliever. Just the same way going to see a movie is a nice diversion, something you can do with friends.
I enjoy gaming also because I get a sense of accomplishment from it. Nothing beats blowing things up with your friends online when *BLING* a trophy pops up to remind you of how much you love to terrorise a virtual world (and just how good you are at it too). When was the last time you watched the news and felt great about your role in it? It’s like the world just happens to you. In a game, YOU happen to the WORLD.

By: Gastos84

Gastos84 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:32:10 +0000

I’d like to think I use it as a stress release when I can but in actual fact most games stress me out even more!!

By: YOURMUMANDME

YOURMUMANDME — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:32:00 +0000

Mmm , right now I could do with a potion for my hangover !

By: Amphlett

Amphlett — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:21:48 +0000

Fifa09 grabs live football feeds from ESPN and displays then in a ticker in game. It also, if you set it up, grabs weekly football/Fifa09 podcasts and plays those in game. Whilst non of this is advertising, it is undoubtedly bringing real life in to the game (I’ve read an item of news on my real life football team whilst playing Fifa09 which I wasn’t aware of earlier in the day!).
As long as ModernWarfare2 doesn’t start doing similar with war news I’ll be happy!

By: Radboud

Radboud — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:21:25 +0000

Totally agree with this….

By: hannes_truce

hannes_truce — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:39:24 +0000

Playing, for me is an escape.
Hard day at work? go home and shoot some virtual characters and let off some steam. much better for me (and other people)than me going out and shooting real people

By: xdarkmagician

xdarkmagician — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:22:18 +0000

Playing for me isn’t really about escaping, although I will ignore the outside world when I’m playing. I can’t easily explain why I play, only that I need to play. Maybe it’s because it’s the one thing I can completely control, or it might be for the lack of consequences in my choices, if things go bad I just need to hit restart. I think games have always been about taking something anybody can do, and then doing something nobody else can.
As far as in game ads go, as long as it makes sense it’s o.k. While ads might ruin some games, it isn’t going to ruin the industry. Ads in games have been around a very long time. Companies have even created entire games based solely around their products, but we still get great games today. You could even argue that sport and raceing games are advertisements for sport teams and cars or games based on movies and comics are advertisements for movies and comics. And with the price of gaming today, if it’s reasonable and gets me free games or DLC then I’m happy for them.

By: yogh_wayne

yogh_wayne — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:47:20 +0000

If EA extend the in-game advertising we might get a Gilette Fusion razor as weapon in Dead Space. Actually that would be pretty funny

MGS4 has quite some advertisement for Apple in the form of product placement.

By: Commando101st

Commando101st — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:46:07 +0000

Well I’m going to forgive the stereotyping seeing as you are a teenager. Not everyone aims to get rat-arsed every night just for the sake of it, sometimes going out is just for a few laughs and a couple of drinks.

Also I’m going to hazard a guess that you’re not old enough to get served, I used to be the same before I could get booze.

By: Commando101st

Commando101st — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:38:26 +0000

Personally I escape and unwind by going to the gym and lifting some weights. I do some of my best workouts when I’m angry, but playing games angry makes it worse as I can’t concentrate properly.

Escape is sometimes by going out with mates. Like tonight when I didn’t do as well as hoped in my exams and consequently got drunk. Not quite drunk enough.

I like reading as well, Anna Karenina by Tolstoi at the moment, it’s a completely different world to ours and as such is an escape.

Rarely is gaming an escape. It’s normally a pastime for me, I can’t play games without constantly thinking about whatever is bothering me, that’s what the gym is for for me.

By: Demibeard

Demibeard — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:37:21 +0000

I do use Music / Film / Games as an escape, not from the pressure of modern life, but the drudgery of it.

Work is a necessary evil to pay for my life. I work to live not live to work.

I do not read newspapers, nor do I watch much Television, I am completely fed up with the tabloid approach taken by most of the mainstream television channels and media.

I guess I’m not the only one with the numbers of people turning away from such things.

By: Jumping Monks

Jumping Monks — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:19:57 +0000

HE* was doing my head in…

By: Jumping Monks

Jumping Monks — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:18:44 +0000

The only times I’ve ever consciously used games to escape is when I used to spend the weekends at my dad’s. If we was doing my head in, I’d just put fl0w on, with some headphones, and immerse myself into the other world and forget all of his drunken babblings.

By: Timesh1993

Timesh1993 — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:42:17 +0000

I’d rather go shooting Canada Geese with my dog