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George Hook on why he hates gaming !

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    #32
    Sin_J
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Sin_J


    noodler wrote: »
    The whole WiiFit and Kinect thing makes me cringe.

    Expecially that new Wii (or is it Kinect?) advert with the woman who had "no confidence or life" before she used the console dropped some lbs and regained her social life.

    Talk about straight out lies

    *I am willing to be corrected on this but is any sort of Wii workout sufficiently energetic to play a major part in any weight loss programme? I would surely have thought a 20 run would be more beneficial.


    Alot of the actual wiifit fitness games, are just like doing regular exercise, just not as intensive as a 20k run. Like doing step aerobics, squats, etc. It's the idea that it makes a game of it gets more people to do it. And that it's in the privacy of your own home.
    Ask a lazy kid to use an exercise bike and he'll most likely say no. Put a screen on it and give it a point system and achievements and he'll be on it all day. Yeah its like bribing the kid but he's still being active.

    A kid that is lazy would still be lazy without games. If i didn't have games to play or anything on tv as a kid i would have just sat and read a book. Still wouldn't have been active but wouldn't have been frowned upon.

    As for the kinect, as much i generally hate the music in it, Dance Central takes a lot of energy to play and is alot of fun.

    As for being anti-social. Play any MMO and you'll meet people from all across Europe and further. I've traveled to the UK, Belgium and Norway to meet up with some of the people i play with. Just because you are socializing through a keyboard does not mean its not real socializing.

    That said, everything in moderation. This will no doubt be alot of parents calling in that couldn't be bothered to actually raise their children complaining because they left them in front of the tv/console.


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    #33
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    I've often wondered about people who don't eventually grow out of gaming.


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    #34
    deathrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    Never heard of the guy, so I've no idea what station he's from. Can you listen in online?


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    #35
    Desire.
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    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    I've often wondered about people who don't eventually grow out of gaming.

    Why? It's not just for kids.


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    #36
    Desire.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Desire.


    deathrider wrote: »
    Never heard of the guy, so I've no idea what station he's from. Can you listen in online?

    Newstalk, 106-108FM. You can listen online on their website.


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    #37
    Jerichoholic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    I've often wondered about people who don't eventually grow out of gaming.

    That's quite a lot of people you have to wonder about then.


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    #38
    deathrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    Desire. wrote: »
    Newstalk, 106-108FM. You can listen online on their website.

    Dead on. Cheers, mate. I'm always looking for new people to tell me that games have transformed me into a cold-blooded mental shell of a man :pac:


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    #39
    noodler
    Registered Users Posts: 26,400 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    I've often wondered about people who don't eventually grow out of gaming.

    I find that attitude strange as we ARE the test generation in that regard and I have to be honest, 25 now and I doubt I'll ever really grow out of it - just be forced to play less and less.
    Desire. wrote: »
    Why? It's not just for kids.

    Indeed.


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    #40
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    Desire. wrote: »
    Why? It's not just for kids.

    What do you get out of it, as an adult?


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    #41
    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    I've often wondered about people who don't eventually grow out of gaming.

    Spending time thinking about that is a bigger waste of time than playing videogames.

    Wait...going by your username...are you George Hook?


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    #42
    Duggy747
    Registered Users Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    I've often wondered about people who don't eventually grow out of gaming.

    Us people who played games grew up, so did the industry with us which now focuses more on a broader age gap and keeps us entertained as adults. A few years ago I never thought I'd be decent friends with people in multiple countries despite me not having a clue what half of them look like :D

    Give me gaming over Facebook any goddamn day!

    These shows always follow the same formula: Multiple people who are against gaming and vent some draconian views on it, a woman who reasons her arguments are valid because she's a mother (same ol', same ol' in every gaming discussion) and about 3 minutes allowed for a pro-gamer to get his point across while he's being mauled by the opposition.

    I'll listen to it, as I do with most of these game debates.....................and get angry, as I do with most of these game debates.


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    #43
    Sin_J
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    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    What do you get out of it, as an adult?

    Go play Portal 2. The single player story and gameplay are a perfect example is what is good about gaming for any age.


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    #44
    deathrider
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    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    What do you get out of it, as an adult?

    Same kick I got out of it as a kid... Except with better graphics.


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    #45
    Sabre0001
    Registered Users Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Sabre0001


    Entertainment, social nights, escapism - same as I get from other forms of entertainment such as TV, films, gigs.

    I also get an element of competition or co-operation...and it's an active form of entertainment rather than passive.

    🤪



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    #46
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    deathrider wrote: »
    Same kick I got out of it as a kid... Except with better graphics.

    But it's not real.


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    #47
    Zero-Cool
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    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    What do you get out of it, as an adult?

    Obviously we are old enough to have sex with hookers, kill them and take our money back!

    doublefacepalm.jpg


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    #48
    krudler
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    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    But it's not real.

    Neither is watching tv or movies, whats your (bizarre) point?


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    #49
    Sabre0001
    Registered Users Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Sabre0001


    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    But it's not real.

    Wait...WAIT! How did you find this information? Alert the local media......no! The national......better make it world media.

    🤪



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    #50
    Jerichoholic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    What do you get out of films, books or music as an adult? Have you moved on from them too? Games are just as relevant as any medium these days.


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    #51
    deathrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    But it's not real.

    Keep that in mind next time you're in the cinema.


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    #52
    Duggy747
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    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    But it's not real.

    Either is TV / Films or fictional literature.

    :confused:


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    #53
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,845 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Lads, don't feed the troll George Hook


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    #54
    noodler
    Registered Users Posts: 26,400 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    I smell a Trolls so ease up lads.


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    #55
    That_Guy
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    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    What do you get out of it, as an adult?

    It's escapism just like watching a film except that gaming gives me more bang for my buck.


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    #56
    That_Guy
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    sheehy83 wrote: »
    Lads, don't feed the troll George Hook

    I am the walrus.... I've often compared George Hook to a walrus before actually.


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    #57
    Dotsie~tmp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,427 ✭✭✭Dotsie~tmp


    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    But it's not real.

    Meh, got said already.


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    #58
    noodler
    Registered Users Posts: 26,400 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    Dotsie~tmp wrote: »
    Neither are movies. You are an idiot or a troll, get lost.

    Ease up, thats worse than what he was saying!


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    #59
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    I think people's time would be better served reading and understanding more important things like astronomy or evolution. You will get more return for your time spent.


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    #60
    Jerichoholic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭Jerichoholic


    IamtheWalrus, with that name surely you would have learned from the Beatles that nothing is real.


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    #61
    Dotsie~tmp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,427 ✭✭✭Dotsie~tmp


    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    I think people's time would be better served reading and understanding more important things like astronomy or evolution. You will get more return for your time spent.

    I do. I love reading about physics and cosmology. My brain has a strange ability to handle more than one interest.


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