Do you think video games are sad?

Sunglasses Ron

Hotale.com wrote: »

I disagree, it's just another form of entertainment like films/tv shows in my opinion, but I've heard plenty of people say that it's sad for anyone above 14 to play them (besides fifa :P). Just wondering what AH thinks

Games like the GTA series are not just games, they are like a film, it is the continous plot that keeps you up all night playing, not just the game play, just like a book you can't put down you need to see what happens next. In saying that I haven't played console games in years, ain't got the time!

But online roleplay WOW type stuff....neh.

TeddyTedson

I don't think I've ever thought in my head that someone was "sad" for enjoying whatever their pastimes maybe in life.
I think it is sad however that some people might view someone as "sad" for enjoying their pastimes. Unless that is there pastime of course, then I don't know where I stand.

I can honestly say though that it's something I've never really thought of about people for anything. People get enjoyment out of different things. Things I might not personally enjoy. But then it's not shocking is it.
We all have different tastes.

35cent

I'm 24 now and I've been playing games pretty much all my life. I find games to be far more engaging than your average film or TV show. Telltale's The Walking Dead nearly reduced me to tears, something no film or TV show has ever done.

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

Been waiting to play this when I eventually get a ps4 and I'm guessing a major part of the story has just been ruined for me. So to whoever just put that up, please take it down.

Don't worry it happens about 10 minutes into the game so nothing major was spoilt.

karaokeman

Spunge wrote: »

so u admit theyre girls cartoons omg guys he watches girls cartoons lol

You use text speak. That's all your credibility gone.

Lou.m

Hotale.com wrote: »

I disagree, it's just another form of entertainment like films/tv shows in my opinion, but I've heard plenty of people say that it's sad for anyone above 14 to play them (besides fifa :P). Just wondering what AH thinks

No.

I have never played them but whatever you want to do go for it.

I have to say some of the youtube gamers are hilarious.



PewDiePie is funny. I have no idea about vid games but this makes me laugh

And apparently some have secret strip clubs now.

the glitches are funny

I press flowers for a hobby sometimes or sketch is that sad???

fearrua

As someone who's studying history in college, I like to convince myself that playing Crusader Kings and any of the Total War series count as study... kinda... so no gamers aren't sad. It's slightly more difficult to justify Fallout and Fifa though...

suicide_circus

I like gaming in theory but I struggle to stay engaged with them. Last game I finished was....Doom2 :pac:

--LOS--

No it's harmless entertainment, it's not doing anyone any harm. Depends on the game there can be a lot of skill involved. Lots of people enjoy the spectator aspect too, watching tournaments and supporting their favourite players/teams, same way as football enthusiasts do. Nothing wrong with it unless you are really playing excessively where it is impacting your everyday life, that's a fault of the player, not the game.

Agricola

It's easy to see why they were originally viewed as sad by many because they were marketed to kids, had basic or absolutely no narratives in them and all you had to do was shoot things on the screen as they lined up in front of you. Nowadays, games have evolved into enormous, deep and engrossing human dramas, where shooting the things that line up on screen in front of you really matters. You might even shed a tear when the things on the screen die.

Rezident

Hotale.com wrote: »

I disagree, it's just another form of entertainment like films/tv shows in my opinion, but I've heard plenty of people say that it's sad for anyone above 14 to play them (besides fifa :P). Just wondering what AH thinks

The ones who say games are sad are usually the ones that don't play them, i.e. they don't know what they're talking about. It's the same sort of ignorance as one of my female friends who thinks football is sad - how much do you think she actually knows about football? What's sad is people being completely negative about things they know virtually nothing about. Conceptually, i think it's the same type of ignorance that leads to racism etc. it' small-mindedness, still common in Ireland, which is also sad.

The gaming industry passed out the film industry revenue-wise a few years ago, why do you think that is? Gaming = fun. Massive fun. I guess some people just don't like fun, which is sad. Or maybe they just don't like other people having fun, which is really sad.

I love films but playing the game can be more immersive, and more fun, because it's like a movie where you are the hero! Maybe the small minded people need a bit more fun in their lives, i have just the answer for that, and no drink or drugs even needed

Whatsgonewrong

It gets sad when gaming consumes your life, I have known people who just dont have a social life because they're too busy with gaming.

Other than that It really is just another form of entertainment, I have a ps3 don't play it much but I have one regardless.

Fescue

I wonder how many of those who say grown men playing video games is sad, themselves spend hours playing Angry Birds/Candy Crush Saga/Farmville etc?

the_syco

SilverScreen wrote: »

Elfen Lied is a lovely girls cartoon

Bleh. Prefer to watch some pussy myself.

Adyx wrote: »

I've learned more about orbital mechanics in 6 months of playing KSP than I have in many years studying Physics at third level. That's not sad at all...

Looks fun, but may wait for a sale. €20 seems a bit steep.

Adamantium

Final Fantasy taught me how to read in the 90's.(I used to read the dialogue to my younger brother)

Metal Gears Solid made me interested in politics, cold war, international relations way before I was told I should be interested in such things

Worms allowed my friend and I, to name one team and their worms as Ultimate Al Qaeda ( Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Hitler, Stalin and Kim Jong Il) and the other as the World's Policemen(George Bush, Tony Blair, Chaque Chriac, Putin and Jack Bauer) and battle against using each holy hand grenades.

That's how international disputes, should be settled by the passing the controller to next person sitting on somebody else bed looking at a 16 inch tv, before being called home for dinner

I genuinely believe my spatial awareness and perception is as high as it because of videogames

Grayson

the_syco wrote: »

Bleh. Prefer to watch some pussy myself.

I've just spent 20 minutes watching that

That's sad

e_e

Lou.m wrote: »

PewDiePie is funny.

I'm gonna have to stop you there.

Pixelbastardo

Video games are only going to become bigger an experience then any of us can comprehend right now, VR is going to change the landscape. People who genuinely believe video games are sad will die off eventually, its stone age thinking.

Links234

the_syco wrote: »

Bleh. Prefer to watch some pussy myself.

Grayson wrote: »

I've just spent 20 minutes watching that

That's sad

Nothing sad about that, it's such a fun little show!

Watched a bit of it myself to practice listening and understanding the language

the_syco

Adyx wrote: »

I've learned more about orbital mechanics in 6 months of playing KSP than I have in many years studying Physics at third level. That's not sad at all...

Space Engineers may appeal to you?

Adamantium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrL7wo5-nJo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lieJIxJZs1M

Years before its time. I knew I had being told something profound when I was a kid, I just couldn't grasp it

That game and it's subversive

what is real?, is what I'm playing real, how do we discern the too, human fraility

One of the high points of the industry, and it hasn't being surpassed in my opinion

e_e

Portal 2 is wittier and more slyly satirical than any comedy film you'd care to name from the past 5 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmH7tAJ0SfA

o1s1n

Adamantium wrote: »

Years before its time. I knew I had being told something profound when I was a kid, I just couldn't grasp it

That's because it's absolute pretentious **** of a game.

I loved Metal Gear Solid and don't think I've been as let down with a game as I was MGS2. It still smarts

Links234

e_e wrote: »

Portal 2 is wittier and more slyly satirical than any comedy film you'd care to name from the past 5 years.

Oh absolutely

There were times I had to stop for breathers I was laughing so hard

e_e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8dUoVpisU8

I love how the broken turrets sound like hack comedians.

KyussBishop

e_e wrote: »

Portal 2 is wittier and more slyly satirical than any comedy film you'd care to name from the past 5 years.

Agreed - I think anyone into good movies and/or comedy, is missing out if they haven't played Portal and Portal 2 - the latter contains some of the most inventive uses of comedy I've seen in any medium.

The problem with games though, is the investment of time needed, and the fact that a lot of people (even people really into games), often lose the enthusiasm for finishing them because of this - nobody has a hope in hell, of being well acquainted with even a fraction of the most well known games today, whereas almost anybody can dedicate a bit of time to seeing the latest popular movie or TV show.

This doesn't lessen them as a form of art/entertainment in any way - pretty soon they are going to totally surpass both movies and TV in terms of inventiveness/art/depth/character/CGI and storyline (for many of those points, already well there) - but it does mean there are a lot of people who will probably never get into them.

e_e

KyussBishop wrote: »

pretty soon they are going to totally surpass both movies and TV in terms of inventiveness/art/depth/character/CGI

I think big budget titles will surpass their Hollywood counterparts (some already have!) eventually but I'm not sure I could say the same of the smaller ones. Cinema is peerless as an art form for me at the moment and although I love a lot of games that come out they're more a fun way of passing time for me than a passion. Gaming is still very much in its infancy though and I'm definitely excited for where it's going, think it's already doing better than the vast majority of TV out there

Just awaiting the gaming equivalent to Kubrick, Ozu, Chaplin, Kurosawa, Bergman and Tarkovsky etc etc.

cloud493

o1s1n wrote: »

That's because it's absolute pretentious **** of a game.

I loved Metal Gear Solid and don't think I've been as let down with a game as I was MGS2. It still smarts

The problem with metal gear is, for all its high handed ness, its the most muddled, convoluted story around.

Adyx

the_syco wrote: »

Space Engineers may appeal to you?

Yeah it's on my list all right. In the middle of exams at the moment so it'll have to wait till after next week.

Spunge

karaokeman wrote: »

You use text speak. That's all your credibility gone.

ill rek u irl m8 i swear on me mums life

Tar.Aldarion

No way is it strange, it's much more interactive than tv, you solve puzzles, work in a team and so on. A huge breath of genres. And a great way to make some friends, I have met tonnes of people from playing games.

It's on the rise too with people being paid to play and it becoming a profession. Check out valves awesome documentary on one of their games with prizes in the millions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjZYMI1zB9s

TPD

I've just been playing "Papers, Please", and I'd definitely consider that a sad video game. Denied a woman entry to Arstotzka because of an expired passport - she probably never saw her husband again. If I had let her through, I'd have been 5 credits worse off, and I'm already at the stage where my family only eats every second day. Tough choices. There was also a guy needing entry for some medical procedure, had some detail wrong on his ID. Bribed me 10 credits, which I took, then refused him anyway. I enjoyed that one.

KungPao

Of course not. But people who obsess with them and (cringe) dress up like characters from games/TV shows take it into slightly odd territory.

The term "cosplay" makes me feel a little uncomfortable.