Phone/Gaming and Negative Consequences

[JohnnyOctopuss]

When I was young and a huge gamer I never believed that gaming could cause a negative impact on life and relationships.

Now that I'm older and understand the psychological aspect more I see exactly how these games negatively impact my life and psyche.

My girlfriend and I were starting to get buried in our gaming and it was starting to cause negative emotions between us, emotional distance and so forth. ..

If we know these games are destructive to our lives and that they caused damage to our well being...

The Question is why are these games being developed Knowing they caused damage to lives?


I wonder if the developers even care about how many lives and relationships they have ruined.
Is there more nefarious agenda at play by isolating individuals or the public in their daily lives?

Let's talk.

 

[CertifiedMike]

Isolate, separate, divide until every person feels they are an island and no person could possibly relate, understand or share a common interest.
Its how 'they', 1%, have remained in control of the other 99%.
Its the idea that because you and I are different, we must be enemies.

If 99% of us told the 1% to go to hell, they wouldn't really have much choice. Its a mental game and no one wants to break free as best I can tell.

While you are letting your time be consumed by nonsense flashing lights that cost $1000's, 'they' are profitting.

Its a scam wrapped in a scam!

Throw the console in the trash and go outside, grow a garden together!
Your relationship will grow stronger based on common interests and successes as a team.
You are being pulled apart by competing for a prize that isn't real in a world that doesn't exist instead.
Stop paying for that crap. Rip the wifi out of your wall and go outside! Stop paying for you 'right' to be controlled and manipulated.
Play arcade games at the arcade and leave them there when you're done.

Go race RC's together!

 

[Doom!]

Mrs. Doom and I used to play a lot of Nintendo and PC games. Then we started phasing them out because we just didn't have the spare time.

Then mobile devices came out, I personally can't stand them, used to be you bought a game and it was yours, no adds, no monetizing.

Mrs. Doom still plays a lot of mobile games, I however have risen above, and spend all of my time on the forum.

 

[CertifiedMike]

Mrs. Doom and I used to play a lot of Nintendo and PC games. Then we started phasing them out because we just didn't have the spare time.

Then mobile devices came out, I personally can't stand them, used to be you bought a game and it was yours, no adds, no monetizing.

Mrs. Doom still plays a lot of mobile games, I however have risen above, and spend all of my time on the forum.

I totally agree! I will not do buisiness with a company who is trying to sell me a license to use the equipment that I JUST paid for!!!
If there is internet connection required, no discs, carts, whatever actually being put in my hands, NOT AN F'ING CHANCE!!!

Scam on top of a scam indeed!

Whenever I see this 'no right to own' surface, I am immediately reminded of the movie Friday when Deebo steals Red's bike and Red says its cool. 'It'll be like its both of ours'.
Fits better than OJ's glove and is just as legally binding.

 

[fstnd]

spend all of my time on the forum.

Good point.. while all of my generation has snapchat, tiktok and instagram, all I got is this LOL

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

The Question is why are these games being developed Knowing they caused damage to lives?

same reason they make meth. there's a market and money to be made.
but you don't have to use it so...

 

[Littlemotor]

same reason they make meth. there's a market and money to be made.
but you don't have to use it so...

^^^^^THIS eleventybillion%.

Nobody put a gun to your head to play those games… Be self aware. Have discipline. Be accountable…

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

to most people these days, accountability is like kryptonite to Superman.

 

[CertifiedMike]

I still don't know why ppl stopped going to arcades and started hanging out in their livingrooms wearing headsets in their underwear in the dark. I know, not popular anymore but they were WAY more fun!
I have memories of going to the arcade when I was a kid.
Whats your most memorable time in front of your tv in your livingroom with the shades pulled?
Do NOT answer that!!!

Now video games are a pandemic?

Unplug that thing and go do ANYTHING else!

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

arcades got to expensive, went from a quarter when i started going to them to the last one i went to in the very early 2000's to a buck a game! die 5 times in a game designed to munch quarters and a 30 minute game cost 12 bucks.
ability to play the game you want to play without having to wait in line. and still possibly not getting to play it. good luck getting on that Street Fighter 2, Ninja Turtles, or NBA Jam cabinet. but if you have a SNES or Genesis...
home consoles got to the point of keeping up with and then out pacing arcade cabinets.
"safety" parents started becoming concerned about something happening to there kids if they weren't in there line of sight. the ones around me at least were starting to get kinda seedy. older kids shaking down the younger ones. theft, pick pocketing, arguments/fights over cabinets, threats and even fights over high scores. the weird older guy that always seemed to be there but never actually played anything.
then online gaming became a thing and replaced couch co-op. so yeah, no pants in your living room or bedroom or wherever the console is hooked up.

 

[CertifiedMike]

arcades got to expensive, went from a quarter when i started going to them to the last one i went to in the very early 2000's to a buck a game! die 5 times in a game designed to much quarters and a 30 minute game cost 12 bucks.
ability to play the game you want to play without having to wait in line. and still possibly not getting to play it. good luck getting on that Street Fighter 2, Ninja Turtles, or NBA Jam cabinet. but if you have a SNES or Genesis...
home consoles got to the point of keeping up with and then out pacing arcade cabinets.
"safety" parents started becoming concerned about something happening to there kids if they weren't in there line of sight. the ones around me at least were starting to get kinda seedy. older kids shaking down the younger ones. theft, pick pocketing, arguments/fights over cabinets, threats and even fights over high scores. the weird older guy that always seemed to be there but never actually played anything.
then online gaming became a thing and replaced couch co-op. so yeah, no pants in your living room or bedroom or wherever the console is hooked up.

Fair. Arcade owners got greedy feeding off kids looking to play more than the first 30 seconds of Dragon Slayer! Clearly, $10 bottled water and $36 artisan pizzas are more responsible.
Hell, with prices like those, kids might play for free!
When it went from an 'outing' rather than a daily thing... when it went from the arcade to being late for work because you ALMOST beat that level... I know, be responsible for your actions! I agree! Ppl need to be accountable.
So do game makers then. The ones building clearly addictive games included.

Clearly, some ppl are struggling with this.
I think unplugging it is good, healthy... what do I know?

Go chew some asprin! You'll feel better!!!

I gonna go see about priming my green house.

 

[CertifiedMike]

Or plan B... gonna close the green house up. Rain came early.
I will work on some cleaning in there. Need to get plumbing done and plants in finally!
Plan B!!!

 

[Littlemotor]

to most people these days, accountability is like kryptonite to Superman.

Big facts. If you need a video game to tell ya you’re treating people (and yourself) like last place, then you’ve got bigger problems imo..

 

[CertifiedMike]

Rain delay.
Plumbing maybe...

 

[CertifiedMike]

Big facts. If you need a video game to tell ya you’re treating people (and yourself) like last place, then you’ve got bigger problems imo..

A generation conditioned by flashing lights and likes on a computer screen instead of actual interaction.
Social structures in communities, schools sporting were all TOTALLY retarded for a LOT of ppl by covid and we STILL aren't the same.

Ppl NEED to go live life again! Outside IS a real place!!!

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

Fair. Arcade owners got greedy feeding off kids looking to play more than the first 30 seconds of Dragon Slayer! Clearly, $10 bottled water and $36 artisan pizzas are more responsible.
Hell, with prices like those, kids might play for free!
When it went from an 'outing' rather than a daily thing... when it went from the arcade to being late for work because you ALMOST beat that level... I know, be responsible for your actions! I agree! Ppl need to be accountable.
So do game makers then. The ones building clearly addictive games included.

Clearly, some ppl are struggling with this.
I think unplugging it is good, healthy... what do I know?

Go chew some asprin! You'll feel better!!!

I gonna go see about priming my green house.

I'm 90/10 that. 10% game developer 90% gamer. the game has to be engaging or people wont play it. the line between engaging and addictive varies person to person. so i don't put much on them. if they're using algorithms to keep you engaged that's a little different and that's where the 10% comes in. Vegas runs that way. the gamer needs the discipline to say "no" or stop, or not play it before work if they so much as even think it'll make them late for work, or if it has made them late in the past. that was me in middle school with the NHL, Ken Griffey Jr. and NBA Jam games on SNES. be in the middle of a season, on a hot streak, trying but capitalize and get as many W's as possible, make the playoffs. guess who learned very quickly to leave the console off until AFTER school? as soon as you feel undesirable consequences you should have the discipline to correct your actions.

 

[fstnd]

I hate how good the algorithms have become in recent years. It's very hard for me not to click on all the useless things, so the best I can do is staying away from the algorithms. No social media at all, and I turned off my history in youtube so I get no recommended videos/shorts.
Ads are annoying in the same way, so I do everything to get the faked subscriptions so they leave me alone.

I apply the same to games: if I can't keep myself away from them, I'll delete them. And redownload of course once my test week is over I'm literally in that situation right now

 

[RudyF6]

Boy, good thing I'm old - video games weren't cool enough yet to keep me in the house!
COD? < Rock fights in the woods!
GTA? < Racing go-karts in the back yard!
"Quest" type of games? Screw dat - let's go swimming!
BTW - "GET OFFA' MY LAWN!"

 

[xjtorc]

Whats your most memorable time in front of your tv in your livingroom with the shades pulled?

Honestly, some of my most fond memories are from the weekends in high school when me and the boys would fill my parents' basement with TVs, Xboxes, and LAN cables and have all-nighters on Halo while my mom fed us.

That period of time was so awesome but felt so short. Gaming went online around the same time as everybody splitting off to college. We all fell out of gaming and grew up (most of us anyway).

I still have gaming systems and a gaming PC but with family and a career, it's the last thing on my mind. It's fun to game with my kids and occasionally hit up one of the boys from back in the day for some online action. I believe if you have the free time to allow gaming to take over your life, you don't have enough going on in your life to prevent it. You need to sign up for some pickleball lessons, buy a mountain bike, or learn a new language. Anything to fill up that free time you're dedicating to gaming.

Moral of the story is that gaming can be healthy if enjoyed in moderation and self-regulation is important.