Originally Posted by
neothaka
i play games quite often, although rarely it does happen that i tend to neglect certain things i should be doing because i'm to excited in a game (this occured a few times in neverwinter nights and a dungeon run in Rappelz, it was so amusing i lost track of time), but as i said, rarely.
What I sincerely critise is the statement of a lot people saying 'stop gaming, get a life, get a hobby'. You read these things everyday, aswell hear them perhaps. personally, i think gaming is equal to any other hobby. it has the same proporties of a hobby, being: you spend time on it durin free time, it is meant for amusement, relaxation, it's usuably to express and lose stress with (unfortunately, this last does not count for addicted gamers, since they create stress by gaming). And people who say that addiction besides drugs, alcohol is only placable for gamers, i would dare to say that there are addiction beyond gamers (ofc ...), as well in those 'praised hobby's that most people subscribe to gamers, such as sports. It's a sort of addiction to have the urge to always wanting to get first prize, that involves days and days of continous training, negelectnig other attentions. To even use illegal products to maintain your results, which is a very slight form of fanatism,
so no. Gaming is not bad