The City That Never Sleeps
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posted : September 29, 2009
My lecture earlier went fairly well despite my mind juggling some thoughts. Aplenty actually. My course mate was playing games on FB like as if she were a kid who first discovered something called games. No matter how much I try I would never be able to comprehend how one should submit himself to such a form of entertainment. Such a virtual form of entertainment. To me it is not about the time or money that people spend gaming. I just can't understand the concept of gaming as an entertainment simply put. To me, yes I have my own source of entertainment. Friends, movies, music do more than wonders. And yes of coz my drama collections. I do share a reasonable fortune on my dramas especially, I have to say. So it is really not about the money spent on games. Yes maybe a part of me would never understand why you would spend about $60 bucks on a game to keep you entertained for about 3, 4 months max. When a newer version of the game hits the market, your old one kindda expires. I rather watch movies, dramas, documentaries or Oprah where real issues concerning real people are discussed instead of creating virtual enemies and virtual football teams. It is as though the real world is too hardcore for you to handle you need to plunge into the virtual world. I think the idea of games are really lame. I'm a spoilsport again I know. I really can't understand the exhiliration or satisfaction the player gets having succesfully defeated his enemy and won missions. You don't just get to be Wenger leading the Arsenal Team you know. Win in life. The rewards you reap are far greater and sweeter I say. Maybe I haven't seen all that games can offer me or the strategies you can actually adapt to your own life to conquer something. But I do know I have seen a fair bit to turn me off. I never saw a relation between games and life to begin with. Yes I do enjoy playing only a particular kind of game that too very very occasionally. I guess it all comes down where you decide to draw the line coz afterall there is nothing wrong in seeking our own forms of entertainment. But one thing I never understand would be how lecture time can be spent playing games on FB! It's just too lame.
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