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I was a severe world of warcraft addict and I'm pretty sure it had a permanent effect on my cognition, whether that effect was 'bad' is an open question but the
by openfuture 10y ago
I was a severe world of warcraft addict and I'm pretty sure it had a permanent effect on my cognition, whether that effect was 'bad' is an open question but there's no doubt in my mind that video games have an enormous effect on your way of thinking.
- exodust 10y agoYour comment needs elaboration. Claims of "permanent cognitive effects" and "enormous effect on way of thinking" surely can be supported with examples. If you can't describe those enormous effects, there's a good chance you simply missed out on social occasions and a bunch of things happening around you outside in your community while you played games, and that void of reality is enough to warrant claims of "enormous effects". In other words, lifestyle disruption and reality substitution. Just a theory I'm putting out there!
- openfuture 10y agoTbh I didn't want to say too much about myself but it's sort of useless info anyway. Mostly it's about the emotional connections I made with people many times my age (at the time), the fact that I was treated based on the way I communicated and prejudice was completely arbitrary (gnomes suck etc.) Basically a lot of intangibles in my way of thinking that developed during that time which would have been significantly different if I had spent that formative time in the physical realm with kids from the same cultural bubble and in the same place mentally. It made me want to travel, a lot.