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When you look at what a lot of games end up doing to a lot of gamers, does anyone think there might just be a little bit of karma mixed-in here? Just a little?
by jstewartmobile 9y ago
When you look at what a lot of games end up doing to a lot of gamers, does anyone think there might just be a little bit of karma mixed-in here? Just a little?
I've seen so many otherwise well-adjusted people blow their time, health, and sanity on these things rather than deal with their own real-life problems. Then there are the newer ones where they nickel-and-dime people actual money for digital cornfields and lollipops.
- maruhan2 9y agowell, i think that's a conservative point of view. My point of view is different. Video games spur a ton of technological advancements because there's always so much demand from consumers. Technological advancements are always slow and under-funded if it's not backed up by common consumers. There aren't many things that common consumers crave more than entertainment.
- jstewartmobile 9y agoi think that's a grossly sub-optimal arrangement. we got VASTLY more bang for our buck out of the ARPA guys like Minsky, McCarthy, Kay, Sutherland, etc than we ever did out of the gaming and entertainment industries, and we did it without exploiting the competitiveness and compulsiveness of children and children-at-heart edit: to be fair, some games have risen to the level of high-art, but I doubt many artists are going to complain about the pay or the effort when they know that they have accomplished such a thing