3 ms·
playing video games is still existing in the world. Just because youre focused on something doesnt mean you cease to be human. If that were true, sport would be
by penjelly 5y ago
playing video games is still existing in the world. Just because youre focused on something doesnt mean you cease to be human. If that were true, sport would be the same, programming the same, etc.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoSport is not tricking your sound and vision it is elsewhere. In programmer terms you know that perfect flow state, where you’re attuned to everything and you’re programming really efficiently then some error or bug comes up and kills your streak of productivity? That’s what games induce by default.
- penjelly 5y agoso what? theres something wrong with "flow state" now? it seems to me youre just against videogames. Your point about sound and vision doesnt even mean much, all entertainment is then, by your definition, escapism: movies, books, programming, video/photo editing, playing/listening to music, the list goes on. Even sports are an imaginary set of rules set aside which are unnecessary for actual survival. Maybe youre right all those things are escapism but im much happier with any/all of those things then i am without.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoI said that speeding up the passage of time is not always bad. Play is important and sports provides fitness benefits and fun. I don't think there is anything wrong with coping with unhappiness, but lets be honest about what they are.