ughhh this is the story of the brothers life ever since he got that modern warfare game…he wakes up at 6:30 in the morning just so he can catch an hour of gaming before school and when he comes back from school and is hooked until 11 at night when he needs to go to sleep, and man if you get in his view or even want to do something else with the tv he is ready to rip someone’s head off…yup he’s an addict even my parents can’t control him…but then again he’s thirteen…and people say o well he could be doing something worse
i have no idea how ppl can sit for long hours in front of a screen, i cannot deal with video games after spending most of my day (working) in front of computer screens and server rooms, i would rather spend my time doing something outdoors, but yeah i am addicted to cricket and am going to be watching the first ODI all nite tonite ( starting at 10:25 pm) then sleep at work
I think its cute to be able to play games with your hubby or what not…but in moderation! I’m not a hardcore gamer…but i do play everyonce in a while…and i think it would be fun to kick my hubby’s butt…every once in a while in a nice friendly game of NHL 10! lol
parents…his complaint, “everyone else has it” and of course thier son can’t be left behind now can he but thats great that you have that control over your younger brothers, i personally think i have more say over my older brother rather than younger
I use to be a pretty big gamer … and i still am … we got modern warfare 2 and i put in about 50 just online about 2 weeks time … but since uni started i haven’t touched the game and more or less thats how it goes with me … whn i have time and osme good game comes out i have to finish it and then i’m back to normal schedule … anyhow so thts me … coming back to the point i don’t think therez anything worng with gaming with ur significant other and kicking their butt at it unless the ur poor gf/wife starts to whine that ur so mean nad evil then u gotta let her win … i don’t see how its different from a board game or cards or something
I used to love gaming!! Always at it with my PS2 but then joined university and got busy. Now I do get my withdrawl symptoms sometimes and I go out buy a new game and don’t stop until I finish it. After that I am cool for another 2 3 weeks without games.
Like when I first bought my PS3 I got Need for Speed Undercover with it and I didn’t stop until I finished it. Took me like 22 hours. Most recently I played Rise of the Argonauts non stop for 3 days until I finished the whole game. Now I am back to normal until a new game that intices me comes along.
I’ve been gaming since I was in high school. I consider myself a semi-hardcore gamer. I was addicted to gaming (well more like to a particular game) for about a year and a half. I still game now, though nowhere near how much I used to when I was in university and a couple of years after graduating. Now I might spend a maximum of 12 hours on games per week. I mostly game on weekends or sometimes at night.
Even when I was addicted to a game, the 10 hours daily is not something I would do. I agree that this type of gaming is excessive if it’s done like this daily. The only time I might have spent that much time gaming would have been on a weekend or during holidays. If done once in a while, I don’t think it’s a problem.
How can you tell about their gaming habits from a dawat? Do they discuss their gaming habits? If they happen to be playing games at the dawat, which my friends and I would do a lot, it might just be that at the time they’re together and instead of doing something like talking about politics/watching tv/watching a movie, they chose to play a game instead. That’s what we do a lot at dawats too, and partly because that is one time that we’re all together. Aside from those occasions, you won’t see me playing some games much.
As for older guys gaming, that’s the same trend I’ve seen. Many of my friends only got their first console after graduating from university and some after getting married.
If this took part once and lasted up to a couple of months, then I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. If this is their routine and has been for years, then I might find it worrying. I would love it if my wife who also enjoyed my hobby.
That sums it up perfectly. The same could be said about any other type of activity.
I’m a gamer, but uhmmm I can not play any game for 10 hours. Maybe 2-3 hours. I played NHL 2k5 on the xbox for 4-5 hours when it came out. Nearly every day. This was just for 3-4 months lol. My addiction is hockey what shall I say and not killing and causing bloodshed. UT can be fun sometimes, though. I don’t understand and will never understand people who play 8+ hours games, games, games.
I need to play NHL 2k5 again. Those were great days!
luckily, but if a game is great like in the good ol’ days with Return To Castle Wolfenstein or COD 2, Max Payne, NHL 2004, Age of Empires I-III, then I try not to forget that there is a World around me. These were great games. I don’t like the Games of Today so much, because they look so reality like except for games like Fight Night Round 4 or NHL 2k8. This is Reality I love, but COD: MWF 2. I don’t know.
Gaming is not just about shoot shoot, kill kill… maar dhaar. There are strategy games that do stimulate the mind, increase your knowledge and you need more time when playign those. 4-5 hours fly by when you’re playing strategy or RPG. (I miss my PC Games).
Anyone ever played Age of Empires, Civilization, Colonization, Caesar III, Heroes of Might & Magic, Command & Conquer, RedAlert, Seven Kingdons, etc. ?? There was also this cute game called Space Colony, I LOVED it… couldn’t rest till I finished the whole campaign.
I used to play HOMM2 with my brother, it was turn-based strategy game and we used to discuss everything from his school and studies to my college… friends, etc. while playing, it was fun
Well I am an avid gamer. Mainly play MMORPGs with vent or music on. I can go a few hours without needing a break. It is nothing more than a hobby. As long as everything is in moderation there is no problem.
Kinda like excessive body-building is negative. Or excessive solitude is considered anti-social behaviour. Anything that is done in excess is an addiction and should be curbed. Gaming, sports, the gym even something as simple as eating.
Just last week, I went over to hubby’s work for lunch, and I saw 4-5 residents/doctors sitting around in the common room playing xbox. Suddenly, one’s pager went off, he handed the controller to another guy, and walked back to the OR where his patient was. And then while I had to sit and wait for hubby to finish his game, another one walked in saying, aah my patient just died.. hey, I’m playing next!
I was just looking at them all like, what the heck? And they told me this is what they do at work atleast 2-3 hours a day. I always thought my husband was joking all these months about this until I saw it happen. So this isn’t just about home, this happens at work too. I wish it was the same at mine
Anyway, my sister is into that stuff, big time. She’s 20, and even keeps xbox, ps3, you name it, in her dorm. She’s the only girl around here who does all that and boy, are guys impressed or what.. haha. My brother does it too with my cousins. Recently, they were visiting for xmas break, and from the time they woke up till they went to sleep, all the boys were glued to the TV with their controllers- two TVs in the same room next to each other, two players on each, our entire house shaking with noise, it was ridiculous. My parents had to threaten them all to eat and just to even get out of the room. Two days later when they all took showers and changed, my mom looked at them like, you guys look like you just got dry cleaned.
The other crazy I know is my husband, it’s his break from studying and just to chill out. He can go for hours playing it on the weekends though. Every friday and saturday, he and his brothers invite friends over, and they keep at it till 2-3 am. Honestly, I don’t mind because none of them is into partying, drinking, hanging out till late- this is their idea of fun. I bought him a subscription for xbox live a few months ago, and I had never seen him or his brothers so excited before.. because my mil had forbidden them to get it but somehow I convinced her and she told me I had created a monster.. haha.
Even though I’m no gaming junkie, I have gotten into it recently because of my brothers in law. They made me play Halo so I could see what the fuss was about, and I was so bad at it that they had to hold onto my hand and the controller while I played, and we were all just laughing like mad. I think more than anything, it’s just good and fun times with them and my hubby. Just like I expect him to sit and watch a Salman Khan movie with me, it’s just as fun to spend time with him doing what he enjoys.
