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.
Looks like there are a lot of people with gaming addictions - like sitting and playing Halo for 10 hours straight in a day, daily.
A guy called in and said that he would go to work, then come home and sit on that thing until he fell asleep. His GF walked out on him, and the gaming service told him he is not allowed to play anymore (that's how bad the addiction was)...and that forced him to stop and now he's married to his GF (she took him back).
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.
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I think desi guys tend to game a lot - from what I've seen boys doing and talking about at dawats. Even older guys are gaming a lot.
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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.
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You guys have any experiences you can share on this topic? I don't know any gamers, but I did hear of a couple once who would both game together and that's how they socialized. They came home from work, and both sat together and gamed until they were tired and then went to bed.
What kind of friggin psycho relationship is that??
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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.
It's like anything else, some people just take things to unhealthy levels.
That sums it up perfectly. The same could be said about any other type of activity.
