Ok so for as long as I have been in this class which is as long as the rest of you, i honestly never bothered to do a little Wikipedia research and find out what the hell a RPG or MMORPG game is. So tonight i did. It makes more sense now as to why they are so addicting. I suppose that when you are thrown into a role you become that roll and you personify it. I know a person who spends countless hours in front of the computer playing World of Warcraft. His wife tells me that he only gets off the computer to go to bed a 3am only to get up at 5 am and to eat and go to work for a couple hours go home plays for a couple hours goes back to work and so one day in and day out! I sent him the article about W.O.W. being as addictive as cocaine. I defiantly think that is an AMEN. I think it is a little over the top and scary how people allow games to control their lives. The author writes the happens as described by one boy Ian, "It was never that bad for me, but in my most recent spate with MMOs, back in November, I found myself spending four to ten hours each day (and more on weekends) in Warhammer: Age of Reckoning to reach level 40 while maintaining a high PVP rank and getting the best gear. Needless to say, it took a severe toll on everything else I was doing—Hellforge included. I was constantly lethargic, not eating well—for eating took time away from the game, and the game does not wait for you." (Sol Invictus) PRIME example as to how people allow MPG 's to take over their lives. I think it is really scary how people can do this.
I know that I have never done something like this I think the farthest i have gotten to be addicted to something is about four years ago i was addicted to chatting on the Internet with people. If i wasn't at work i was home on the computer until the weeeeee hours in the morning chatting online. Thinking back on it now that was really weird and totally unnecessary.
I've been addicted to just surfing the internet into all hours of the morning... and to Twilight. :) Well, really any book that I pick up. My boyfriend has told me that he is lucky he met me because right before we started going out he spent his entire spring break playing "Call of Duty" non-stop, eating Doritos, and then crashing for a few hours to sleep. At one point he looked at his clock and it said "4:00", he was not sure if it was AM or PM.
ReplyDeleteWhat made chatting until the wee hours of the morning "really weird and totally unnecessary?" There must have been some degree of achievement and/or satisfaction you received from doing so, right? Perhaps something similar happens with certain MMORPGers; maybe there's a level of experience present in such spaces that allows some to feel more comfortable than in other, offline situations.
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