http://theendofthought.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/game-on-i-guess/ Media, Philosophy, Fast Food - All the things you care about. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:33:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://theendofthought.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/game-on-i-guess/#comment-40 Chris Thu, 01 May 2008 05:23:15 +0000 http://theendofthought.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-40 I feel for you, right now my 360 is a nice bookend. I still play Wii, but only with a group of people. Maybe it is a sign we are getting more mature, no longer can we sit and play a game alone for hours without thinking "I could be doing something more productive." I can't accept that as being realistic, so I blame videogames for not being able to leap from pure entainment to something that requires higher brain functions. I feel for you, right now my 360 is a nice bookend. I still play Wii, but only with a group of people. Maybe it is a sign we are getting more mature, no longer can we sit and play a game alone for hours without thinking “I could be doing something more productive.” I can’t accept that as being realistic, so I blame videogames for not being able to leap from pure entainment to something that requires higher brain functions.

]]> http://theendofthought.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/game-on-i-guess/#comment-35 erik Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:52:27 +0000 http://theendofthought.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-35 I think you are over thinking into our love of games... not only were we raised by them , we were raised to constantly expect something new and awesome and could easily stop a game 20% in as something better was out. The only game with continuous go to power was Pirates! gold as it had such a low time curve that it was always a good option. I think a lot of the gaming lost its luster without companionship , games alone arent much fun compared to group games or those countless afternoons we played.... honestly i wouldnt want to watch anyone else build a theme park on theme park on sega channel or any other single player game than my gaming pal e-van. I think you are over thinking into our love of games… not only were we raised by them , we were raised to constantly expect something new and awesome and could easily stop a game 20% in as something better was out. The only game with continuous go to power was Pirates! gold as it had such a low time curve that it was always a good option. I think a lot of the gaming lost its luster without companionship , games alone arent much fun compared to group games or those countless afternoons we played…. honestly i wouldnt want to watch anyone else build a theme park on theme park on sega channel or any other single player game than my gaming pal e-van.

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