| ▲ | cisc 2 hours ago |
| > I refuse to give up games that I love But why? They're just video games. Why are they important, especially when a lot of them are designed to be addictive. A lot of people love smoking but that's not important either and it's better to give it up. |
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| ▲ | Gareth321 an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's very simple: I like the games more than I want to move to Linux. Playing Fortnite isn't going to give me lung cancer. |
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| ▲ | cisc 26 minutes ago | parent [-] | | But why do you like them? What do you get out of them? What's the benefit? I've watched people play slot machines. They sit there and pump money into the machine for no real benefit to themselves. Why are video games any different to that? | | |
| ▲ | Gareth321 2 minutes ago | parent [-] | | I get fun out of them. I don't mean to sound snide, but do you really not understand why people play video games? I derive fun from many places, like hiking, reading, movies, music, and video games. Do you not derive fun from your hobbies? |
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| ▲ | JimmyBiscuit 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| What if those games are the only games they and their friends play together? I wouldnt want to stop that. |
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| ▲ | cisc 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Having to give over time and money to a video game company to maintain friendships sounds more like a symptom than a cure. When your grandkids ask you what you did with your finite time, is "I pwned noobs" the answer you want to give? | |
| ▲ | account42 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | How is cheating a problem that needs a technological solution when playing with friends? | | |
| ▲ | Gracana 42 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Because I'm not friends with all 64 players in the lobby. I don't want kernel level anti-cheat, though. All the games with it have cheaters anyway. |
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