Comments on: Video Games vs. “Traditional Entertainment” http://gamingmyway.com/2009/02/21/video-games-vs-traditional-entertainment/ Opinions About Video Games and Roleplaying Games Fri, 18 May 2012 16:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Kai http://gamingmyway.com/2009/02/21/video-games-vs-traditional-entertainment/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Kai Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:48:05 +0000 http://gamingmyway.com/?p=445#comment-448 This article covers such a wide range of issues it's a bit hard to follow. I agree that gaming can be social and a good mental exercise, but in large that's not the kind of people that games attract. People devote so much of their time to games that they forget that gaming isn't the goal. It's just a vehicle to exercise your mind in ways that other activities won't. I feel that you and I understand that but it would be great for more gamers to step into a zone where gaming can entertain them instead of define them. Traditional entertainment doesn't seem to have this problem. This article covers such a wide range of issues it’s a bit hard to follow.

I agree that gaming can be social and a good mental exercise, but in large that’s not the kind of people that games attract. People devote so much of their time to games that they forget that gaming isn’t the goal. It’s just a vehicle to exercise your mind in ways that other activities won’t.

I feel that you and I understand that but it would be great for more gamers to step into a zone where gaming can entertain them instead of define them. Traditional entertainment doesn’t seem to have this problem.

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