same could be said of/to people who read books or watch TV
in my defence I have no interest in games.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 7 Jun 2012, 16:10, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

sort of
but people get so obsessed with computer games, like the extreme case of the couple who were playing "second life" so much that their own child died of starvation - that doesn't happen with books or tv.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jun 2012, 16:12, Reply)

never hapens with books, does it?
*cough-bible-cough*
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 7 Jun 2012, 16:13, Reply)

hmmm
gamers are geekier than godbotherers, discuss.

this would be a GOOD moot.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jun 2012, 16:14, Reply)

No, because they're not interactive and open-ended
You can't achieve the same level of total escapism from your own life.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jun 2012, 16:14, Reply)