i mean its something. idc if you dont read

yeah you sort of grow out of gaming.
maybe that will change, when we have super cool halo in VR & omni treadmills ...

I've read a fair few books outside of school.

but reading novels is for me nothing more and nothing less than wasting time with some computergames ...

when halo mcc comes out on steam im uninstalling everything else. but yeah you do outgrow hobbies. still love games but i dont spend as much time as i used to when i was younger

oh yeah right, mcc comes finally to the pc

Trust me, I'm not outgrowing gaming.

actually ms did a great job there, not releasing it for the pc,
I didn't buy the next xbox bc I thought it was a ripoff back then
and never bought a console afterwards

@[chase dreams] when i was your age i wanted to be a professional game developer lol. things change

wahahahaha

And here you are developing a game.

btw I also want stuff like that omni treadmill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SlZvuhABGk
otherwise I wont start gaming again

not as a career, as a hobby. before i wanted to legit work on triple a games.

most of my dreams I'm chasing are shit I'm going to make a hobby anyways.

I'm gonna work a day job, I'm just not going to make this stuff my career. It's a passion fueled hobby and nothing else.

@Happy Humble Hermit
``the act of reading itself is good for comprehension skills. reading some shitty dialogue in a game doesnt count as reading``
ya know ... you could say, the act of gaming itself (like shooters, etc), is good for fine motor activity
while flipping pages of a shitty book doesnt count as training fine motor activity
(or eye-hand coordination)

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@conker ok. you can develop motor skills doing almost anything. and it depends what level of skill you're at, the pros for starcraft 2 have a better developed motor skill than a kid playing minecraft. i love video games and i can acknowledge that they're a waste of time, that doesn't lesson it at all because its just a game.

"time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted"

exactly

^^^^^

:^)

Meow

I just wanted to play devils advocate here,
in the last years I sort of switched to a model where I differenciate between productive and leisure activities

productive is everything, which counts towards making money, self improvement, etc - basically making my life better
while leisure is everything else- basically sort of waste of time 😛

but also "I hope you didnt just fuck around and waste your life OOOWEE" - Mr poopybutthole

So?

i made that video about my friend who does nothing but plays video games and nerdy shit and loves life. im not hating on it i approach it from a different point of view. there are so many things video games can offer, but they are an incredible shitload of things video games can't offer you.

yeah, but same goes for books

depends on the books fam

depends on the games as well 😛

I had to read tons of shit during school time

ok I'm done lol

romantic novels and shitty sci-fi sure. but there are metaphysical books than can change your modus operandi. a great game doesnt change my life

( a la kafka, etc :P)

while I did learn more about history / WW2 in the CoD games during the loading screens 😛

if the witcher 3 or <insert good game here> changed your outlook on life you're easily influenced

i learned so much from world of warcraft growing up.

You're being way too narrow minded.

👆