video games as a coping mechanism

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asqy

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p.s. has anyone here seen pure pwnage?
PP! i love that show!! always can make me laugh when im feeling bad. i can't wait for the new episode to be released.

i bought stalker and cnc3 recently. both are pretty fun, but games never hold my attention for that long anymore. however, ill always be a diablo2: lod fanboy. lol
 
#46
The Legend Of Zelda is seriously rad. Especially Twilight Princess, if you enjoyed Ocarina Of Time you'll love Tp. Plus good excuse to buy a Wii.
 

Xalcro

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#50
Hmm... I guess I sorta know some...

I'm too lame though. No time, lousy comp, no money, lousy parents, lousy being of myself. I'm probably totally crap at them anyway. So yeah, whatever. Just another area where I failed.
 

Hae-Gi

Banned Member
#52
I want a videogame forum... :/ does anyone agree with me? I suggested it to the staff, before, but they thought it would be too misplaced, and attract troll people from other videogame forums... something I doubt, considering they already have so many other videogame forums to choose from... in contrast to depressed people, who, most likely, have none... in English, anyway.

I haven't been playing videogames too much, recently... barely at all. I only play Wii, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance games, currently, but I haven't been very interested. I play some mobile phone games, as well. I have a lot of games, especially for Nintendo DS, that I haven't even removed the plastic on... I just can't see the point. I'm currently waiting for Trauma Center: Second Opinion to be released for Wii, but it just gets delayed, over and over.

One game I really want to play, is the MMO game Guild Wars, but I can't since I never get my new (soon old) computer working. I have already bought the campaigns Factions and Nightfall, as well (in Collector's Edition versions), and am waiting for the expansion Eye of the North. I boycott World of WarCraft, though, since Blizzard is an evil company... also, it requires a subscription, unlike Guild Wars. It doesn't seem too interesting, either.

If we had a forum for videogames, we far more easily could find people we are compatible with, to play MMO games, together with... which drastically could lower depressions and, in some cases, make them disappear, completely.
 

LostMyMind

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#54
Hae-Gi yes a video game forum would be nice. Let me know when you get your computer working, I love Guild Wars but I don't have any of the expansions yet.
 

smackh2o

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#55
I had guild wars but it didnt strike a chord with me. Good for free online play though!
I think video games are a bit out of context for the rest of the site though. Maybe a subcatagory in reviews? Or even better a catagory called common interests that is full of sub cats like music, television, games etc..?
 
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MrDepressed

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Well just stopped in to check things out, been playing Rappelz for the last few weeks like a mad man, fun free mmo (the freemans WOW).. play on Tanda server, character name Xoraxis.. great pass time..
Video games have helped me cope alot, sorry for necroing a old thread.
 

patodemuerte

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#57
Lately my game has been GTA Vice City but Im stuck on The Driver mission for Club Malibu.
I beat GTA San Andreas which might I say is the easiest game in the GTA series.
I have beat Fable multiple times (like 5 or 6) and eagerly await Fable2

Four years I spent on Everquest (evercrack) Frontiers. Now that f**cked me over. Love the game, I do. But so not worth what i gave up for it. In the end all that I expected wasnt there. I got my characters to their highest level and how disappointed I was.

I beat Bully twice which was alright but could have been better somehow.
Came close to beating Gun which is a good game for taking place in the old west, it actually had me wanting to live back then.

Also old school games on N64 like DK64, Mario64, Diddy Kong Racing, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Tony Hawk2 are good for a small dose of when I was young.

Video games seem to be an acceptable method of coping in my family. Its ok to spend days on end gaming as long as I dont cut myself.

Other than that sleep and smoking pot are my mechanisms used to cope. Music dont work so well because it generally leads me to become more depressed than I was.
 
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Ziggy

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#58
Not sure about this one.

Life was a bit strange in our household when I was a kid, so I spent most of my time on the computer, I cared more about that computer than anything or anyone else, it was really the only friend I had.

So now 20 years later and I've never been in a relationship, find it extremely difficult to socialise with people, most of my life I've been fairly unemotional, never laughing, never crying, but I've always had my computer games, and I've always loved playing them.

Don't know what to say in conclusion, good? bad? Don't know, don't care.
 
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WhyMeWhy

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#59
Because of the type of games I play, it's really more of an escape for me. An escape from everything, I don't even smoke I have both hands on the controller at all times. :alien:
 
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ive got my new computer in the mail right now. 8800 gtx graphics card and a quard core processor, its gonna be sweet cant wait :biggrin: (im not the bragging type of person its just the comp im on atm is 6 years old so im fairly happy about a change :tongue: )

Gaming is an excellent way to forget about your problems for a few hours and just focus your mind on a different way of thinking, like instead of thinking about your rent being late your thinking about how many health points youve got :laugh:

Btw for those who are into computer games be sure to check out world in conflict its gotten top reviews on most sites ill probably buy it when i get my new comp sorted out
 
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