VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

[kashell]

Friiiiiiiday!

[azure]

Praise be, the weekend approaches!

[kashell]

Yaaaas!

And, for once, I don't really have any plans. I actually have a free weekend to do whatevz.

[seether]

I work Saturday and Sunday ayyy fml

[turf]

It’s the weekend, folks! 
Its too damn hot outside. Looks like a game or two tonight. Gotta get up early and do some landscaping at the house. I don’t want to get hot.

[kashell]

Stay cool, my brother.

[soera]

Its too damn hot outside.

This is a phrase that has never left my lips.

[kashell]

Look who's at it again.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/18/health/video-game-disorder-who/index.html

[telly]

^ Personally I see that in the same vein as drinking alcohol too much or being addicted to gambling/working/whatever. Everything in moderation

[kypherion]

Look who's at it again.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/18/health/video-game-disorder-who/index.html

Oh joy

[rayne315]

Look who's at it again.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/18/health/video-game-disorder-who/index.html

yeah that is kind of ridiculous. the bottom of the article sums it up the way I personally view it. people that are "addicted" to videogames use it as a coping mechanism for anxiety in their lives. get bullied at school so you come home and vent through games, have a crappy home life so you vent through games, don't have stability in your life so you cope through games. for those "addicted" to it it is a result of the problem not a cause and as such should not be included in the ICD.

Treat the cause and you fix the symptom.

[burningdoom]

For some people, it really is an addiction. I've seen people lose jobs, lose houses, and lose wives because they just couldn't pull themselves away. In most cases that I see, it's the online MMOs that do it.

I love video games, but I'm not that bad. I also don't play MMOs, though.

[telly]

Yeah I think the idea of excessive video games or computers as a disorder is actually very real and supported. But that doesn't mean video games are evil, or that you can't have fun playing a video game. It's all about balance though just like everything

[burningdoom]

Well, it is a sad day, VGCollectors. It looks like the days of physical releases are numbered. It's kind of hard to ignore this sign:

GameStop Confirms Buyout Talks as Downloads Take Their Toll

[bantha]

Well, it is a sad day, VGCollectors. It looks like the days of physical releases are numbered. It's kind of hard to ignore this sign:

GameStop Confirms Buyout Talks as Downloads Take Their Toll

Wow!

I am hoping we get one more full gen of physical releases for consoles.

I think in 15 years, it will have gone the way of PC releases.