Sanctimonious, melodramatic, and phenomenally pretentious. The animation is adequate, hence my award of half a star. Yes, âEU~over-gamingâEUTM can have negative consequences, but the presumption that ANY attempt to play a video game without some real-life social aspect is wrong, is just inane âEU" who are you to say that, for example, playing Skyrim in single-player mode constitutes a waste of a personâEUTMs life? You are you to determine value in what other people do? Who are you to say that the ONLY thing of value, the ONLY truly worthwhile endeavour in human life, is the dogged pursuit of popularity?
To quote Shakespeare, âEUoeTo gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to throw a perfume on the violet, to smooth the ice, or add another hue. Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light, to seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, is wasteful and ridiculous excessâEU. Games are virtuous in their own right âEU" they provide entertainment and escapism for those who want it. To decry such activities are a waste of human life is to decry the lily as insufficiently colourful. Yes, gaming conventions are wonderful things and bring people together, which is a good activity in itself, but it isnâEUTMt the only worthwhile activity.
IsnâEUTMt it enough, just enough, to enjoy games for their own sake? You found that, after thirty years of gaming, you were overweight and divorced âEU" is it really justified to blame this on gaming, or is it a convenient scape-goat for your own failings? If your excessive gaming drove your wife (or husband) away, whose fault is that? If your sedentary lifestyle diminished your health, whose fault is that? In the end, the answer is obvious: you are to blame. You lambaste the culture of lonely gaming, but in reality you have no one to blame but yourself. Without games, youâEUTMd blame TV. Without TV, youâEUTMd blame alcohol. Without any sort of luxury, youâEUTMd blame the government. Scape-goats, every one, for your own self-destructive behaviour.
In short, your diatribe is at best an insult to everyone who doesnâEUTMt rabidly aspire to popularity, and at worst just an embarrassing glimpse into your own self-loathing.

lol i hit stumble after watching this.

Dude , but Zelda doesn't apply to this right?...

Am I the only person in the world that thinks they would have been retarded if they hadn't been playing Zelda games their whole life? I mean those puzzles are hard! lololol

i wrote this review before you even finnished.

everything is good, but the theme.

heres the problem:

videogames, like all things, are good for you in some way or another, IN MODERATION.
that means as long as you have a balance in your life, your good.
you can be a good gamer, and be a good father too.
many gamers can and do let themselves get trapped in the virtual world, but that doesnt mean to remove games entirely from yourself.
through games, you can learn quite a bit about life, history, and even society.
you can see how people think, how people feel.
games are a way to imagine new and fantastic realities, to bring to people a level of perspective not until then known.

the reason why games are so popular is because they let you immerse yourself in them. sure, you can make an amazing painting, or a flashy...flash...cartoon..., but some avarage joe isnt going to always get the point, or even understand what it is at all.
videogame bridge that gap by making the average joe an unaverage part of that work of art.

i agree that becoming so addicted that letting it rule your life is a bad thing, but in moderation, videogames can inspire greatness, bring motivation to a dreary day, or even uplift spirits.

Some valuable points to this

Most of it doesn't apply to me. I'm a wild gamer. I excel in school. I'm quite fit and I'm putting on muscle, I have a good number of friends I'd give anything for, and none of it was tainted by gaming at 18 years old. I guess if you're lucky enough to find that median that prevents addiction but sparks interest, moderating your time and efforts becomes easy. I also really like your concluding point about community. I'd give anything to meet the masterminds behind what I see as a technical and creative art. To meet somebody that I can run around and "spazz" about with an upcoming game. Games taught me something else too: Characters. I aim to become an actor, and through gaming I've seen how deep and beautiful fictional characters can be. Becoming them is even more exciting and after taking classes and being lead roles in theater plays, my path in life has been, for the time being, chosen.

Oh, what I'd give to be a voice actor for a game... That's something I'm hoping to do along the way :]

Have faith. Turning interest into constructive stock is possible even for gaming. :)