Dr. Phil Yells At Woman For Her FarmVille Addiction

[dashiz94]

I thought the new one was "Fishville" or something. One of my friends left a party once, (yes a fucking party) to go home and feed his fish.

No disrespect to you or your friend, but why the fuck didn't you punch him in the face and make him stay?

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

FarmVille, and Mafiawars are two of the most unuseful things in the world... just a waste of time shared by millions...

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Dr. Phil earns several of his lost respect points.

 

[ShadowKirby]

FarmVille, and Mafiawars are two of the most unuseful things in the world... just a waste of time shared by millions...

Ironically enough, a lot of people say the same thing about gaming in general.

 

[j0frenzy]

I don't know what's worse; what Doc Phil said or the fact you guys are approving.
Seriously. If he would have attacked WoW or GTA4 the same way he did with Farmville and that woman, you guys would all yell on how he is evil and should die in a fire but but since you don't appreciate this game (that I don't play either) it's all good and fun and you give the man a pat on the back. Seriously. So people can attack gaming as long as the "hardcore" crowd isn't concerned. Fucking. Double-standard. Bullshit.

It's a game. Like it or not, it's still a game, people play it, and they are gamers too. A different public, but still gamers. And more importantly, it's not like he attacked that game for its own specific flaws like a movie critic attacks a bad movie, he attacked the medium. He said: ""There aren't really any crops," Dr. Phil informed her. "That's just a little image on a screen. They're not going to die.""

Replace "crops" with anything else and the man could basically be talking about any game as a waste of time, be it Halo, Modern Warfare 2, Bioshock, Mario Galaxy, Portal or even freaking Passage.

That woman obliviously had a problem but like I said, if she'd been a WoW player and Doc Phil had said:""There aren't really any Elves," Dr. Phil informed her. "That's just a little image on a screen. They're not going to die."", you guys would be filling this topic with hate and not RESPECT +10.

Next time a story like this comes up and it's about a game you care about, don't act all righteously offended, because you just proved that most of you care only about their favourite games and not "Gaming" as a medium in general. Sure, Farmville isn't the deepest game around but it brings fun, yes, the same fun you have playing any other games, to a bunch of people. It's incredibly hypocrite to judge "casual" gamers and then be all offended when they judge you back. Try to be the bigger man.

Does Farmville suck? Certainly, as a game it sucks. But Doc Phil isn't being a smart gaming critic with his own Escapist Magazine column. It's as if someone was attacking someone who watches too many bad movies but does so in a way to attack all movies in general.

Thanks for ninjaing what I was about to say.

 

[Xanadu84]

I can give obvious, common sense advice in a condescending manner. Can I be rich now?

I mean seriously, yes, he gave this advice that's hard to disagree with. What the hell did he just accomplish? I could find hobos with a greeting card with advice just as useful as his, and chances are the hobo won't a pompus prick pretending to be using a degree. I'm waiting for his special where he explains that you shouldn't put a fork in a toaster, met with stunned gasps from the audience.

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

FarmVille, and Mafiawars are two of the most unuseful things in the world... just a waste of time shared by millions...

Ironically enough, a lot of people say the same thing about gaming in general.

well, it's just that those even aren't real games like we know them! come to think of it, games don't give anything but fantasies and dreams lol.

 

[Bat Vader]

Why get addicted to a facebook game when you could get addicted to good games like Mass Effect, Dragon Age: Origins, GTA IV, Half-Life series, Bioshock, TES IV:Oblivion, or World of Warcraft?

 

[WhiteRat07]

"Dr". Phil did a show about mmo's ruining people lives last year i think. He only puts the most over top losers as guests on his show.

 

[Undercover]

I think "Dr." Phil needs to stop worrying about people's addiction to Farmville and deal more with his addiction to the spotlight. And from the looks of it, doughnuts.

 

[Undercover]

"Dr". Phil did a show about mmo's ruining people lives last year i think. He only puts the most over top losers as guests on his show.

Ah, I see I'm not the only one who knows a little about "Dr." Phil.

And of course he's going to find the most extreme cases of mmo addiction to put on his show. Having normal, otherwise well adjusted, productive people with an mmo addiction wouldn't bring in the ratings & his sponsors would be pissed.

One of many reasons why I don't watch TV.

 

[AgentChunk]

Do people actually still watch Dr Phil?

 

[Pimppeter2]

Fuck that! Farmville rocks!

 

[j0frenzy]

While I do not like the guy, you guys do realize that Phil McGraw does a Ph. D right?

 

[AvsJoe]

Well, I can't hate the good doctor for this advice. Farmville is a ridiculous computer game. Going outside and/or doing stuff is better than playing Farmville. Now excuse me while I go check on my employees in Restaurant City.

[/irony]

 

[Alex_P]

Well, at least it's not one of those episodes involving Dr. Phil cracking jokes at the expense of the people asking about the stuff that regular psychologists call spousal abuse.

-- Alex

 

[ZombieGenesis]

Harvest Moon is a thousand times better anyway. I only got Facebook recently because one of my friends was pestering me...I'm actually a little ashamed.

 

[slowpoke999]

Dr Phil-Stupid woman on ya vidya games, you should be out having affairs with other women, like me.

???
umm, that really does not make sense.
are you trying to say in a middle school manner of pretending your him that you think its ok for to give up your social life and family for a game that is no fun?

Their are rumors that DR Phil had an affair with one of his interns like David Letterman, I'm just saying someone who cheats on others shouldn't tell other people how to live their lives.

Besides he's not a real doctor/psychiatrist. He's a hack.

 

[Charli]

As much as I like doctor phil for panning that rubbish excuse for online interactivity.

I also dislike the fact that he'd probably treat any 'proper' games the same way. And anyone addicted as such... Hmm.