Dr. Phil Yells At Woman For Her FarmVille Addiction
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People who get addicted to Farmville are morons. Child services should just take the kids away.
What, seriously? The difference is those games are actually games where you have fun. Farming is not a leisure activity, it's a vocation, so we're talking about somebody addicted to a 'game' that is simulating work, only they aren't being paid for it.JWAN said:
You can argue that people are capable of enjoying their vocations, but I will counter that by pointing out that video games simulating what the layman might see as "awesome" jobs still invariably leave out all the boring and tedious parts of it in favor of the empowerment fantasy. And when have you ever heard somebody describe farming as "awesome", hmm? What's that? Never you say? Thought as much.
The people who obsessively play one game over and over are weird and obsessed but at least they aren't working imaginary jobs for no money and also no fun.
Why the hate from Greg Tito? I don't like the show, but I haven't got anything particular against Dr. Phil. Maybe Mr. Tito feels this hit a bit close to home?
Facebook applications suck. They're designed to take as big a part of your day as possible, and make you care about the pixels on the screen. This is a video game magazine here, we all know the affection that can be felt for the characters we see in games... but that's because of strong characterization, dialogue, camerawork, voice acting, etc. which VIDEO GAME CROPS DON'T HAVE. They are a thing to do while you do other things, not something to waste your life on like this unstable housewife.
I've played a couple of Facebook games, and all told I wasted a week of my life before realizing how stupid and addicting the whole thing is. Same with World of Warcraft, but at least that game has story and characters (I hate it for other reasons). Try Harvest Moon, maybe. That's basically Farmville but actually fun and has all those good things I mentioned like characters and story plus an ending! You know, so you can go back to your life soon enough?
OT, I would say if she sits and waits for the crops rather than do it to relax like it was intended for, she needs to delete the application now.
Facebook applications suck. They're designed to take as big a part of your day as possible, and make you care about the pixels on the screen. This is a video game magazine here, we all know the affection that can be felt for the characters we see in games... but that's because of strong characterization, dialogue, camerawork, voice acting, etc. which VIDEO GAME CROPS DON'T HAVE. They are a thing to do while you do other things, not something to waste your life on like this unstable housewife.
I've played a couple of Facebook games, and all told I wasted a week of my life before realizing how stupid and addicting the whole thing is. Same with World of Warcraft, but at least that game has story and characters (I hate it for other reasons). Try Harvest Moon, maybe. That's basically Farmville but actually fun and has all those good things I mentioned like characters and story plus an ending! You know, so you can go back to your life soon enough?
OT, I would say if she sits and waits for the crops rather than do it to relax like it was intended for, she needs to delete the application now.
I tried farmville. Not that great. To be blunt it's boring, tedious, and to much bankruptcy. I wanted to make a cool farm, but instead you have to go with the wages given to all american farmers nowadays.
The only thing I'd ever do on there is arrange the properties to look like, from a bird's-eye view, a giant Nazi Swastika. Just to see if they'd let it ride. But it's to much effort. A game is just as hard as reality? Aren't games supposed to be an escape from reality?
The only thing I'd ever do on there is arrange the properties to look like, from a bird's-eye view, a giant Nazi Swastika. Just to see if they'd let it ride. But it's to much effort. A game is just as hard as reality? Aren't games supposed to be an escape from reality?
I would have to condemn Dr. Phil over the mother on this one. Yes, Farmville isn't exactly a great game and as gamers we are all appalled when it is associated with our past time. But if this same speech was given to someone with Farmville replaced with CoD or WoW, I'm sure the reaction would be universally negative at the Escapist.
And be honest, you never lied to your family/friends so that you could play a game instead of doing something social/productive?
And be honest, you never lied to your family/friends so that you could play a game instead of doing something social/productive?
The Doc is very right in saying what he did.
It's the same beast. People need to get off their asses and away from video games once in a while, be it Farmville or CoD. And while I play games a couple of nights a week (I still haven't finished Fallout 3 after a month), no, I have never lied to anyone so I could do so.ender214 said:
I got a text the other day from my friend's girlfriend while they were at the movies asking me to log into her facebook account and harvest her crops.
not kidding.
not kidding.
gave me password and email and everything to plant some strawberries or something.
It was unbelievable.
not kidding.
not kidding.
gave me password and email and everything to plant some strawberries or something.
It was unbelievable.
Is war fun in real life? Well yes and no - the parts of it we keep replicating in video games certainly can be, but there's that pesky risk of life and limb and ethical quandaries to consider. A game that accurately simulated life in the military though would be extremely boring, as The Onion hilariously depicted in one of their informative videos. Thus our video games only present us with the entertaining parts, with none of the potential psychological scarring or life threatening injuries.JWAN said:
I find it amusing that you refer to things like Checkers, Chess, Backgammon, Go, et all as "moving rocks around a board" in such a derogatory tone, as if Farmville even had a prayer of aspiring to their entertainment value. It doesn't.
I'm going to guess that you play Farmville (or used to) and have thus taken issue with me insinuating you are one of the most boring individuals on the face of this planet, as there's really no reason to be this defensive about it otherwise. Consequently, I don't actually care what you think on this subject (because you're wrong and lame) and will therefore cease arguing with you for fear that whatever made you a Farmville apologist is somehow contagious (and spread by internet arguments). You can't be too cautious!
Edit: A quick glance at the top of this page confirms I was entirely correct, and that I kick ass at determining underlying motivations from forum posts. Huzzah.
Is your real name Madonna?Gildan Bladeborn said:
Im not apologizing for anything Im just amazed that you think the whole gaming community falls into your opinion of a video game. Just because someone plays a game that you don't like does not mean that its not a game. Just because I don't play monopoly does not mean that it isn't fun for someone else. I play first person shooters but I accept that others don't like the games I play and I accept that I don't appreciate the stuff they play.
Im not defending the game Im defending peoples right to play what they want. Are you the child of Atkinson or something? Why are you trying to make this personal anyway? Is it because you feel you need to attack me because you cant pin a face on anyone else who plays? Whats your aim here? All Im saying is that opinions are fine but trying to tell someone whats fun and whats not is pretty much as close to fascist as you can get.
Exactly, there isn't a single problem unsolved by shouting a fat unemployed person until they cry.AfterAscon said:
Dr. Phil just doesn't cut it compared to Jeremy.
So it's alright for him to talk down at games YOU don't like, but once he starts judging fairly, suddenly lines have been crossed.Nitpicker of the Wastes said:Agreed.MR T3D said:
Now, let's make sure he doesn't talk bad about games we actually like.
Anyways, I really do hate that everything has a few people who give it a bad rep. I'm sure not everyone who plays Halo online is a teabagging, curse-screaming cocknugget, but there's a bunch of people who spoil it for everyone. Not everyone who listens to rock sacrifices virgin chickens to appease their god, but the few who do ruin it. This is one of those people, and that's their own problem.
