Poll: If you knew FOR A FACT that playing video games were slowly killing you...

[floppylobster]

...would you keep playing them?

It's only hypothetical, but consider that it was an indisputable fact that -

For every 1 hour you spent playing games you lost 4 hours from your total life span.

Would you still play?

I know it's only a hypothetical question, but its still a pretty stupid one, I ask you this:

If you knew unequivocally that breathing was killing you, would you keep breathing?

... Makes you think ...

Not sure what your point is. Gaming is not breathing, but I suspect you know that already. So maybe that's your point? Everything is killing me, I know that. But with that knowledge I choose to do certain things over others - so that I have some level of enjoyment in my life before I die. But whatever I choose to do is entirely weighed up against the enjoyment it gives me. And the reality is that an hour of gaming is only taking an hour away from my life. So I was only asking that if it was taking more, would people still be willing to do it? And by doing so, thereby valuing gaming over living (albeit at a very old age).

Now what if we were to ask people who never played games? Or those who live in a retirement village. I would think their answers would be different. So do you love gaming enough that you don't care for the consequences? I guess that is the question. And if you equate gaming with breathing, then I guess that is your answer.

 

[Doitpow]

Acording to Jane Mcgonigal, the average 'harcore' gamer has played 10,000 hours of games by 21.
Hmmm, so thats 40000 hours lost, 1666 days......4.5ish years(give or take)

Assuming I would live to about...85 normally, this would instead mean I die at 80. The five years between 80 and 85 would likely be depressing as I watch the majority of my older friends die, and doubtless be in a great deal of pain, but it is also the age at which my grandchildren would be getting married.

Hmmm...on balance...fuckit bring on the games

 

[gibboss28]

So long as I'm enjoying myself I don't care.

 

[SoranMBane]

I'd probably keep playing, unfortunately, though I'd most likely stop playing big open world games like Fallout and Grand Theft Auto (where dicking around makes up a fairly large portion of my play time) and stick exclusively to more linear games with tight narratives, just to ensure that I'm making the most of my time.

 

[NathLines]

Phew... That's a heavy question; games are a really big part of my life D: I'll have to say no though. Guess I'll have to stick it to anime and books @_@

 

[adamtm]

New question

What if everything you consider fun in life would be slowly killing you, would you still do it?

 

[Phoenixlight]

I'd have to stop, I might be pretty upset/annoyed about it but I couldn't continue if it was damaging my body.

 

[Richardplex]

I'd keep playing. I'm going to lose years of when I'm going to be old and unable to anything, I want to lose those years =P

 

[captaincabbage]

Nope. four hours for ever one hour of play time? I'd be dead already. XD

Hell, I just spent the last 7 hours playing Pokemon casually today.

 

[ZombieGenesis]

1 hour kills 4?
At that rate I'd be dead by 30.

If we're talking about effects similar to smoking or drinking, then I'd continue. No question.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Screw school. 20 hours of Bioshock, another 25 hours of Okami, Knights in the Nightmare (just to say I did it), finally beat the Wings of Liberty campaign (even if it's on the easiest level), polish off Earthbound (I'll live without the Kings items TYVM), and I'd be all set for the afterlife.

 

[aba1]

I prolly would not there already is so many other things I could be doing if its going to hurt me why bother

 

[Spygon]

Everything in this world is slowly killing you these days even just standing around doing nothing your techinally slowly dieing.

 

[.Ricks.]

Of course. I'm not in a hurry to die. If it killed me quickly that would be worse.

 

[Jakub324]

That depends. Are the symptoms immediately noticeable and are they painful/annoying? I don't want to be old and completely dependant on others because I don't think it's fair. When I have trouble taking a piss, it's time for me to go.

 

[Pat8u]

people still smoke don't they

Answer I really wouldn't know