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[*Steven*]

Bad or good? Do they make you dumb or do they promote other types of thinking? Do MMO's (which have an economy) promote economic thought? Is it possible to be addicted and have a girlfriend/social life?

[Kontroll]

Bad or good? Do they make you dumb or do they promote other types of thinking? Do MMO's (which have an economy) promote economic thought? Is it possible to be addicted and have a girlfriend/social life?

Haha, well this is a good question, because my friend plays WoW...Everyday for hours at a time. It's pretty bad. But, I was thinking about this the other night watching my friend play Vice City.

Games cannot be all that harmful. In Australia they have banned the GTA games, why? Because they promote violent behavior. But so don't movies and comic books and music. Doesn't mean that it will be the catalyst of a violent life style. Some other factor must have taken place.

I consider myself a well rounded person, I'm not usually an angry or aggressive person. I view death with respect. But when I see some one flying through the air after getting hit by a car in a movie or a video game, I love it. If it were the real thing, I might still love it, but not to the same degree I did if it was staged.