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Video Game Comas
Screw them!
Video game Comas don't exist!
Well yes, they do. And they're a problem. But more of a social problem, with other people, yes, other people exist.
This isn't a problem with flash games, as those tend to end or you get bored with them. Flash games do tend to get repetitive.
Yes, my master
I'm sure you've played a video game where it just doesn't end, this usually deals with RTS's (Real-Time-Strategy) or FPS's (First-Person-Shooter), maybe even RPG's (Role-Playing-Game). But this can happen on any gaming console.
Even your Gameboy Color
My most recent video game coma was his weekend, unsurprisingly. Lets say it was 12'o clock noon. I got on the computer at 12, and by the time it was 3'o clock, I never knew that 3 hours had gone by, the only thing that peeled me off the computer was multiple calls from my dad.
What is a Video Game coma?
A video game coma is just what it sounds like, you loose all sense of time, meaning, and don't care about anything. This is common with MMORPG's (Mass Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games).
A more common video game coma is one that involves anything online, this is actually where most comas occur. A recent statistic put out there by Starcraft 2's lead designer Dustin Browder. In an interview he commented that the average player is playing 20 games a day (About 5-6 hours), and that more experienced players were playing 50+ games a day (9-12 hours). You have to know the affect this is having on their social lives, most of the people playing Starcraft 2 are 15-30, which is millions of people, all over the world.
This is a bigger problem with online shooters, at the same time as saying killing non-americans is o.k. This is also true when watching a replay, our minds seem to be tricked into thinking the game is going extremely fast, but watching a replay of the same game reveals that the game is going insanely slow, it's just not natural!
Yeah, kill those Afghans!
We need to stop playing these games so often, and start being more social, I've gone as far as not playing games during the week, what have you done?!http://consoles-de-jeux.fr/jaquette/jaquette-medal-of-honor-heroes-2-wii" alt="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbnhttp://consoles-de-jeux.fr/jaquette/jaquette-medal-of-honor-heroes-2-wii" />
No more shall you make my mind mush!