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Soniti 254 · #17 Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:45 am

fireball87 wrote:

Soniti 254 wrote:

Not what I meant. Games; like books, movies, and other such things; are supposed to serve as an escape from reality, in my honest opinion. As such, although one may know it's not real, most don't really acknowledge that. If that makes any sense.

Because you admitted that they aren't real beforehand, that just seems to me that video games don't do that for you, which was I all wanted to point out.

I need not escape reality, I like reality. I like the reality of me sitting in a chair playing mario 3 too. Though really, I'm not of the opinion that admitting fiction isn't real removes it's use as an escape. You can "escape from reality" by using reality too, all it takes is placing your thoughts on something that isn't the "reality" you wish to avoid. It's really all the same thing... unless of course you can really characterize yourself with mario, and that just can't be sane.

So are you saying that your reality is absolutely perfect? That you have absolutely no need to escape? That nothing has ever happened to you that would piss you off, make you sad, or otherwise emotionally unstable? Must be nice.

Either way, a lot of people don't really care for reality. Which is exactly why a lot of people like to read, watch movies/anime, or play games. I'm sure if people just had "happy thoughts" when needed, that could be seen as some kind of escape too. But it's pretty much unarguable that getting captured by a good book/movie/anime/game/etc. is a lot easier to accomplish.

I personally can't characterize myself with Mario, as Mario and myself have no common ground. However, maybe there is someone out there who does. Perhaps one can see Mario as someone like that individual, doing whatever s/he can to help/protect/save someone s/he loves. One of the main reasons a person can grow attached to a character is because that character has some similarities to said person or there's something to the character that the person wishes s/he had.

fireball87 wrote:

Yes, for example I often discuss movies during movies. That's a pretty constant reminder, not that that matters, I never lose track of that in the first place. I do things like that socially often, why watch tv or movies with people if you ignore that they exist.

I never understood this mentality either. I actually prefer to watch movies or anime or TV shows with a friend(s). I tend to like talking about what we just watched after the presentation. Not sure if this has ever happened to you, but you know what's it's like when you're talking to someone about something and they probably don't have a clue what you're talking about? Doesn't usually turn into a fun or interesting conversation, more likely then not. Watching something with a friend is just more... fun I guess. The only time I am discussing the movie while watching the movie if I already watched the movie with another person who has already seen it. Again though, that's part of the fun aspect of it.