Comments on: Lemon Drop: My Life as an Addict http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/06/09/my-life-as-an-addict/ GameLemon: Video Games Gone Funny! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:47:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: melinda http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/06/09/my-life-as-an-addict/#comment-774 melinda Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:08:06 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/06/09/my-life-as-an-addict/#comment-774 oops, make that NOT buy a crapload of content. I bought some, but that was an accident. Again...meh. oops, make that NOT buy a crapload of content. I bought some, but that was an accident. Again…meh.

]]> By: melinda http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/06/09/my-life-as-an-addict/#comment-773 melinda Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:06:58 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/06/09/my-life-as-an-addict/#comment-773 >>That’s a very astute observation on games in general. Don't sound surprised. I think that video games fall into "fun to win...super-duper no fun to lose" category, along with Monopoly and Little League Baseball. Am I right? Anyone out there ever whip a tiny car at your sister? Or been forced to watch the other team get taken out to Dairy Queen? It sucks...totally sucks? But does winning kick ass as much as losing sucks? Hell yeah! Winning is so sweet it takes the sting out of even the hardest thrown little car. It makes even the holy grail of tasty ice milk treats, the Peanut Buster Parfait, taste even better! But with a video game, just finishing is winning...and sometimes it's not as sweet as a PBP...it's not even as sweet as a plain vanilla cone--no jimmies. Trust me. I just finished My Life as a King a few days ago...and the only sweet thing was that I managed to to buy a crapload of extra content. Meh. >>That’s a very astute observation on games in general.
Don’t sound surprised.

I think that video games fall into “fun to win…super-duper no fun to lose” category, along with Monopoly and Little League Baseball. Am I right? Anyone out there ever whip a tiny car at your sister? Or been forced to watch the other team get taken out to Dairy Queen? It sucks…totally sucks? But does winning kick ass as much as losing sucks? Hell yeah! Winning is so sweet it takes the sting out of even the hardest thrown little car. It makes even the holy grail of tasty ice milk treats, the Peanut Buster Parfait, taste even better!

But with a video game, just finishing is winning…and sometimes it’s not as sweet as a PBP…it’s not even as sweet as a plain vanilla cone–no jimmies. Trust me. I just finished My Life as a King a few days ago…and the only sweet thing was that I managed to to buy a crapload of extra content. Meh.

]]> By: Max http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/06/09/my-life-as-an-addict/#comment-747 Max Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:57:41 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/06/09/my-life-as-an-addict/#comment-747 >> But the problem is that while it is fun and addictive in the beginning, towards the middle it just gets addictive. That's a very astute observation on games in general. In the real world, fun and addiction are inextricably tied together. Smoking is fun, TV is fun, drugs are fun. Sure, there may be some horrible long term health affects or something that make an addiction undesirable overall, but at least its always fun in the shorter term. But it seems like in games its possible to be addicted to something that isn't really fun at all. And that's a function of.... what? Is it just that you've got 20 minutes till the baby wakes up and the alternative is Oprah, and crappy escapism is better than no escapism at all? Or are we simply addicted to button pressing and flashing lights? >> But the problem is that while it is fun and addictive in the beginning, towards the middle it just gets addictive.

That’s a very astute observation on games in general. In the real world, fun and addiction are inextricably tied together. Smoking is fun, TV is fun, drugs are fun. Sure, there may be some horrible long term health affects or something that make an addiction undesirable overall, but at least its always fun in the shorter term. But it seems like in games its possible to be addicted to something that isn’t really fun at all. And that’s a function of…. what? Is it just that you’ve got 20 minutes till the baby wakes up and the alternative is Oprah, and crappy escapism is better than no escapism at all? Or are we simply addicted to button pressing and flashing lights?

]]> By: Bailz http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/06/09/my-life-as-an-addict/#comment-737 Bailz Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:57:04 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/06/09/my-life-as-an-addict/#comment-737 Curse the Wii Beast for bringing this delightful addiction into our homes!! Curse the Wii Beast for bringing this delightful addiction into our homes!!

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