Apparently they've never heard of something called NOGAEMS

-yes
-yes
-yes
-yes
-yes
-no, i have never sat down with the intention of only playing for 20 min thats just silly, 3+ hour minimum

a lot of games require a commitment of a few hours to complete or get the full experience.
Honestly, the only reason people harp about video game "addiction" is because they don't understand the hobby.
Le sigh.

>Real games can be just as fun!

Define, "Real Games," oh mysterious magazine.

>> go to a football game, the mall

stopped reading there. some kind of cunty american THE MALL IS SO KEWL, IM TEXTING LOL new generation bullshit. i bet if it was about suggesting music, the faggot would have written linkin park.

Everything is the exact same, Gaming is no different then anything you can do outside. its just safer and more relaxing.. After work i don't want to go outside and play football, or walk around. i want to sit it my chair and relax

The only people who see it this way are people who play games, anyone who doesn't will never have this point of view

>see a movie
I don't see why the fuck people think watching a movie or TV is less harmful than videogames; much less help you socially, unless you're one of those obnoxious, loud faggots that won't shut up and ruin the movie for everyone else. All you get is "have you seen this movie?" instead of "have you played this vidya?" in your list of conversation topics

I won't even comment on the addiction test, but it made me lol

-no. Anytime I think "what excuse could I use to ditch this person and play more" I always tell myself that it would be wrong to do so and I got hang out with them
-no. I am in college and my grades are just fine
-yes. Of course I talk about gaming. It is my hobby and alot of my friends hobby as well. It is a conversation topic and I don't think TALKING about a game is any worse than talking about football or cars. By this logic, talking about any hobby is bad.
-I never skip any of these activities intentionally but at college you don't really eat on a regular schedule. I just eat when I get hungry or know I will be hungry soon.
-no. I am a model of good health. I haven't been sick since the 6th grade
-I don't think I ever sit down with the intention of playing for just 20 minutes. For me, I need to be able to spend at least 90 minutes with a game to be able to feel its worth it. Any shorter and I will probably do laundry, homework or exercise instead. Thankfully, I have alot of freetime since I am only taking 16 hours.

Would you call me a gaming addict?
My friends say yes and I say yes.
Is this article a bunch of shit?
Absolutely.

>The mall

Sorry, I'm not 14 anymore. That's not really an option for me.

>see a movie
>socializing
At least you talk while playing video games and not have some douche get bitchy

>Play games that focus on excerise.
Casual propaganda.

>Do you find yourself thinking or talking about a particular game even when you're not playing it

all of /v/ apparently has an unhealthy addiction

>Do you find yourself thinking or talking about a particular game even when you're not playing it?

OLOLOLOL

holy shit how old is this magaz--
>february 2010
now i find it even funnier

>>54821020
>>54820981
do you find yourself interested in your hobby? If so, you have a problem.

>Be sure to hang out with your real life friends.
;_;

>Real life friends
>Go to the mall or a football game
Give me a fucking break.

lol was that written by mom's ?

>implying i watch football

>>54821458
.....I think I have a problem.

>>54821458
all the time

>It's scary to know that there have been cases of gamer exhaustion, starvation, dehydration and even.

Either someone's lying to me or people are fucking retarded.

>>54821711
Koreans. Starcraft.

>>54821458
Actually, no
TVtropes is boring as shit to me.

>Make time for your social life.

Stopped reading right there.

But i like playing the vidya with my IRL friends.

>>54821711
That chinaman died from playing too much WoW
Some asians killed themselves over lost characters in Diablo II
etc

>>54819653
>sat down at the computer
>sitting at your computer to play games
>implying computers are gaming platforms

>>54820074
>all americans like shitty music
coughcoughgooglepatrickwolfhardtimescoughcough

>>54822031
So you have no interest in any form of media or in real life.

I don't buy it.

Why do people always push "socialising" as the pinnacle of fucking existance?

>>54822340

Amerifag here, I beat off to pictures of Patrick Wolf daily.

-what friends?
-i graduated and now i have a job.
-i go on /v/ dont I?
- i have skipped dinner because I live with my roomates and we dont have money for food sometimes because he buy vidya games instead. (oh wait..)
-no i do scratches during longtime gameplay
-no i know that im going to play a long ass time on my days off

>intention of playing 20 minutes
I play games for 15 years, and I never ever had the intention to play only for 20 minutes. I mean seriously, I cannot even finish a dungeon in Zelda or a good round of TF2 in less than 20 minutes.

>Do you find yourself talking about a game even though you're not playing it?

The fuck does this have to do with addiction?
holy fucgghangkkdekajhjoipsudrgtjalndfgmkla I MAD

>- i have skipped dinner because I live with my roomates and we dont have money for food sometimes because he buy vidya games instead. (oh wait..)

hah same here bro

>>54822361
Because they don't know how to do anything else.

>>54821711
Korea and mmo's.

Aika has a pop up message telling me "Remember to take occasional breaks while playing Aika Online!"

>>54822588
hmmm should i get this game or some food for the week what is more important?

>no i do scratches during longtime gameplay

faggot

I eat addiction for breakfast.

Is that the same kid from the Gamefly advert?

You know, the one with the shit-eating grin looking into his mailbox?

does all of /v/ looks like that guy?

> implying you pull faces whilst playing vidya

No i never think of games while not playing them. I was actually looking for /u/ but i clicked /v/ by mistake. I'd forgotten videogames existed.

>>54819653

>>54823170
You can always visit friends/family for a free meal.

Also, I don't know about anyone else. But when I play games, it acts like an appetite suppressant for me. I just do not get hungry until 30-60 minutes after I'm done with the game for the time being.

pic tl;dr

I haven't seen even faggots have hair like that since 2003. Who the hell wrote/designed this?

Fuck you, magazine. I have a healthy social life, I go to college and I play sports and I still answered Yes to all your questions. Suck my dick.
Also that kid in the picture is a cunt.

>Do you find yourself thinking or talking about a particular game even when you're not playing it

"Hey Anon, have you played Just Cause 2?"

"Oh yes, it's a pretty fun ga-... OH GOD WHAT HAVE I BECOME. I BETTER GET TO THE MALL FAST!"

what a faggot

I love it when mainstream fuckers try to tell us how to act

>>54823747
Same fucking shirts too.

>>54823775

>A meｎTＡL ilＬＮeｓs

Moot married Tali and Ness?

WOW!

>>54823742
>Go to the mall
>Talk about games

I've found a loophole!

>>54823747
must be a addict of vidya games

WHY DO I NEED THE HASLE OF A SOCIAL LIFE?

PEER PRESSURE

>went to school many moons ago
>told peer pressure is bad
>get peer pressured into having a social life
>YELL PEER PRESSURE PEER PRESURE
>run to my room and play vidja games

>implying I have friends and that my family isn't horrible
>implying I'm not naturally smart enough that I can get by with no effort anyway
>implying there video games aren't more interesting than 90% of the bullshit around me
>implying I don't hate being filthy and am not a stick figure anyway
>implying you can get sore wrists from playing a fucking video game
>implying 20 minutes is a reasonable amount of time to accomplish anything in a game
>implying video games aren't just another form of escapism

>studies find that many video game addicts suffer from obesity

Most of /v/ right there then

My mall closed down so fuck you OP, I'm gonna enjoy some vidya.

>>54820981
I haven't laughed like this in a while. congrats sir.

>>54823895
have you noticed that the spam was gone when we had that facebook thing.

>the next level of your game
goddamn what is this 1996

Honestly, we video game hobbyists mean no harm, why are we constantly ridiculed?

>>54824005

Huh.

>>54824112
yea the whole stop spamming anonshitdick it stop when moot had the facebook thing on 4chan

>>54824240

Well... he should bring it back! I mean, you had to click the damn thing to post, so I'm not sure I see the harm.

>>54824079

Dey jealiss.

Dey jealiss of our vidya gaem.

>>54819653
someone make a reaction image out of that

>>54824360
+1

>>54824306
yea i think so too. but i think he should get off his lazy high horse and take care of his shitty site anyways

My responses:
1. No
2. No
3. No
4. No
5. No
6. No

As for the tips...
>Real Life Friends
I don't have any close real life friends. I hate sports, and I don't have money to regularly go to the mall or the movies.
>Join a sports team
Again, I hate sports.

Due to the fact my father keeps bitching that I play "too much game", I'm practically a semi-retired video gamer.

I don't even play much video games despite owning about 40 games for the Xbox 360, original xbox, and ps2. End result, I have plenty of unfinished games thanks to my dad. (And in case you're wondering I go to college in Maryland)

>>54824360
>>54823747

>>54824334
Eye gouging erection aside, that is one snazzy looking suit.

>>54819851
This i am the same.

My problem with this is who, that actively likes video games, DOESNT talk or THINK about it wtf.

>>54824360
Will do!

>>54824410
>>54824360

OH GOD WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE TEEDUS?

>>54824635
>>54824699
>>54824704
What the hell.

>>54824635
>>54824699
>>54824704

OH GOD HE'S GETTING CLOSER

>>54824635
too big

>>54824704
>>54824699
we have a winner

>>54821458
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
DAMN YOU TV TROPES

>>54824704
Almost like Tidus, the only difference is his hair.

Archive, I'm fucking laughing at this thread.

>>54824635
>>54824699
>>54824704
HOLY FUCK WHY AM I LAUGHING SO HARD

What magazine is this?

Holy shit its this guy

>>54825253
who

>>54824635
>>54824699
>>54824704
on top of that, it was not intentional, 3 reactions edit were posted at the same time

>>54825253

HAHAHAHA

>>54825253

.....Are there people who are honestly addicted to Dance games?

>>54825307
AWESOME.

>>54825313
>>54825283
Hes from a Gamefly poster

>>54825253
SHOW ME YOUR DESKTOP BITCH

>Do you find yourself thinking or talking about a particular game even when you are not playing it?

OH SHIT GUYS I THINK I'M ADDICTED HELP ME ;_;

>>54825253

A new picture is born each day.

>>54825213
See

>>54819653

>>54819653
and?
i have a worse addiction to cigarettes, but oh no, games will kill me faster

>>54825307
is it safe to claim we have achieved hive mind status now?

>>54825564
>>54825632
DERP DE-DERP DURR

>>54825564

There can only be one.

>>54820074

EUROFAG TEARSSSSSSS MMMMMMMM...!

>>54825709
when the rest out there is not retarded, ill say yes

Oh snaps. OPs gamer guy is on advertisements for my college. Awesome.

>>54825754
OH FUCK OH GOD OH GOD

>>54825842

POST.

THAT.

SHIT.

>implying talking or thinking about a game when you're not playing is a sign of addiction.

>>54825709
YES! YES!

INB4 CRAZY HAIR GUY BECOMES MEME

HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW

>>54826335
YOU'RE TOO LATE! IT'S ALREADY A MEME!

every time i go to the mall i have this in my head..

Life begins after school,
That's when we bend all the rules.
Time to hang with all my friends.
We like to be together,
In a place where we belong!

I'm sixteen, starting my own today.
Got a new job, gonna start at the mall today.
Thank God I'm on my own first time.

I'm sixteen, life is sweet,
When your growing up so fast.
Gotta make the good times last!

I'm sixteen, sixteen.
Gotta make the good times last!

>>54826458
omg the cigar is coming out his cheek>.>;

>>54822056

Holy shit that picture is fuck up awesome.

>>54826441
nice doubles

jez mom you makin posters now?

>>54826574

YOU WISH you had a cheek cigar!

>Do you find yourself thinking or talking about a particular game even when you're not playing it?
Oh fuck you.

I ticked all the boxes for game addiction.

Feels good man.

>>54825185
this.
Also Archive this thread.

>>54826525
Where did that vertical come from? What documentary was it?

Fuckin beaner

>>54826727

DON'T BE ADDICTED TO VIDEOGAMES. BE ADDICTED TO YOURSELF WHO IS ADDICTED TO VIDEOGAMES!

>>54826950
>Do you find yourself thinking or talking about a particular book even when you're not reading it?

>Do you find yourself thinking or talking about a particular TV show even when you're not watching it?

>Do you find yourself thinking or talking about a particular piece of music even when you're not listening to it?

>>54826441

>implying i know were that is from.

I was given a teen hotline booklet thingy in high school with that dude looking depressed on it.

If I can find it in tact(I think I shot it up with bbs) I'll scan and post.

>>54827759
Do it.

>>54819653
IMPLYING I CARE ABOUT THIS

I PLAY AND HAVE A NORMAL LIFE

FUCK OFF THIS IDIOTS TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE THAT VIDEOGAMES ARE BAD

>>54827840
have you ever listened these retarded people?

practically, is bad to go to the toilet and take a piss

>>54827516
inb4 new meme

>Do you find yourself thinking or talking about a particular game even when you're not playing it?

WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE SO ENORMOUSLY FUCKING RETARDED
WHO IN THE NINE FUCKING CIRCLES OF HELL THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A CUNTDICKERING SIGN OF ADDICTION?
YES, I FUCKING MAD

>>54827759
Do it.

Gaming is a hobby, if you see someone who loves toy trains, they eat sleep and breathe it. Same with models, television, movies, etc etc. Gaming is just becoming a more popular entertainment medium than most things. I hardly watch tv or movies anymore. If I want to be entertained I fire up a game for a few hours, better than most of the shit on tv.

>>54827516
LOL

>>54827516
the face he makes, its more like rape some friends

>>54828276
American TV is shit anyway unless you got a expensive digital cable package. Even on primetime broadcast TV, most of the shows consist of reality programs, stupid sitcoms, and the latest crime/murder drama.

I use my TV as background noise.

>>54828276
>parenthood
>Modern Family
>Cougar Town
ONLY ON ABC!

>>54828509
Make a trollface out of that shit!
Also, archive thread NOW.

>>54828276
This.
Change all the video game references to football, baseball, soccer, reading, painting, ANYTHING else, and the response from most people changes from "He's addicted" to "He's sure passionate about (fill in hobby)."

>>54819653

AW MAN THAT KID HAS A XBOX!!

>>54827516
>>54828359

>>54828509
Well except those dramas. But I don't have the time to watch them.

-FUCK no
-no
-yes
-yes, but only sleep, when I don't have shit else to do the next day
-no
-yes

>>54828940
yes, I very mad you piece of casual hipster shit.

Lets find a meaning for this guy.

I hear Fox News is launching a campaign against videogames.

They're just mad because Futurama, Simpsons, and Family Guy games sucked.

Fox hasnogaems

>>54829286

Fox has nonews

>>54829286
Fox hasnotruestories

Hipster Gamer anyone?

>>54829204
Juan the Hardcore Gamer

>>54829204
Crazy Hair Gamer?

>>54829204

Mexican Teedus the Vidya Junkie.

eh sucks dick for vidya and doesn't afraid of anything.

>>54829731
Mexican Tidus!

I go with that!

877-ASK-ALLOY

call it a leave a comment.

pabby

like pablo but combined with babby

because if this shit takes off he'll become /v/s background because moot is a faggot

>>54827796
I found it online under the name Youth Yellow Pages on google, but not a copy of it in a dark corner of my room for me to scan.

>>54830240
DON'T JINX IT, DON'T JINX IT, DON'T JINX IT!

>>54830283
He wears the same shirt.
Mexican Teedus confirmed.

>>54830283
It's not large enough for me to crop and edit.

>>54830442
Buy it then: http://teenlineonline.org/teens/store/secure?cPath=2&main_page=product_info&products_id=11

its scary that I have enough time in a day to fit 5+ hours of gaming/ browsing /v/ without ruining my life entirely

BEAR WITNESS TO THE NATURAL BIRTH OF A NEW MEME

>>54831497
Are you really that much of an idiot?

>>54821458
Fucking tvtropes...