tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417337570309175061.post6441473672975630994..comments2024-03-07T13:47:29.810+00:00Comments on Lloyd of Gamebooks: Computer games and meStuart Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15100216520313336932noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417337570309175061.post-82171447335322812002016-09-12T12:50:33.832+01:002016-09-12T12:50:33.832+01:00This is a sad post, but I think that you are proba...This is a sad post, but I think that you are probably missing the point here, Stuart. Games are the way kids and teenagers prepare themselves for the future challenges they are going to face in life as adults. We all wasted some time playing games, but a lot of that time was actually very productive for our brains, self esteem and our success later in life. Once we grow up, we start having real challenges in life and that slowly replaces the games we used to play. This is the healthy way of growing up. We are all doing fine and the reason for that is at least partially the games we played as kids.Peter Agapovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226190022546988691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417337570309175061.post-48896398483759959072016-08-22T11:21:31.321+01:002016-08-22T11:21:31.321+01:00What an interesting read! Thanks Stuart.What an interesting read! Thanks Stuart.benjebobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07534090599661240492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417337570309175061.post-80924401913491862162016-08-20T12:32:16.099+01:002016-08-20T12:32:16.099+01:00I was very, VERY addicted to videogames. I started...I was very, VERY addicted to videogames. I started all the way back on the Commodore 64, playing Maniac Mansion and Zakk McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. This graduated up when my dad bought a Mac Performa series computer, and I got utterly addicted to the Marathon Series and its precursor Pathways into Darkness. Around the same time, I was also getting into console gaming as well. In university I probably sunk 300 hours into The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. It got worse when MMORPGs came out. I was really into World of Warcraft for a while, but it wasn't that bad. Then I discovered an MMO called Atlantica Online. I got hooked so badly that I dreamed about it. I was unemployed at the time because I was in the process of immigrating from the US to Canada and I must have sunk an average of 6-8 hours a day, 7 days a week into that game. I was a guild leader, organized dungeon runs, etc... I learned my lesson from Atlantica. I also lost almost 3 years of my life to it that I will never get back. I still game, but only an average of maybe 1 hour a day. I've found that keeping focused on my writing and wanting to be productive in my spare time has left me feeling happier and more fulfilled. Also, my wife is happier, lol.Jeffrey R Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358012359688992746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417337570309175061.post-27458405179740812822016-08-20T05:44:33.177+01:002016-08-20T05:44:33.177+01:00Some people are wizards and are better suited for ...Some people are wizards and are better suited for weaving spells, and they feel empty if they've been put under spells by others.kylebstiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15647153565490708285noreply@blogger.com