What Guilty Gaming Pleasures Do You Enjoy?

Posted by simoniker on Sunday January 18, 2004 @12:23AM from the carmageddon-plus-plus dept.

Thanks to GamerDad for its editorial discussing some of the guilty pleasures involved in playing video games. The author, in trying to define why he enjoys games so much, rhapsodizes: "When 3D games run at a high framerate and wow me with effects, I'm drooling like any other graphics loving moron. I don't need them, but I do respect and admire them." He continues along this train of thought: "Another guilty pleasure is the need to blow things up. Why is it that's so damn liberating? I just love to see things go boom. Zombies, space ships, tanks, cars, buildings, robots, aliens, demons - but not often people, since I'm kinda squeamish with that." What's your guiltiest videogaming-related pleasure?

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Hentai games! by chendo · 2004-01-18 02:03 · Score: 4, Insightful

Of course, the guilty pleasures of videogaming would have to include playing those adult games all day.

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There really are no guilty pleasures in games... by robson · 2004-01-18 05:19 · Score: 3, Insightful

...because, in the end, a game only needs to be fun. If you're having fun, there's nothing to feel guilty about.

The beauty is that there are many different kids of fun to be had -- visceral/reflexy fun; intellectual/puzzley fun; compulsive collection fun; competitive fun; violent ass-kicking fun... etc. Not one of these should inspire guilt. Fun is fun.

Come to think of it, the only true guilty pleasure would be playing a game not because it was fun, but because you were trying to prove a point to someone else.