is the waste of time. The utter sheer waste of time. I played NWN almost every day for something like 3 or more years, as much as I could. I look back at that time with regret: I put aside my family, my friends, my other interests, and wasted a good 2 to 3 hours a day. It was filling a void, making me feel like I had control, giving me a feeling of worth. What did I get out of it though? Maybe a lesson about addiction, but really I got zilch, nothing, and a chunk of remorse.
No, it's not entirely the games fault, but just like some drug addiction it can really grab people and hold tight. Especially if there are a group of people you interact with who feed the desire to gain fake glory.
The difference being that the RIAA equals lost revenue as revenue lost to pirating, they do not take into consideration money gone to indie labels etc. They believe that they are the only game in town and that the tiny labels are inconsequential, therefore if they are losing money then (of course) they are losing it to pirates. ARrrrr.
It's easy to blame things on well known targets. I blame mistakes I make everyday on terrorists!
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is the waste of time. The utter sheer waste of time. I played NWN almost every day for something like 3 or more years, as much as I could. I look back at that time with regret: I put aside my family, my friends, my other interests, and wasted a good 2 to 3 hours a day. It was filling a void, making me feel like I had control, giving me a feeling of worth. What did I get out of it though? Maybe a lesson about addiction, but really I got zilch, nothing, and a chunk of remorse.
No, it's not entirely the games fault, but just like some drug addiction it can really grab people and hold tight. Especially if there are a group of people you interact with who feed the desire to gain fake glory.
The difference being that the RIAA equals lost revenue as revenue lost to pirating, they do not take into consideration money gone to indie labels etc. They believe that they are the only game in town and that the tiny labels are inconsequential, therefore if they are losing money then (of course) they are losing it to pirates. ARrrrr.
It's easy to blame things on well known targets. I blame mistakes I make everyday on terrorists!