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https://twitter.com/djvlad/status/1568985513985724417

>thin of the 100 greatest moments of your life

I can barely come up with five and one of them is beating Majora's Mask for the first time

"100 greatest moments"

This guy definitely came to flex

All night Xmen Legends sessions with friends, what he says is probably true here

I have a bunch of moments that are game related. Playing through Persona 4 and Ace Attorney were awesome experiences and playing Ocarina of Time and Goldeneye with my friends was a blast

as an adult, i don't give a fuck how other adults waste their free time.

Think about the 100 greatest moments of your life. Do any of them involve Jackie Chan?

I would have a very hard time coming up with 100 "greatest" moments of my life

Uhh some of them probably are video games though? Although I'm not sure if I agree, I would say that video games definitely have some sort of a relationship with depression.

I have nothing snarky to say, which is why I'm not on Twitter.

@Ryvell

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/1/5/AACE4xAADPFX.jpg

Making a list of the 100 greatest moments of my life would not be on a list of 100 greatest moments of my life.

This criticism is highly dependent on the person. There's definitely lots of people out there that could stand to put the vidyas down and go for a walk every once in a while.

"is a form of depression" ok this guy is just playing with the definition of depression
also yes i have had many great moments in video games i can't believe he thought he did something there

Uhh what. I still think back on my staking win streak on oldschool runescape. I made billions of gp

Prob one of the greatest headrushes I ever experienced.

If you're truly free from the constrains of expectation placed upon you, by society -- then definitely some of those 100 best moments could be gaming related. However, if, as a child when you said you had massive fun playing Super Mario World and your parents say "you're not being a good drone doing that, go outside, play in the polluted river, experience the acid rain on your face, and smell the sweet smog of pollution from the nearby factories, and be back by 6:15pm for your foodbag" then you might start to forget those experiences as an adult.

Dude is trying hard

Oh by the way if anyone can think of any great memories you had playing with or against other people, that is apparently not because of the video games, but because of the people so don't even think about that.

A_Good_Boy posted...

This criticism is highly dependent on the person.

Kinda where my mind was going on this. If a person were to come to their own personal conclusion that their time spent on video games was wasteful, that's on them, but there's no need to judge the world based on your own anxieties.

He took the low hanging fruit and targeted gamers. They're definitely an easy demographic to troll.

A_Good_Boy posted...

There's definitely lots of people out there that could stand to put the vidyas down and go for a walk every once in a while.

This kind of sounds like magical thinking...

https://twitter.com/djvlad/status/1569037480027996162?t=yDDCIWFdSfP5W70KTvLcVA&s=19

This is a better way of wording it overall.

A marathon gaming session for something you're excited for or passionate about? Sure. No different than binging a season of a TV show or movie franchise marathon.

But if it's a constant thing that constantly takes up a large portion of your life then yeah probably something is missing.

Without kind of giving a like-warm, gray pool answer?

Yeah, I think so. Something about escaping to a non-reality solely without having any actual experience with the outside world.. you know, the thing Snake warns us about in MGS2 >_>

Punished_Blinx posted...

https://twitter.com/djvlad/status/1569037480027996162?t=yDDCIWFdSfP5W70KTvLcVA&s=19

This is a better way of wording it overall.

A marathon gaming session for something you're excited for or passionate about? Sure. No different than binging a season of a TV show or movie franchise marathon.

But if it's a constant thing that constantly takes up a large portion of your life then yeah probably something is missing.

or its a hobby.

Because how dare we do things we enjoy.

He just sounds like a judgmental asshole

i played arcade games at the sega arcade in akihabara once
met some girls there
took me to a bar in roppongi
got drugged and had my passport stolen by some nigerian dudes
woke up in a taxi cab at 11 am with some japanese girl wearing my clothes
spent the next 3 days thinkin i was gonna die comin down from whatever they drugged me with

deffo one of the top 5 moments of my life
10/10 and sad that sega akihabara is closed

playing through chrono trigger and personas 3, 4, and 5 would EASILY break my top 100 moments. One of them would probably break my top 10.

Playing Mario Kart Double Dash with my dad when I was sick as a kid is up there.

Getting a gameboy color for Christmas when I was 6 years old was my Christmas Story, Red Rider BB Gun moment.

Not sure if it counts as a "moment," but I tracked down a near mint, complete in box copy of Chrono Trigger for the SNES, and it's probably my favorite thing I own.

And for what it's worth, I'm engaged, travel a lot with my fiancee, lost 150 ibs about three years ago, go out with friends regularly, landed a decent career, keep myself happy and healthy, feel pretty good in life, and still game pretty regularly. Hardly "depressed." If anything, I was depressed when I was in high school/college.

Gaming is just a hobby. It's time to stop pretending it's any different than literally any other hobby. It's not.

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Movies.

Listening to music.

Reading.

Hell, going for a walk outside.

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Lol good times. I miss Runescape

CyricZ posted...

Movies.

Listening to music.

Reading.

Hell, going for a walk outside.

Not really great comparisons when and where those things can actually occur..

Kan-Wan posted...

Not really great comparisons when and where those things can actually occur..

Well that's my point. There's a lot of circumstances that can line up any of these experiences that can make them memorable or formative to one's life.

100 is a lot
i'm pretty sure a video game will fit in the top 100

have you guys never tried making a list of 100 things about yourself? lol it's a lot.

Beating Mario 3 was orgasmic. 100% Super Mario World and Mario 64 was an orgasmic feeling as well. Getting 120 stars and meeting Yoshi was fucking awesome.

For single player game I've been playing dmc 3 to help reduce my stress levels since around 2013.

It makes for a good stress ball because of how mashy the game can get. Enemies fall to the ground quickly so the pace is faster than dmc 5 and wanna say even higher pace than dmc 4 but not as complex. especially the modded version of the game with style switching and recently the inertia mod which adds another layer of play.

That said this does fall in line with whatever that twitter dude is saying. I play dmc 3 because I feel anxiety and depression. I just use it as an escape for a few hours of my day. I put on some music and mash away on dmc 3. I don't even play through the missions I just stick to bloody palace. Just a bit of relief for me.

I wonder where posting the groundbreaking tweet: 2KBABY Speaks on His Face Tattoos, Says "I Don't Give A F***" places on his top list of memorable lifetime events?

https://twitter.com/djvlad/status/1569058202016161792?s=20&t=pO0SjRve7GcGi1SFBSMKfQ

Ratchetrockon posted...

For single player game I've been playing dmc 3 to help reduce my stress levels since around 2013.

It makes for a good stress ball because of how mashy the game can get. Enemies fall to the ground quickly so the pace is faster than dmc 5 and wanna say even higher pace than dmc 4 but not as complex. especially the modded version of the game with style switching and recently the inertia mod which adds another layer of play.

That said this does fall in line with whatever that twitter dude is saying. I play dmc 3 because I feel anxiety and depression. I just use it as an escape really. I put on some music and mash away on dmc 3 for about 2 hours a day. I don't even play through the missions I just stick to bloody palace. Just a bit of relief for me.

Yeah, but a healthy dose of escapism to relax isn't "a sign of depression." It's being a human being. Everybody does it, whether it's through gaming, sports, movies, hiking, fixing cars, cooking, or any one of a million other things people do to unwind or enjoy themselves.

If anything, it's the people suggesting that you should be 100% engaged with your problems/stressors 100% of the time that have the problem. I'd imagine they're well on their way to a stress-induced heart attack by the time they're 35.

But I know djvlad. His reputation is about interviewing celebs and getting them to say controversial things to get attention. Can't really take him seriously.

And another thing I get from this is how people are unable to find happiness on the little things in life. I'm gonna have bacon for lunch tomorrow and that is gonna be a great highlight for the week. I'm sorry you aren't able to enjoy the smaller things in life.

CyricZ posted...

Listening to music.

Dont go targeting ME now

VeggetaX posted...

But I know djvlad. His reputation is about interviewing celebs and getting them to say controversial things to get attention. Can't really take him seriously.

And another thing I get from this is how people are unable to find happiness on the little things in life. I'm gonna have bacon for lunch tomorrow and that is gonna be a great highlight for the week. I'm sorry you aren't able to enjoy the smaller things in life.

This whole conversation has its roots in capitalism.

It reminds me of when white capitalists were first observing islander culture. They would work maybe a couple hours in the morning then spend the entire rest of the day chilling out, taking naps and a little surfing. But the capitalists thought the islanders were lazy and something must be mentally wrong with them.

VeggetaX posted...

I'm gonna have bacon for lunch tomorrow and that is gonna be a great highlight for the week.

Sir that is noble and I hope it really goes well for you. :)

You all can remember 100 individual moments in your life?

CyricZ posted...

Well that's my point. There's a lot of circumstances that can line up any of these experiences that can make them memorable or formative to one's life.

We know people get on fine being on the inside and we know that if youre always inside playing video games your only experience will be those kind of memorable moments for your life.

I think the real point he was trying to make was playing video games puts you inside 4 walls more often than reading will and your experiences would probably look much different if you did actually choose to go outside

which I think is pretty true >_>

You're free to interpret his words how you like.

Saving this 7 minute porn clip of this busty asian chick in 2007 and then 13 years later, finally finding the entire 30 minute video on accident and it being just as glorious as the clip. That was a top 100 moment for me >_>

No fun allowed

He would be wrong in my case. Some of my best moments were playing Phoenix Wright and other games like Undertale and DDLC.