Of computer games, meta verses etc, I really don't get it, can anyone explain it to me, please?
What do you get out of it?
I keep seeing all this stuff advertised and I hit a big concrete wall in my head and think, ouch and eh?
Of computer games, meta verses etc, I really don't get it, can anyone explain it to me, please?
What do you get out of it?
I keep seeing all this stuff advertised and I hit a big concrete wall in my head and think, ouch and eh?
Escape, it’s a little like reading a good book for me if the stories good just without the book and it’s a game….on a tv screen. A feeling of control, it can feel like you are being productive too although that’s another argument. Also it’s an interest of mine, gaming on the whole, retro gaming, rare consoles and collectibles.
I look at all this social media stuff and ask 'what's in for me?' and I can't find a lot, just more of what the late Robert Anton Wilson called 'Assholes looking for a human being to attach themselves too'.
Do you think I'm a troll?
Nope. Let's call it a healthy scepticism for modern technology. We need more of you. Look at the state of the world!
I don't have a FaceBook/Twitter/Instagram/Snapchat/MySpace account. I never saw the point. "Hey! Look at the wonderful time I'm pretending to have!" Meantime Zuckerberg is hoovering up all my details to sell me stuff I don't want or telling me that I should be hating on immigrants like everyone else in my "friend" group. No thanks, Mark. I don't want to be told what to think or what to be interested in. Maybe that's a PDA thing. PDA has its benefits, I suppose.
I've met a few ND's who go apoplectic at my inability to use technology well, I lost one previously good friend because he decided he was only going to communicate using FB, hardly anyone was using it then, so I think he lost touch with quite a few people.
Nearly everyone I've met who is ND is really into tech and can't understand my difficulties, think I'm stupid and don't deserve to have a computer as I won't sue it "properly". There are a few NT's who agree with them too.
Do you think I'm a troll?
Video games keep me sane from the things in the world. Some love the action packed nature of a simple hack n slash, others might benefit from a simple cozy fishing game.
The brain thrives off of rewards, and games reward you for playing or completing simple tasks. Like Minecraft rewards you with achievements, fishing games can give you money to upgrade your rod, bait, or cosmetics.
For me they're to bright and fast
I think it's different if you're playing them, rather than looking at them being played. When you're playing, you're in control. You never hear an Autistic person complain about the sound of their own chewing, if you know what I mean.
I don't think they're losers
I know. They would be imagining it.
I don't think they're losers, as others like ArchaeC have given good answers, I supose those who would think me a troll wouldn't understand why I like cooking so much, but they'd probably be quite happy to eat what I cook, lol.
For me they're to bright and fast, I don't feel the emotional connection that others do, its like modern cartoons they're all brght and jaggy, sharp lines and bright colours.
I'm a bit curious, others who often say they feel overwhelmed by the world and have sensory issues with bright colours and thingsd being to fast seem to love them.
It's also a bit of an autistic trope, that if you're autistic then you must be really into games and all things digital, I'm not at all competitive which is probably another reason I'm confused and bemused by others being so into them, but then I'm not into board games eithers. People seem to take games so seriously and get so het up about wining and losing. I seem to be a bit of an outlier that I don't understand all this digital stuff. But then I'm also just to old to have grown up with it, things like pacman and that ping pong video game were just coming along when I was a teenager and I was probably off doing teenage things.
I’m not into gaming and maybe I am not taking your question the way you intend, but I would think that it’s a case of why does anyone like anything.
What do you get out of it?
That, I can’t answer, but you have some great replies.
i used to think about likes and dislikes a lot. I wondered how much of our hobby or academic subject choices were down to genetics or family and social pressure.
You're in an online forum with a bunch of adults. The demographic is going to include an unusually high proportion of people who are really, REALLY into gaming. You post, "I really don't get it". What happens next?
NT gamers would probably have gone apoplectic with rage and foamed at the mouth at the mere idea that you think that they are losers (because they're good at reading minds and subtexts like that). NT's would think that obviously you're just a troll (someone who posts just to start an argument) because they couldn't possibly be wrong about games being awesome for everyone!!!! (#NotAllNeurotypicals)
Here, however, the nice ND gamers, who are probably even more passionate about their gaming, just take your question at face value and gently and lovingly try to explain what gaming means to them. If it still means nothing to you, well then, that's just OK, too. (#NeurodivergentsAreLovely)
Does that answer your question?
Why would I be called a troll?
Anywhere else and you'd have been called a troll by now!
What I mostly get out of gaming is that I quickly become hyperfocused. Whether it's digging for gold (not a euphemism) in Minecraft, or shooting random evil dudes in Destiny 2, dropping blocks in Tetris, or solving endless Sudoku puzzles, my brain just engages 100%; everything else fades away. And that always present inner critic just shuts the heck up for a while. Ah, bliss.
Of course, this is followed by me wondering why I've been wasting my life for the past eight hours "doing nothing" (the critic is back), but I do feel more relaxed and recharged.
Gaming may be about as productive as staring at the flames in a fire, or watching the eddies in a flowing stream, or counting the bees and flowers in a spring meadow, but what's wrong with doing any of these things? It's all the same, really: just chillaxing.
For me video games are what keep me sane in this world. What I get out of it is enjoyment, distractions from what upsets me and sense of accomplishments. I also find it to be good for my fingers and mind. Plus the characters can be very cute in my opinion and the graphics and colours can also be amazing. What I don’t see the point is all this “reality show stuff” and social media. And this is coming from someone who is gen z.
You're not their landlord, you're their God/Goddess. You can give them full autonomy and they will just happily go about their lives, or you can command them to do stuff. They won't care.
I wonder if you could appoint a manager?
I have been put off computer games. My son enjoys them and they see to be very fast noisy and busy. When he was younger I had a go with him and he got impatient with my lack of ability to do things quickly. That's just how I am, I don't do quick reactions. Also as I work in front of a screen all day I prefer pastimes away from a screen. I wouldn't read a book on kindle, I prefer a book I can pick up. I watch TV drama or comedy to switch off as the screen is a distance away. I like logic and strategy things, but would rather do them in a book or a game. To relax I also enjoy listening to music or playing patience ( I too am an only child).
I don't play board games, except by myself. nor do I write creatively. Its probably just me, but I'd feel guilty being an absentee landlord to SIMS, lol.
Hi again Catwoman
As D has explained, co-op is where people get into teams and play against others. You can also play against other single players online. But I don't do this and I also wouldn't want to join a metaverse - I'm a bit like you in that I like to play things on my own. There are lots of games where you can just play as a single player though, and they are not all adrenaline fuelled fighting or racing.
In Sims 4, the first thing you have to do is create a household of between one and 8 Sims to move into a home in the game. You can decide their age, gender, appearance and choose 3 personality traits for them and an aspiration (a goal for them to achieve) But if you don't want to play with them, you can move them into a pre made home and then leave them there while you go off and build houses on other lots. There are also pre made Sims in many of the pre made homes, but you can evict them and then change their house or knock it down and rebuild it. You can also create parks, museums, pools, bars, libraries and gyms.
I quite like chess, but I'm not very good at it. I don't like playing it with other people, but I have a chess game on my Xbox where I can choose the skill level and then play against the AI. I also have the video game version of cluedo, which is a board game I enjoyed as a child.
I've also always loved scrabble, and I have a game on my kindle tablet called "classic words" which is the same as that, and I also enjoy trying to make up good words with it.
So, online worlds are not for me, but I spend time in fantasy worlds in single player games. To me, it's not a lot different to reading a novel, creative writing, puzzle solving, D&D or board games.
RPGs are generally about questing and gaining or improving skills that will help you on quests. Some RPGs put you in the shoes of an established character, but I feel the best ones are where you're given a blank slate to make your own, like old-school pen-and-paper Dungeons and Dragons.
