Posted by: Mike Huntt
Posted by: xParanoiaa
life is about doing what you want to do. or else what is the point of living? If I wanted to play Halo for the rest of my life, than so be it. I'd die knowing I did what I wanted to do.That's all well and good. No one is denying you that.
However, there are far more exciting things to be doing. That's all I'm saying. Halo is fun, but it's not the funnest thing in the world, and that's not even close to being subjective, it's pure fact.
There are different kinds of fun, so you're wrong.
Example 1:
You're playing halo and kicking ass
You're going down a massive roller coaster and screaming your face off.
Some small analysis for you guys:
People play video games continuously for long periods of time, for years where-as going on a roller coaster is rarer, thus there is more attraction to doing those types of "fun" activities (this can actually be attributed to economics and the law of diminishing marginal utility). So to go even further in this analysis, it's quite easy to understand that the only reason people say that there are "many more fun things in life than playing video games" is because they've already had so much experience with video games, yet only so little in comparison with other fun activities like riding roller coasters.
So basically, if you road roller coasters for 5 hours a day for 2 years straight, you'd then be saying: "omg there are so many other things that are so much more fun than going on a roller coaster, and that's not even close to being subjective, it's pure fact!."
I guess I was being a bit too broad with my example. Sorry folks
[Edited on 04.05.2011 10:01 PM PDT]