RE: [MLUG] Re: linux game information...

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Fallert, Adam Christian wrote:

> > I prefer to read non-fiction because I think I get a lot more out of it 
> > and I enjoy it even more than reading novels, but reading novels is 
> > good for you if you are reading a good writer.  You will learn how 
> > better to express yourself and how to write clearly and well.  That's 
> > worthwhile.
>
> That is great, but non-fiction is not everyone's cup of tea.

Again, I'm not saying that people should be like me or even that people 
shouldn't play video games.


> Clearly reading hasn't helped me write clearly and well. I have to argue 
> against that point

We don't know the counterfactual -- what your writing would be like if you 
hadn't been reading.


> > That and writing to MLUG ;-)
>
> Um, doesn't writing to MLUG help you learn?

It helps tremendously when I ask a question, at least if someone answers 
it.


> > Compare 15 hours per week watching documentary shows versus 15 hours 
> > per week playing video games and tell me which adds more to your life? 
> > I won't tell you the answer because I don't know, but I will find it 
> > hard to believe that a video game is a better choice.
>
> Ok, how about teamwork?  That is an important life skill.  Wouldn't you 
> agree?  Most advanced video games these days are online and require 
> interaction and working with a team.  Strategizing is another useful 
> life skill taught by video games.

Sure.  Those are good things.


> Throughout this discourse you have gotten an idea of what I enjoy to do 
> outside of work.  To recap, I enjoy The History Channel, Discovery HD 
> Theater, reading, the sport of fencing, opera/symphony, theater, movies 
> (mostly DVD/Blu-Ray), tinkering with computers, debating with others, 
> home repair, yard maintenance.  I also keep my house very clean, 
> although I don't particularly enjoy that.  On top of all of that, I 
> still manage 10-20 hours of gaming per week.  I think I, and others like 
> me, are entitled to that if that is what we enjoy.
>
> Again everyone is different and we all have different needs.  Although 
> dwindling quickly, this is still a free country.  People have the 
> freedom to do as they choose and that is what makes this country great. 
> I really fear how America would be if we didn't have that right.

Of course.  I'm not trying to stop anyone from playing video games, but I 
am saying that you should consider what you are doing with your time.  If 
you want to spend 20 hours per week on video games for, say, 50 years, go 
ahead and do it.  That would be about 18% of your waking life.  Work takes 
up about 36% and you still have 46% left for bathing, eating, driving to 
work, and a million other things.

Mike

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