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I do not get the

EmmaZahn — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:39:15 +0000

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I do not get the spectator-sport adrenal rush either. I enjoyed playing some sports and watching [mostly the crowd}in person but never was able to identify enough with a professional team to get all that excited over a game.

OTOH, I have obsessed over more than a couple of video games enough to interfere with more important things. :-/

I was having big fun Sunday

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:33:46 +0000

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I was having big fun Sunday night watching the Cowboys until the last five minutes of the game. I have to acknowledge that your observations are pretty accurate if applied to me from that point on and for an hour or so and a few beers more after the game ended. Then I started to look forward to next week.

I have big problems with war games too and have written about them in the past. I think they are a sign and a symptom and a contributory cause, all at the same time, of a sad, sick, mind-set that will just help create more fodder for future wars.

A lot of what I do isn't

Donal — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:35:35 +0000

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A lot of what I do isn't always fun at the time - riding up hills, swimming length after length, playing tennis against a dinker, staggering through a triathlon - but I look back with satisfaction.

It just boggles my mind that

artappraiser — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:26:36 +0000

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It just boggles my mind that so many think of this as "fun". But then I don't think of the NFL as "fun" either; snf over the years, I've come to accept that I am strange that way. Thing is, most fervent NFL fans I've seen don't appear to me to be having fun, either. It's more like they are having their blood pressure raised, getting an artificial emotional storm, and then drinking beer to be able to call it "fun." The blood sugar/caffeine thing associated with gaming which you note just makes me think of the "fun" here as approaching heart attack status.

Better virtual wars than real

EmmaZahn — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:28:53 +0000

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Better virtual wars than real ones, I suppose. If my reflexes weren't shot, I would probably try to play it just to see what all the fuss is about.

I checked out callofduty.com. Apparently, caffeine-laden Mountain Dew and Doritos are big time promoters of the games. Makes sense.