I completely agree with you when you say “we don’t stop playing because we get older, we get older because we stop playing”. Whenever I meet happy, healthly elderly people, I’m always impressed about how playful and upbeat they are. I have a strong belief that the ability to play is key to a happy long life.

I don’t remember that part of the episode. I’ll have to watch it again!

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And I totally know someone that’s trying to write her senior thesis on what role video games play in society and I’ll definitely point her this way! It’s nice to have primary sources.

I am not your typical gamer that people expect, in fact I get called the Biker from hell at times by my fellow guildies. Everyone needs a release from their everyday lives, even the hardasses like myself. Games give us the option to just de-stress and enjoy life with little to no consequences. As you said it allows our inner children out for some much needed exercise. I have always been of the mind that we don’t stop playing because we get older, we get older because we stop playing.

Great article

It was more of a “here’s a funny idea” post than anything else, but I do so enjoy thinking about “funny ideas”. Glad someone else does too!

Seriously, this is one of my favorite articles you’ve ever done. I like it because you are so right, and it really got me thinking about why I enjoy video games.

I also hadn’t thought about why people act differently in WoW than they might in their real lives. My guess would be if that’s how they are acting when there is drama in WoW it’s very reminisicent of how they behaved in elementary school.