desperate attempt to avoid the mundane aspects of life through virtual excitement (not really my thing)

You mean, like a film (say, a horror film?) you can control?

Is this more desperate than sitting virtually motionless in front of images you are not able to interact with for an hour-and-a-half?

yes - (we seem to be disagreeing a lot today) - and the issue of control is exactly the point. the illusion of 'control' within the video game is why it seems a desperate form of escapism. . . film, by virtue of not creating the illusion of control, is a more pure aesthetic experience (words i never though i'd post on HDC).

Lord! Don't worry about that, I give the illusion of disagreeing with everyone everyday. :p

Is controlled escapisim more desperate than aesthetic escapism, or more creative? Perhaps desperation and creation go hand-in-hand?

At least gamers make their own way through and leave their own mark on the entertainment, whereas filmmakers could just be holding us hostage in our armchairs while they flaunt their own creations...


:D

good point - i think i'm just jealous because i have really slow thumbs!

http://www.bostonhand.com/thumbexercises.html

:)

lol

XBOX owned my soul for a good couple of years, but this new one apparently is frying out... like, every single one. So I aint buying one til it comes down from the $400 price tag (Trippin_the_rif, I dunno where you came up with $1500) and Microsoft sends out a working model.