[QUOTE="coveredeyes"][QUOTE="Rekunta"]
I'll be flat out honest here: to a large extent I play them to escape reality. I have a serious chronic disease that is a constant threat and hardship, and I just need to get away sometimes. Games do the job. Kind of sad, but it's the truth.
It's not the only reason, however......gaming allows me to do and experience things not allowed in real life. I love seeing the creativity and ingenuity, and also appreciate the technical merits. It's also enjoyable to try to figure out how the designers accomplished what they did.
Rekunta
Sorry to hear that man. Video games do a great job to take you away from reality. I play partly for escapism; getting away from my depression which I know, ironically enough is partly due to lack of exercise and too much time on video games. Other big reasons for me are the graphical innovations (especially the 3D modeling which I practice from time to time), the challenges a game can present, the stories games can tell, as effectively as any other medium; and the fun of playing a game simply because in a way you are 'playing'. I've been playing since I was 4 years old because of my dad's influence, playing the early prince of persia games etc. and it has progressed from there.Yea, I always wonder if I play videogames because I'm depressed, or I'm depressed because I play videogames. :? Considering I was playing them before I got depressed and do enjoy them for more than escapism, it's safe to say there's really no correlation.....but it probably doesn't help.
Btw, what program do you do 3D with? I'd like to get into it, but have no idea where to start. Doesn't 3D studio cost around 30k?
No its not as bad as some people think. There are a few free good 3D programs such as blender. It takes awhile to get used to, but does the job. I don't have or need a studio, seeing as I just make character models and do nothing with them, such as rendering and texturing, all you need really is a reasonable computer. It does depend on what you want to do, but if like me, you just like to practice and mess around from time to time then a 3D studio is completely out of the question. So yeah try blender, zBrush is another good one but is expensive, of course there are other less 'legitimate' ways of acquiring the software if your low on cash. Hope that helped. You can message me if you want more info etc. if you like. :) 
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