POLL: why do you play game?

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because I find games far more entertaining than 95% of the **** that passes for TV and movies these days. and after long and stressful day at work it nice to crack open a beers and chain saw some locusts in half, mow down hordes of zombies or make little squares line up on a grid

i play because there's nothing else to do, and gaming is usually such a laid back activity so its good for rest and relaxation...

unless you're playing a game on Very Hard difficulty... then thats just stressful.

Hand / eye coordination, check.

Improve my capacity for quick and effective problem solving, check.

Keep my mind occupied with something else other than just work, check.

Kill prinnies, check.

To temporarily forget real life problems. Hey, it's safer than drugs and better than spilling all your emotional crap at another person who doesn't want to hear about them.

I could also say it's a way of making yourself be the hero you want to be but can't in real life. On almost all games, YOU are the hero. You save the world. Can you have that chance in real life?

To keep me entertained.

I play for the same reasons movie buffs watch and enjoy film. I like to experience a story in the characters shoes so to speak. cainetao11

Hum, but movies are mind numbing...

reason I fall asleep all the time I go to the cinema.

is fun, do enjoyJandurin