I want to have a serious discussion about this. Why do we like video games? What point do video games serve in our lives?

it's a distraction from the pain called life

>>717585114 (OP)
>Why do we like video games?
I like pushing buttons and shit happens on a screen. I was constantly zapping between TV channels like a autist as a child.
>What point do video games serve in our lives?
You could make the argument that it has the same point as any other hobby but since I'm not a simpleton, I'm starting to suspect that there is a more nefarious reason behind it. Like it's meant to keep us sedated

>>717585114 (OP)
Compelling stories
Im a faggot who plays JRPGs on easy these days cause I can't be bothered to grind anymore to face powerful enemies and progress the story

Okay, I'll give you a serious answer. Ever since I was a child and my father bought me an Atari 5200, I've been fascinated by computer games. The mere ability to control what's happening on the screen and move around in the virtual world with a controller impressed me, even with such simple graphics. I've always been a child who loved playing on my own and making up stories. Computer games were the next level for me. My fascination remains to this day, and I'm about to play another game.

>>717585114 (OP)
>What point do video games serve in our lives?
Same as any other form of entertainment. It's really not yhat deep.

>>717585114 (OP)
It's fun. You might as well say sex with a condom serves no purpose
Touch grass my friend

>>717585114 (OP)
There's something deeply weird about having human anatomical posters right above your computer

>What point do video games serve in our lives?
they used to fill a void in my life

Sorry to describe this like an art fag, but othet mediums are essentially set in stone, post-publishing edits aside. Shawshank, Dune, or a Rockwell painting will all be the same every time you return to it. Metaphorically, the author is giving an address. You can't talk to a book. Obviously you can only "talk" to a game to the degree that the devs account for, but the opprotunity for a proper "conversation" between author and audience can happen with a game.

>>717585114 (OP)
why does he have a cctv camera

>>717585114 (OP)
The point of my life is to have fun
>but you need to contribute
nah

>>717585114 (OP)
its our downtime activity
some people read some people watch tv and we play video games

>>717585114 (OP)
What is the point of your faggot screenshot thread? Fuck off.

i enjoy shitposting here more than i enjoy playing videogames

>>717585541
>I've always been a child who loved playing on my own and making up stories
this
when I was a kid I used to spend hours with toys basically making up fanfiction for them to fight in my head and acting it out with the figures
if I had a camera and recorded it all I might have been the next avgn but instead my shitty boomer parents poisoned me with the mindset that grades and a shitty 9-5 are all that matter

>>717585816
The uncle is right though, you don't hang guitars on your walls unless you're a successful musician

Plus why is PC on the table instead of under, save space bro. Second monitor is also some primo virgin stuff

>>717585816
purely socioeconomic reasons

>>717585114 (OP)
Because they are fun.
For some people, watching sports is fun.
Some people like to watch stupid shit on netflix all day. Some people really like to listen to music. Not how all of these do not necessarily need to have some grander point, it's just a thing people do for fun.
Now going to the gym, learning another language, making useful software, those are hobbies which do have a visible benefit but there is always a time and a place for things purerly done for fun.

>>717586021
>Second monitor is also some primo virgin stuff
funny because i barely use my second screen, whereas my wife will put some bullshit documentary on one screen while she plays harvest moon or whatever on the other

>>717586021
>Plus why is PC on the table instead of under, save space bro
>willingly putting a PC onto carpet

>>717585615
bro really living like harry potter and shit

>>717585114 (OP)
I've thought about that. And why I have such a strong pull to play them all the time. They give me a sense of accomplishment. Not actual accomplishment but a kinda cheaper fake but easier and quicker to get accomplishment. The things I can do in videogames that I'd almost never have the chance to do in real life. Make it seem much more preferable then the mundane work you do in real life.

TLDR: It gives me small easy dopamine hits for less effort.

>>717585114 (OP)
>What is the point of video games?
To pacify the male population. All these people screeching about video games this video games that would be hanged if porn and games would go away for what they've done to the countries they live in. This sort of whining about the bread and circus of modern atomized society is amateur hour in terms of governing populations and smells of idiocy on the side because it's probably some middle to upper middle class luckshitter who landed a nice life and now needs to stroke themselves over how they're great and those losers below them aren't.
You fucked with the tribal aspect of society, you fucked with reproduction, you fucked with jobs, you fucked with living standards and culture, you pulverizes the bonds which held society together 200+ years ago with your globohomo "i got mine, fuck you" capitalism rat race, and now you want to take away the pacifying shit that keeps the system running and you safe in your McMansion? Are you fucking insane or suicidal or both? Do you want more of that Luigi type guy shooting your house and family up?
>I want to have a serious discussion about this
Go read machiavelli or some shit like that so you stop asking stupid questions and learn that the "masses" have to be controlled through religion or entertainment or poverty or fear or war, but control must always exist, no governance over any population globally can happen if the power isn't in control.

tl;dr taking away bread and circus is a really bad fucking idea this late into late stage empire, unless you've got a war coming and want to cull millions of the male population, in which case nobody with a dick under 30years old should listen to you anyway

>>717585114 (OP)
>old man close to death realizing it wasted its boomer life tries to bring down younger man with him
Many such cases

Yeah, what's the point of doing anything except working to make our rich masters even richer, fellow gentiles?

>>717585114 (OP)
It distracts me from my constant thoughts about how much I fucked up my life, how I was doomed from the moment I was born, how I have no future, and bides my time until the time is right to kill myself.

>>717586021
>putting PC on carpet

>>717586021
>you don't hang guitars on your walls unless you're a successful musician

Under whose authority? You can do whatever the fuck you want within your own four walls anon, don't be such a faggot.

>>717585114 (OP)
is america seriously paying people to come here and try to make men stop playing video games? why are there threads like this all the time now?

the fact that shaming virgins is socially acceptable and encouraged but shaming whores is a huge no-no is the reason everything's gone to shit

>>717585114 (OP)
>pic
what does that even mean?
Something something if he had a girl she would have fucked his stuff up?
>Why do we like video games? What point do video games serve in our lives?
Vapid escapism like with all media, best case a way to unwind after work, worst case an unhealthy obsession that wastes your life away

>>717586315
Sure, I can hang anime pillow all over my pad, it won't make me look any cooler though

>>717585114 (OP)
I think it’s a mix of psychology, biology, and culture.

At a basic level, video games tap into the same reward systems our brains evolved for survival. They give us challenges to overcome, skills to master, and clear feedback on progress — all things that used to come from hunting, building, or problem-solving in the real world. In a game, that loop is compressed and more predictable, so the sense of accomplishment comes faster and more consistently.

They also provide a safe space to experience emotions and situations we can’t (or shouldn’t) in real life: risk, competition, leadership, exploration, even moral dilemmas. In a way, they’re like interactive stories — we get to be the hero, the villain, or anything in between, and explore “what if” scenarios without real-world consequences.

Socially, games can act as modern campfires. Multiplayer titles give us shared goals, friendly rivalries, and inside jokes, even across huge distances. For some, gaming communities are a key part of their social life.

On a deeper level, games serve as a form of meaning-making. They give us structure, a sense of agency, and an arena where our actions visibly matter — something real life doesn’t always guarantee. That’s why they can be more than “just entertainment” for many people.

>>717586379
Pretty much

>>717586342
Peterson style right wing neopuritans crusaders fighting against atheism, vidoe games and non virgin women

>>717585114 (OP)
Tons of reasons, all of which are the same why we engage in other forms of entertainment. Can be for stories and characters like with books. As a competitive challenge with multiplayer like playing sports IRL, or to overcome a solo challenge/puzzle.
Just being able to do stuff which is too expensive/dangerous in real life like street racing etc.

It being an active thing compared to tv and literature is a big part for getting dopamine from it.

>>717585179
>>717585114 (OP)
everything in this world is merely a distraction from us knowing Christ.
saying this literally unironically. it’s the purpose of our existence here.

>>717586681
nah sorry it's actually about Zeus letting me into Elysium

>>717585114 (OP)
Doesn't matter how he decorates it. He's almost 40 and still living in an apartment. That's the big issue. Buy a house grandpa

>>717586342
Demoralization, jews have incredible influence over 4chan, FBI included.

>>717585114 (OP)
In your life? Who knows... But in mine it lets me experience feelings and engage with mechanics and would I would never be able to otherwise. Also, all of it is free from the pressure of the world, you dot it because you want to, not because you need to.

>>717586757
could be as well.

>>717586785
what's he going to do with a house if he is a virgin?

>>717585114 (OP)
People throughout history have always been drawn to stories. These are stories that you can interact and play and live out yourself. What's the fucking understand lol? You dumb?

>>717585114 (OP)
Fags like you should fuck off.

>>717586681
He would disagree. Such claims are more in line with mormon heresy than anything else.

>>717586828
Attract a single mother of 3 to form a terms of agreement style relationship with annual partner summits and shit

>>717586475
Who are you trying to look cool to in your bedroom anon? Are you taking other men into your bedroom or something?

>>717586475
>make me look any cooler though
You're not an adult.

>>717586906
rather stay in the apartment tbqh with you senpai

>>717586928
women (male)

>>717585114 (OP)
>listening to anything a boomer or gen x pothead has to say
lol
lumfao

>>717586983
>caring about women's opinions

ngmi

it's a simple life

>>717585615
>goon cave

>>717585501
>JRPGs
>compelling stories

>>717585615
post the correct bull version

>>717585114 (OP)
They're fun.

>What point do video games serve in our lives?
Vidya is the only thing that makes me feel remotely accomplished in life.

>>717585114 (OP)
>What is the point of video games?
A fun way to escape reality, or goof with buddies
However, over the last 20 years or so it became another subscription service, for movies you occasionally input controls on, or serves as a platform to show off to randos online how many hours you've pissed away into a particular gaas or fortnite type shit
>Why do we like video games?
I don't like what gaming has become, but I enjoy older games because I'm not a outdoors kinda guy, so I can still be engaged with something, without the hassle of humidity, direct sunlight, and brainless NPCs in the wild

>>717586021
>The uncle is right though, you don't hang guitars on your walls unless you're a successful musician
A spook if I've ever seen one

make place, sex havinger coming through.

>>717585114 (OP)
They're fun. Alone or with friends. I tried sports way back like normalfag should and everyone's a sourpuss or just doesn't fit my wavelength. Fuck other hobbies

>>717587961
>getting up from my moist couch cushion to wade toward my dr pepper

>>717585114 (OP)
video games are one of the best and addicting kind of modern entertainment

>>717586021
>second screen bad
ok, put down your phone when you watch TV

>>717588116
This is why you do lone ranger athletics like cycling, running and lifting weights etc.

>>717587961
What the hell is supposed to be happening outside?
A fucking end of the world or what?

>>717588292
>TV
Is it 2014 again unc?

>>717588431
Destination television still exists.

>>717588396
This anon knows what's up

>>717585615
Talk about a heartless wife, you have a house and you couldn't even leave one room for his hobby fuck.
Reminds me of this picture

>>717587961
why is it snowing bro

>>717585114 (OP)
Life should only be about working and accumulating money. Money is God and all forms of self-improvement are just a way of accessing more capital. You are a product.

>>717585615
imagine running on that stair and stomping all over it
I would totally do it

>>717588715
You don't need to do that shit creaks like a motherfucker just walking up the stairs.
Poor bastard has been relegated to a coat storage space jesus.

>>717586952
For what other purpose would anyone hang a guitar on the wall. Don't even pretend you're doing it for something other than trying and failing to look cool

>>717588574
>>717588407
>>717588134
It's AI you dumbasses

>>717586871
WORSHIP ME SKY DADDY OR ME HIT YOU WITH CLUB!

>>717588572
my fav
such a telltale

they show us whatever we want and in turn realize wether we want it or not, in the end we will be able to do anything even use virtual tools to experiment in a simulation.
maybe they are a byproduct or they become important in some way sooner or later.