[QUOTE="gamecubepad"][QUOTE="freedomfreak"]Because money can't bring happiness? Gaming isn't the only thing that brings me joy in life.freedomfreak
Selling out for money never brings long-lasting happiness. Look at all the celebs who OD and commit suicide when their pockets are lined with cash.
Games have provided me with more happiness than anything else in my life. Growing up getting a NES and playing with the family. My dad getting us a Amiga 1000 and having my interest in games drive my desire to learn about technology. Playing Goldeneye tournaments with friends. LAN parties for CS and Q3. Playing COD and Halo, drinking beers all night with my buds. Playing Wii Sports with my family.
Now watching how much my kids love gaming, even the old-school 2D stuff like SMB and Sonic, and getting to be a god in their eyes when I crush Elites on Legendary.
I wouldn't give up the 1000s of hours of happiness games have given me for anything. Same goes for music, film, and basketball. I'd die before I let someone take away my right to blaze up, put on some beats, and shoot hoops in the driveway.
Because I'm probably gonna OD when I have a billion dollars? I'm sorry. I'm not the kind of guy that believes money can't bring happinessIn technical terms....it kind of doesn't. Admittedly, what got me happieness via video games was money but what gave me the happieness was playing those games. Money I see is just a helpful bridge towards that happieness, the real joy comes from the experience and not the fact that I could purcahse it. Of course there are probably people out there who just piss themselves with happieness when they see their checks and the money they have; I'm not one of those people.
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