I'd honestly like to know.

P.S. This isn't an attack on gamers, just a legitimate question

Why do people do drugs?

It's fun.

Why do people do anything that isn't essential to their survival?

for fun and because some are addicted

I play Left 4 Dead because I visualize that all the zombies are the brain dead apocalyptic humans that are my highschool student body.

But, really because I love being a complete asshole and vomiting on people when I'm playing a 400 pound monster thing

Because most of the shit you do in videogames aren't things you can normally do in a 9-5 day-job life.

No,you probably could. The thing is you'd most likely die or go to prison.

Entertainment.

No,you probably could. The thing is you'd most likely die or go to prison.

This.

I don't usually play sports games; usually games are played because they cannot be done in RL.

Because am teh owner3r and i live off of nub-caek.

Because I'm bored.
Also, nostalgia, and whatever it is that makes people think solving puzzles is fun. Competition is a lot of it, even though I don't usually have human competition. I don't know why I would want to defeat a computer program, but I do.


Why do people do drugs?

.

Because I'm bored.

i am training for the uprising

Some play it as an escape, I play them because of boredom.

-Entertainment
-Help to deal with bordem
-An Escape From Reality
-Competition

People play video games for the same reason they eat, sleep and walk and talk ....

To kill time before they die!

Cynical, but true.

The question is, essentially, "Why do people play games at all?"

And the answer is still entertainment...aside from cases where "games" may actually be a form of training or preparation, in the sense of "war games" or such, though it's worth pointing out that supposedly people also play video games in the interest of this.

So people play video games for essentially the same reasons they play games at all, and those reasons are relatively few and simple to understand.

/thread

Escape from boredom.

You gotta do something in between fucking and getting high.

Why is this thread still open? That's the real question here.

depends what type of videogame.

FPS - people like to kill other people
RTS - same reason people play chess
RPG - people have sucky lives, but getting some imaginary coins, and nifty armor make them feel better about it.
etc.

Same.

Oh noes! It's Jack Thompson undercover!!!

...lol

If only Mario saving the Princess changed the world.

I play video games to not think about things in my life. Whether it be girl problems, hard day at work, or anything of that nature I just sit down and enjoy mindless fragging. It really helps me take my mind off of things.

It's entertaining and it's something to do. It's like asking why people read, get online, drink, do drugs, listen to music, have gardens, or whatever else you can do as a hobby. They love it and it occupies time.

I know exactly where you're coming from with the question as I don't see what people see in video games. I used to like em when I was younger but grew out of them fairly fast. I didn't think I would grow out of them but I sure as hell did.

To get away from reality and for fun.