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@Silly_G Agreed. There’s been a tonal shift in society towards “all things are ok,” and it’s shifting us to a point where people think mental illness or addiction are ok, as long as they aren’t hurting anyone else. They forget that when someone harms themselves, that someone is still hurting lol.

This article is the equivalent of an alcoholic taking his 5,000th shot for some world record. To each their own, I get that, but I reserve praise and respect for things that are actually respectable. I hope this guy gets his wake up call soon.

My friends and I were hooked on Everquest, back in the day. I used to skip work to group for raids and such. I played like that for about 3 years, because it took that long to recognize how much it was hurting my quality of life. I stopped playing, but my friends continued. One of them got so bad he called out sick for ten days straight so he could farm a specific item. Another started neglecting his wife, child, and professional life, ultimately leading to divorce and child custody problems.

I love games, but I love my wife, dogs, and professional career much more. The culture surrounding gaming right now is pretty unrealistic. Every company wants you playing their game and talking about it as much as possible, but there’s just too many.

I think what you said up there is perfectly reasonable, and anyone lashing out at your comment is actually lashing out because you pointed out something that may be effecting many others, and they just don’t want to hear it until it’s too late.

@Silly_G I’m honestly not surprised by the negative response to your post. You spoke words of truth, but nobody likes hearing that. They would rather stick their fingers in their ears and shout nanana instead.

@Water_is_wet05 You also forgot truthful. Spending hours honing a skill is one thing. Spending years honing a video game is honestly, stupid, by itself. When the real word comes knocking and it forces you to prioritize your life differently, all you basement dwellers that are still living with mum will get a wake up call.

@YoshiFlutterJump Yes, we will all mind our own business on this publicly shared forum, of a publicly viewable blog post. Smashing.

@holygeez03 No, learning a musical instrument is much different than wasting hours on a game. After you beat the game you have...satisfaction? After you spend years learning music you can actually make yourself more valuable. You can teach and perform, if you wish. Why people keep equating the two is beyond me, one is a skill, one is entertainment...entirely different.

There’s a lesser known title that most people skip past called Mario 64. It’s supposed to harken back to the golden years of gaming. I recommend that.

@ToadBrigade How is it toxic to point out that this guy is wasting his valuable time?

@ZebZed Ah, not on Twitter so that makes sense why I would miss that.

@ToadBrigade A legend? That’s a bit top-shelf for someone just grinding a Mario maker level.

@LinkSword What..?

Reminds me of the Earthbound-inspired Devil May Cry series.

@boxyguy I don’t think anybody puts videos games or music in the same category. I get what you’re trying to say, but I think it’s ok to acknowledge that doing anything in excess is imbalanced.

Sometimes, people don’t like hearing hard truths.

Nobody is bad for feeling empathy for someone because they are concerned for their well-being. The comments surrounding his behavior are from people that want him to want more for himself than grinding a single video game level.

I’ve been there. As a person, I can be very intense, so I used to be the type to grind playing music in a practice room for 8 hours. Nobody really mentioned the imbalance to me, and I developed health problems that someone that young shouldn’t have, from malnutrition and lack of exercise.

I have demonstrated the same intensity with video games in the past. When we don’t know where to put our intensity, we put it in something like video games. For others, it’s something else.

I suggest finding other areas to put your intensity. Video games are fun, but reap little to no reward by themselves.

Society is changing a lot. We are going into a phase where “everything is ok, all things are good,” and I think that’s a severely imbalanced point of view because we start to accept unhealthy behaviors as normal.

I think it’s ok for us to look at each other and go dude, you do what?? Why??? I also think it’s ok to celebrate the great things and potential we have.

So, @chainchompbraden

Take it from a guy that has burned with the same intensity as you. It’s time to put that intensity into other things, or it will burn you out. I used my intensity incorrectly with music, and now I barely play anymore, which is a huge shame. Life has shown me other ways, and it will show you too, if you listen!

I know that grind, with 3,000 hours in each Dark Souls game from speed runs. Good times lol

I can’t imagine grinding ONE level for that long though. I’d go hollow.

Seeing as they keep repacking the game and selling it physical with DLC, I ALMOST bought it the other day. Glad I didn’t. I’ll wait for the next repackage lol

Nintendo Life doesn’t seem to know its target audience, anymore.

Does anybody think for a second that a musou title is going to hold a place in the top ten, past a couple months?

@Mijzelffan Your profile pic kinda goes nice with it though!

The comments this morning are a true delight. Please continue!

I remember this game, couldn’t figure it out at all! Hopefully it’s not as obtuse as it used to be.

Mario is pretty stellar on the N64 and SNES, never enjoyed the newer stuff, save for 3D Land.

@Collette Of course it makes it okay. They aren't hiding the info from you. I'm not responsible for your reading comprehension when buying stuff.

@Collette Aren’t they posted with a warning that says they are fashion only, not for disease prevention?

@Collette That's not what I'm getting at, I'm just wondering why such a semantic difference in language bothers you.

@Collette Better start calling them “Halloween Face Coverings,” then.

BuT EmuLaTiOn iS BaD

@RickD How long are you wearing a mask that you think that will happen? I work directly with people so for part of my employment I have a mask on for several hours at a time, with intermittent breaks. Other than being slightly out of breath, I’ve had no ill effects.

@MrBelmont What’s Luton?

Yep, that sounded like a nightmare.

I was born in the UK, and moved to America when I was fairly young. Between stuff like this, our insanely black and white political situation, and the staggering arrogance surrounding just wearing face protection and social distancing, I’m surprised we are still a functioning nation.

If I could tell my country just one thing, it would be that your actions DO impact those around you, and now would be a fantastic time to deal with that fact of life.

@the8thark Amazing isn’t it?

GOSH DARNIT

I just bought Ikaruga off them the other day.

F***!!

@LzWinky You mean Mortal Kombat, SNES? That's a single game, and future installments did have the blood. Honestly, most violence in games back then was fairly benign when compared to what we have now. The less visceral, bloody violence, the better. We don't need to be staring at that stuff all the time. : )

You're 100% right about the Sony thing, though. I wonder if they still kick themselves for that?

If there’s a way to load more NES games on it, I could see myself getting one to have as a portable NES.

@LzWinky Really? I'm open to hearing your rationale behind that!

@Severian Totally agree!

@Desrever Hahahah.....

@rallydefault Try controlling yourself, instead of attempting to control others.

@Desrever Those are all Goombas.

@Darkyoshi98 Except for people who haven't heard about it. Some folks in my social circle are just learning NOW that it's a limited time release.

@Mirage-5x5 You're absolutely right, 100%

@pixelpatch I have a negative view of Nintendo, because they do negative things. Keep it simple.

@Mirage-5x5 Online servers are one thing, limited release games are another. I understand having some special limited release game that has trinkets involved, due to production limitations but limiting digital releases past the lifespan of the eShop is silly.

@LzWinky I don't disagree with you, but I think the timeline is a little stretchy. I think Nintendo has been going downhill for the past 10 or so years. They were killing it up until the Gamecube, that's when I noticed their quality start to dip.

@MetalMan Yeah, I feel you. I really want to get certain games, but I also am unhappy with how much Nintendo is wasting on suing everyone, and I'm unhappy with their continued ignorance regarding Joy-Con issues. Free repairs are nice, how about they just fix the design? That would be better. Joy-cons are my first controller in 33 years to fail. Also I'm unhappy with the limited releases, that's pretty much insane in 2020. No need to do it other than their usual artificial scarcity tactic.

I miss the old leadership at Nintendo.

@nab1 I should have realized the website is blue, and not red lol

@Vsaxo27 That’s right.

Nintendo is increasingly encouraging me to spend money elsewhere, these days.

Jesus, I thought it was for Mario Maker 2! I thought, already?!?! Lol

The video should have mentioned Mario 64, it’s kind of an obscure gem on the system, doesn’t get enough attention.