Comments on: Self Realization Doubling as a Contest!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:18:09 +0000

hey!… is sad what you are saying here…my way to not having stress in my life is to avoid it.. ja.. ok.. is not easy but there somethings that you can do…take the right decisions at the right moments.. i am from argentina, so if there some mistakes in my english writting is because i am used to write in spanish… i think that games are a time-life-lost, please think about it,bye bye

By: Cleo

Cleo — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:23:16 +0000

You know, I try to use games to get away from stressful situations, but often I’ll still be thinking about the stressful situation even as I’m playing, heh. More often I use games as a way to escape homework and other things I don’t want to do. I’ll tell myself I deserve a little break, but then the break turns out to take the rest of the day, and then I’m screwed, aha. Ah well, that’s why they call it an addiction.

By: Espen

Espen — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:34:29 +0000

My escape: THIS BLOG!?!

but mostly I play games, atm I’m playing alot of TW: Rome and M2TW

My Fallout 3 is broken the latest PC patch was a major failure

By: Ugashia

Ugashia — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:10:32 +0000

My game i like to play when i am angry is GTA IV, becoming a violent criminal for a few hours in a game stops me form becoming on for real. But for other stresses i go to a Sim of some sort, like a flight Sim, lame Isn’t it.

By: Stonedrunk

Stonedrunk — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:41:05 +0000

Yea video games in general are my great escape. When I want to completely veg out; I’ll usually just watch a movie. If I’m playing games to relax; It’s typically something single-player. RPG’s are great because they give you that, “I’m kicking ass because my character is the greatest” sensation. The competitive nature of multi-player games, and the almost work like experience of mmo’s, keeps me away from those games when I’m stressed to begin with.

By: Torch

Torch — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:35:29 +0000

Adding to my original comment, other than playing video games where I can race and crash vehicles with wanton abandon, if the weather is nice I like to go for a motorcycle ride… (a relaxing ride, that is, preferably with no crashing involved).

Or, if the weather isn’t so nice, listen to some music and/or read a good book… because, as they say, outside of a dog, a good book is man’s best friend. (Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read…)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:03:22 +0000

I usually read or watch a movie..nothing helps me get away like reading a few chapters off the silmarillion

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:10:50 +0000

I most frequently use music if I just need to get away because then I don’t really need to think about anything at all, I can just close my eyes and listen. Occasionally, if I’m just irritated and demand suffering, I’ll play some Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and mangle a stormtrooper.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:17:29 +0000

I do love me some video games, and of course I play them….nightly. But what I like to do to escape, I mean really escape, is snowboard in the winter on this mountain https://napi.net-flow.com/farniente.com/images/Sun%20Valley%20Idaho.JPG (it’s only about 10 miles from my house), and in the winter I waterski/wakeboard here : http://i.pbase.com/g3/85/689285/2/67117668.61oPZznJ.jpg (it’s about 45 minutes from my house

By: Torch

Torch — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:43:59 +0000

Wow… that looks familiar! Yes, I’ve spent oh so many nights (and mornings playing Battlefield 2, not only as an escape but because it kept me awake even while I was dead tired! (does that make any sense?? but you KNOW what I mean I’ll bet!)

There is one better, for me, however… FlatOut2. Or, any racing/crashing game – Burnout Revenge might be a good one too. But FO2 is flat out my favorite “ARRRRRGGGHHH I must destroy things!!” game, AND it keeps me going until well past exhaustion. If that’s desirable, I don’t know… but it’s what I do when I don’t know what else to do!

SP or MP, PC or XBOX, it rocks.