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« on: March 03, 2013, 10:33:00 pm »

I agree, video games are not only very unedifying for the believer in Christ, but very addictive to everyone(both believers and unbelievers alike). Also, I believe too that they're playing their part in leading into the strong end times delusions.

When I grew up as a boy in the 80's, the Atari(and arcade games) were THE hottest trend. However, they were rather basic in nature. Yes, they were very addictive, as I would go up to hours on end playing them on either any given summer day or a school weekend day. HOWEVER, the Atari was so basic, that after so many hours of playing it, I would just get SICK. The rinse and repeat factor(going through the whole play for hours, skip it for several more hours, and back again) was there, but ultimately it wore on me after a couple of years. The arcade games were rather fun too, but again you could only take so much of it(asteroid and donkey kong were entertaining, but again it's not something you can play for hours on end).

I became a sports fan in 1985, but it wasn't until 1996 when I started playing those Madden NFL games - when I started with this, again, it was rather BASIC...the screen game looked nothing more than chess pieces on a board, and the choice of offensive/defensive play calling was rather simple(ie-if you choose to run the football on every down, then the game was programmed to get more chunks of running yards as defenses wore down. And on defense, you can choose a certain player to blitz on every down, and ultimately get him to lead the league in sacks, even if it was a cornerback).

However, it started to take a big turn around the turn of the century(2000) when games started getting that REALITY look. The Madden NFL games slowly but surely started having that real-time look while the SPEED of the game started to quicken. I was just about to buy one of these game sets around this time b/c it looked so attractive, but something ended up prevented me from buying it. I wasn't saved then, but nonetheless by the grace of God it didn't happen.

But yeah, this seems to be this part of the "advanced technology" that seems to be rolling out - the video games with that REALITY look and SPEED ultimately gets the player to feel like he or she is living IN it. From what I've read in recent years, the average player just can't take their eyes and hands off of these games b/c of this WITHOUT feeling ill. Like said above, with the old games, it came to a point where I had no choice but to stop, and then eventually grew out of it. If I was playing these Madden games now, I'll bet you that I would be sitting in front of it for many hours, and end up thinking about it when I'm not in front of it.

Come to think of it, when there was a reality-looking Madden arcade game in the bar next door to my house in New Orleans, I felt like doing just that, except my budget was limited(b/c obviously it costed money each time). And then I ended up stopping b/c my mom gave me a stern warning over how my late grandfather had a horrible gambling addiction, and ended up blowing alot of his family's money.

Ultimately, no I'm not shocked per se that technology with video games have come this far, but nonetheless b/c we're potentially living in the last days, I'm somewhat marveling at this b/c not only of the advanced technology coming into play, but it's being used as a mind controlled weapon on the masses.
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