Just... One... More... Post!

This is going to be a slightly more personal blog.

I have what my friends refer to as an 'addictive' personality.

I would like to disagree. My future is very bright, thank you very much, Rachael Leigh Cook.

Yes, I do consume a lot of videogames. My ability to enter diegetic immersion is immense. Every time I play a Civilization game, I say to myself, "Alright! I am going to use savegames! They are there for a reason!" and about six or seven hours later I am looking at the "Just... one... more... turn..." dialogue. I've played Dragon Age at least five times through. However, like Rob Cover notes, I can enter this immersion in all kinds of different media. For example, sometime in semester two last year, I watched all three seasons of Arrested Development in the space of about half a week. That's eighteen solid hours of TV. I am surprised I still have my vision (and my bladder) at this stage. When Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows came out, I bought it, went home, and read it in three sittings. I also have webcomic splurges where I stumble across a webcomic and have to read the entire thing from the beginning before I will stop reading it. Sometimes I will read the comic and then realise afterwards that that comic wasn't even that good to begin with.

My friends may or may not view me like this.

From that, you could probably argue that I am addicted, or have some sort of OCD or something. However, the reality of the situation is that I'm just bored, and very likely looking for something to do other than study. I am in the privileged situation of living at home and being (somewhat) unemployed (it's a long story), which leaves me with a lot of spare time on my hands. You could easily pull me away from the computer, if you so wanted. It's just that no one wants to play with me.

You get the idea

So, an addiction? No. For me, it's not even really 'problematic use'. And yes, I know, the first step to recovering is admitting you have a problem (herp derp). I just feel I fall into that camp where I play a lot of videogames, am aware of it, and don't see it as being problematic to my life.