Comments on: Where Chuunibyou and Home Meet http://www.hsmagazine.net/2013/06/where-chuunibyou-and-home-meet/ The PlayStation Home Magazine Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.2 By: Estim20 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2013/06/where-chuunibyou-and-home-meet/#comment-285573 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:56:05 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=51624#comment-285573 Not to detract from your point, but the article deals with how you show yourself on any MMO, and not exactly with addiction. Being online means you can decide which parts of yourself to show (and in what order), making it a cousin perhaps to chuunibyou -- which can lead into addiction in some ways if you aren’t careful, granted. People who let themselves get wrapped up too much in an MMO can soon find themselves disregarding real life concerns, alienating people and worse.

However, RadiumEyes’ article highlighted a more generalized note: we are who we show on Home. At least that’s what I’m getting from it. Its scope isn’t to show the addicting nature of MMOs, or how that can cause problems. It’s to show that when we’re online we’re granted a greater sense of freedom in how we look to others. With digital avatars that are easier to manipulate, we can emphasize what we wish.

After all, Home allows you to be a Homeling, a sharp-dressed hamster, a mecha-musume or even a brain in a UFO. If that’s something relevant to your identity, why not take the opportunity?

]]> By: Gary160974 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2013/06/where-chuunibyou-and-home-meet/#comment-285571 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:17:36 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=51624#comment-285571 Actually MMOs have a very serious side when it comes to addiction as they are designed to get you addicted. a game has 8 to 100 hours play time gets shoved in its box and forgotten about or sold second hand. MMOs have no end time so 1000’s of hours are put into an MMO. this is achieved by task driven rewards, social responsibilities and the need to be all you can be. This can cause if unchecked depression when you havent got the ability to play your MMO, Anger if something stops you playing your MMO, Socially your virtual friends take priority over real life family and friends. You play too late and being late for real life responsibility. Even a lack of imagination because theres always something spectacular on your MMO. Remember MMOs are just a bunch of 1s and 0s and are littered with people that have had bad social relationships. You have to be so much more guarded against becoming addicted to a MMO or Relationships on a MMO. Because one day it might just get switched off or very good friends might say im off got something better in my life away from the MMO. Could all of us just get on with our lives if that happened, not so sure

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