my grandparents were worried my mum was 'getting lost' in books when she was a little girl and that reading too much would make her mentally ill. She just always encouraged my reading and video-game hobbies because she had bad memories with her books being taken away as a kid and i remember as a kid when she defended my gaming by comparing it to how her reading hobby had been treated
@Yal_Rathol6 жыл бұрын
Warstar well, there is a reason that the baby boomers are all a little cracked and the world will be better off when that generation no longer holds sway.
@LordOsiris4995 жыл бұрын
Lukkilikka I actually had a very s similar thing happen to me when I was younger. Instead of being grounded I would have my reading light taken away and my books would get locked up. It was also partially because I wasn’t interested in tv
@Delivery-Witch-Express3 жыл бұрын
@@LordOsiris499 Matilda is that you?
@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat2 жыл бұрын
Your mom was a lucky smart one lol
@NamesSmeg Жыл бұрын
I literally use video games (rpg's mainly) to keep up on reading. I get to keep my hands and brain entertained, and I learn lore. That's why I love Fallout and Skyrim so much. In game books, and journals to read.
@mothermushroom_6 жыл бұрын
Pat: I don't think I have an addictive personality. *Drinks large can of Red Bull*
@JustforKikX6 жыл бұрын
Hey! It's Redbull lite for you information!
@theothermc6 жыл бұрын
JustforKikX That means he can have twice as many!
@UNLebanon6 жыл бұрын
Damn, you beat me to it.
@DrErikNefarious6 жыл бұрын
While buying too many HotS lootboxes and buying fake money to dress his Space Ninja
@cia4u4016 жыл бұрын
*wastes literal hundreds on virtual hats while Paige is screaming at him live on chat*
@roronoapedro6 жыл бұрын
Research on video games is so frustrating to follow. So much of it is made by people who can only see video games as a factor in a cause-and-effect relationship, yet skill, time playing, habit-creating, and overall effect of specific genres on players are either poorly defined or completely ignored. Hopefully over time more people who know what the medium is start participating in experiments, and create better data to inform policy making.
@GoblinToxin6 жыл бұрын
I agree. Cause and effect is a very outmoded way of viewing and describing any problem. It presupposes that their is not a correlative association with numerous difference factors. Even in physics people have stopped describing systems in terms of cause and effect long ago, because it's far too simple a relationship to describe an outrageously complex system. Applying it here, is just lazy armchair-Behaviorism.
@mellowhero35206 жыл бұрын
You might find it encouraging to look up Jennifer Hazel, RxPixel on twitter. She and her team have collected a lot of the good news about gaming in a therapeutic context especially, among other things.
@Sonicfalcon166 жыл бұрын
FPS multiplayer people seem fair to put in the gaming addiction thing and I'm talking about those people in youtube videos where they get violent when you even touch the console
@roronoapedro6 жыл бұрын
As someone who was doing some stuff with video game research in college, it's a bit more complicated than that. tl;dr is that Pat's got mostly the right idea, and video game just happen to enable someone who's already fucked up somehow. There's nothing inherent about video game "rush" that makes people more messed up than movies or sports. Even the violent and interactive aspect of it doesn't quite affect it that much in the long run.
@thirdeye96986 жыл бұрын
Before video games, I was legitimately obsessed with reading books. My middle school made books addictive via making them more appealing and having a library that brought about another vibe than the school (dimmed lights, better architecture and visually pleasing because it doubled as the school’s basement storage) They introduced books to me and was immediately hooked because [insert introverted thought process] and it got so bad that my teachers were worried because I was actively ignoring kids and teachers alike. But they couldn’t say anything because I was in the top three best students every year and doing work fast just to read more
@LordOsiris4996 жыл бұрын
Walter Miller same here, no lie I ended up reading over half my library in middle school, reading prob 1500-1700 pages a day for two years. Didn't help my mom was the librarian at the time.
@neopagan77586 жыл бұрын
Yeah, pretty similar thing here. I'm actually fucking happy as hell that I was so involved in books that it actually hurt my ability to function in school. Sure getting C's on my report card and A's on my tests sucked, but what started out as escapism (fiction books like Series of Unfortunate Events, Cirque Du Freake, and Clive Barker shit) eventually expanded into my collection of history books and nonfiction from damn near every culture I could get my hands on.
@LordOsiris4996 жыл бұрын
Neopagan I prefer books on mythology, they help understand the way cultures shaped out
@furyberserk6 жыл бұрын
Humanity isn't S-tier species because we are super intelligent. Humanity is S-tier species because we can actively multitask, and sometimes we stack all of that on intelligence and break the game. God made monsters and djinn and angels to balance patch us, but we already made monsters and djinn obsolete. No one plays angels anymore. Spec into capitalism, spec out of nukes.
@JaXonSlade6 жыл бұрын
Fuck this was too real.
@MrWalrus816 жыл бұрын
I always like getting an appearance from psychology Pat.
@YoYo-em5sf3 жыл бұрын
I love this comment lmao
@bigbrowski4106 жыл бұрын
I think it’s the idea of just escapism that is really addictive. With me I spend whole days just listening to music as if they’re parts of an OST to some fantastical life scenario. The problem with labeling someone as being a “escape addict” is well how in the hell are you supposed to treat that? Try your hardest to show what the real world has to offer? And what do you do when that doesn’t work? It’s very complex but a serious thing to consider.
@DrN0rd6 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it be addiction to to escapism? Instead of video games, T.V. and videos?
@canemcbeardface63336 жыл бұрын
Yes absolutely, but people are dumb and don't know when broader terms are more appropriate.
@Rasmos6 жыл бұрын
who can really blame the general public for wanting escapism? All you hear about in public is negativity and all that shit.
@99sins6 жыл бұрын
the official article talks about "gaming disorder" and makes parallels with gambling disorder, there is no actual mention of it being equated with addiction and it seems more like a very broad term just given the category of "gaming" officially recognized. I take this as not "videogames officially an addiction source", rather "grandpa finally knows what videogames are so search terms are being updated". Also they mentioned that the actual prevalence of people that would even be classified as having this disorder is VERY low, so generally anyone that's getting defensive about this are very likely not those who have it.
@SoaringLettuce6 жыл бұрын
Well, no. Cause "the man" wants to talk about video games and not about tv or videos in general, cause video games are the newest medium and the newest threat to older forms of media.
@mellowhero35206 жыл бұрын
Not exactly. I mean yes, that's part of it. But there are more factors than that. It's like Woolie tried to get at, there are more factors than just the escapism that make a game addiction happen. As it stands, younger psychologists who grew up with games are going to understand this and be able to treat and diagnose this specific addiction. Because let's be real, treating someone who is addicted to rolling Love Live gacha versus someone addicted to speedrunning or to raiding in mmos is all going to be different. These things fill different holes and they need to be treated differently. Seeing specific labels that narrow addictions down is useful for behavioral therapists and other psych fields. Now, there's a lot of danger with this kind of thing,largely from People With Agendas who want to try to Sink Big Gaming because its Corrupting The Youth. But nonetheless, it's a tool. But so is a hammer. A hammer can help build a house or bash a face in.
@kingcaesar36936 жыл бұрын
I agree with Pat. It's people who have a natural addictive behavior to begin with, not the source itself. I mean I've played games since i was 5, yet here i am holding a job, a social life, working out, ECT. without having to be forced to do them. Why? Because i know moderation, and understand that passing my life away and my health in favor of a "high score" is not a good idea.
@everettvonscott6 жыл бұрын
+Akira No Legs Fudo So youre basically just saying "i dont have that problem". Which most people don't and this doesn't affect them anyway.
@kingcaesar36936 жыл бұрын
Yep. People will always find excuses for personal issues.
@TheAssassin6426 жыл бұрын
I don't do it for a high score. I do it for the story. I stop caring about anything else... I just need to know what happens next. It was the same with books when I was younger. My parents limited my game time, but books were free, so I read pretty much all day everyday
@convolutedclarity6 жыл бұрын
Yeah man, Its not difficult to balance your life out, even with videogames. I wake up, have a shower and go to work. Then I get back home, have a few drinks and cry while playing videogames. You can be a fully functioning adult with a little effort.
@Spaced926 жыл бұрын
I don't really agree. I know someone who fell into a massive gambling debt that was always very moderate and responsible in every facet into his life, didn't make sense at all to me when I heard about it, but where I live gambling is very big and unregulated so societal behaviour may play a big part. Something being addictive doesn't mean you have a character flaw. I also have this thankfully avoidable problem with reading, I've been obsessed with finishing even a really bad book or something similar while I have important things I should be doing, and I know damn well I'm a responsible and moderate person. It's why I barely read books now, I like games more and I'll drop them in an instant if I need to do something. I've never fallen into a terrible addiction before, but I'm not special and the reason I haven't isn't because I'm a well adjusted human being (it's part of it mind), truth is we're just lucky sometimes.
@jkbobful6 жыл бұрын
Pat's addiction grinding off screen and Red Bull
@parker469a6 жыл бұрын
Also hiding cake and candy around the house so his girlfriend won't get on his case.
@darrianweathington19236 жыл бұрын
jkbobful and loot boxes
@XC113019916 жыл бұрын
Strange, PhilipDefranco and Best friends upload video game addiction at the same time while I'm playing video games.
@cmegma6 жыл бұрын
GSDA lol same
@Moofmoof6 жыл бұрын
GSDA but you're always playing video games
@muhammadfaizmohdnasiruddin28896 жыл бұрын
It's a sign. Time to turn it in for the day, buddy.
@Stefano.C6 жыл бұрын
Downward thrust also made a video on gsme addiction today too xD
@dklordg6 жыл бұрын
Getting philled in and watching the hypest talks on KZbin at the same time
@DevonPalmer986 жыл бұрын
Damn pat looking good with the full beard and clean cut
@Noki_Kelevra6 жыл бұрын
All of them looking good tbh
@AlexMartinez-cu5bw5 жыл бұрын
Harrison Klebold Pat wishes he was 5 foot 6
@admiralpepper69336 жыл бұрын
Escapism is both a blessing and curse, 'cause we all need a little respite from reality, but even then we get lost into our own little world.
@parker469a6 жыл бұрын
I feel like I'm being a little too negative with this comment but eventually everybody dies so it really doesn't matter if a few people die a little sooner or a little later. We all have our own stupid obsessions that nobody will give a damn about 5 years after you've died.
@admiralpepper69336 жыл бұрын
parker469a Indeed.
@MIGU3L2K4 жыл бұрын
Man, when Matt talked about how Animal Crossing was messing with him missing tests and stuff, I related so hard with college. I was fully focused on FF7R and P5R, I couldn’t work on ANYTHING the whole month of April. I definitely feel I have a problem, but I’m gonna try to change. I miss these guys so damn much.
@theangryfinger57956 жыл бұрын
Your platinum purchases would beg to differ as to your addictive nature
@WattieWasTaken6 жыл бұрын
Gotta love Pat talking about addiction while he slams back those red bulls.
@fredericbaldwin67326 жыл бұрын
What did the Green Ranger say while struggling with addiction? "It's morphine time!"
@Yal_Rathol6 жыл бұрын
i like these conversations, because i get to bring up that late 1800's, early 1900's article that said "reading books stunts your familial connections and disrupts social cohesion", because that was the start of public literacy, so condemn the books. fearmongering is the oldest tactic there is, and feel free to slap that in people's faces when they attempt to fearmonger against games.
@darrianweathington19236 жыл бұрын
Video games are a disorder now!? CAN I GET DISABILITY CHECKS NOW!?
@juniorjunior58846 жыл бұрын
No, we'll just shame you for gaming.
@darrianweathington19236 жыл бұрын
Junior Maloko so im the minority?... AGAIN!? I was just finally getting into being black.
@Furluge6 жыл бұрын
I'm addicted to Detroit become human let's plays
@geebeepman6 жыл бұрын
3:05 its the devil! kids love the devil!
@Comkill1176 жыл бұрын
Beepman we put a style system in and the kids’ll love it!
@AmazingAutist6 жыл бұрын
By that logic I guess I was addicted to books as a kid, even more than them damn evil vidyuh gaymes now. As a kid I used to read so much that adults would _punish me by making me go outside and play._ I used to _read dictionaries for _*_fun._* Reading is addictive ban books protect the children.
@ohmygoditisspider79533 жыл бұрын
Hey i literally had the exact same experience!
@ftsproductions13766 жыл бұрын
I don’t think people can get addicted to video games but rather the distraction, immersion, and escapism that video games provide. However, that can be applied to anything such as comics, movies, weed, porn, etc. anything that is distracting and provides a sense of safety and security at an instant can be and IS be very addicting. That being said, there are millions of people who see video games as their way of life rather than a small hobby and it’s quite concerning when you look at the gaming community as a whole and realize this.
@jdtheba91716 жыл бұрын
I remember in a commercial there was a medicine that was supposed to stop you from gambling.
@Hedgpig6 жыл бұрын
It's called Viagra
@Destilight6 жыл бұрын
Hedgpig it replaces gambling for hookers
@jordanhorst66 жыл бұрын
Hedgpig dammit you beat me to it... Is what she said.
@202cardline6 жыл бұрын
Poison?
@astern.74256 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Almanza Is it called weed?
@TheTyper6 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for these three to have this talk for years now. Super appreciate you guys putting this up on the public YT channel.
@Kevinofrepublic6 жыл бұрын
"Do you think a scientist invented butt chugging alcohol?" - Pat
@Gatsby37376 жыл бұрын
I mean I’ve never met anyone who was able to make money off of being a professional alcoholic, so video games have that going for them
@neopagan77586 жыл бұрын
Ron White.
@Danteninja6 жыл бұрын
Wine Taster. Checkmate
@MattManDX16 жыл бұрын
Danteninja Don't wine tasters typically take a sip and spit it out after a few seconds?
@Danteninja6 жыл бұрын
MattManDX1 they often taste multiple wines and the successful ones get a lot of free wine
@theprofesionalist79276 жыл бұрын
I hate it when old conservative people that don't know anything about my hobbies talk trash about my hobbies. In 50 years when the give up machine is invented and "Are You Ready Player One?" becomes reality, I'm not gonna judge my grandkids for escaping reality to be in a better version of reality; I'm gonna agree with them and be all like "hey jimmy watcha playin and can I join in too?".
@chrislee52686 жыл бұрын
You'll hate young people and their nonsensical memes eventually. I'm already there with dabbing.
@SomeoneElse3955 жыл бұрын
@@chrislee5268 Fortnight dances.
@anthonychavez88375 жыл бұрын
Jimmy: Screw you old man!
@totaldestruction1525 жыл бұрын
@@anthonychavez8837 DOOM? He'll yeah.
@elijahnakumura43756 жыл бұрын
Wooo boy Oof...Not getting that dopamine hit from interaction with ppl hits home a little.
@parker469a6 жыл бұрын
I feel like people are becoming more and more lame as time goes on. A lot of people seem like they try to be too much of a goodie two shoes and the other half seem to have no ability to even fake being decent human beings. Then again I only really deal with people at work and avoid people as much as I can on my way home.
@elijahnakumura43756 жыл бұрын
parker469a We live in a microwave society as my mother called it. Everything is so quick and convenient that theres really no need to care for interaction. Waaay Back in the day you depended on you’re friends/family to come up with shit to do. Now I have this phone that can give me the means of self sufficient dopamine hits or literally suggest or find ANYTHING for me to go do alone.
@Dasaltwarrior6 жыл бұрын
The skyrocketing population doesnt help either. I'd imagine it was easier to find people who didn't subscribe to any sort of cliques when the population of a single state wasn't large enough to populate an entire country just over 150-200 years ago. Was probably a lot more sincerity to go around when you only had, like, maybe 7 neighbours in a mile wide radius. As someone who is fully willing to admit he's an anti-social jackass, I can't help but notice how everybody nowadays seems to JUST talk about media trends without any sort conflict, ( at least in real life and not in reddit threads), Could also be, because that's a very "safe" way of making connections, but I honestly dont understand why its the ONLY way people are connecting now. I listen to this podcast almost every week, so of course I'm deep into "geek" culture, but's not what I want to base my ENTIRE life on. Whenever I meet someone in real life who present themselves as a "gamer" or "nerd", all I can think is " Whoopdee do, you spend your time sitting down drinking energy drinks". I dunno, maybe thats me being a jaded asshole, but I find people are becoming increasingly shallow over time.
@bennymountain16 жыл бұрын
wrong people, perhaps?
@elijahnakumura43756 жыл бұрын
Thomas Rozhon Yeah ppl are becoming almost like a parody of what those old social stereotypes used to be(Geek, activist, introvert etc) . Also you aren’t the only one, irl it seems ppl are either showing me a trending vid ive already seen a thousand times or they are quoting some dumb ass post about relationships or success.
@vnbt39326 жыл бұрын
The thing is I don’t think I’m addicted to video games, I’m more an escapist, but I’m not quite sure if I’m addicted to escapism. You could spin it that way i guess.
@afterpasthours75046 жыл бұрын
The new hotness: Addiction to an idea.
@zheldor6516 жыл бұрын
Berg Electron One of the major plot points of FF XIV
@pocenha6 жыл бұрын
When I was between 10-14 half the kids in my class dedicated their entire lives to football/soccer. They watched every game (Be It the state championship, National, inter-american, european) and that was the only Topic of conversation they could come up with. In PE, they would only play football and If anyone wanted anything else they would start a fight. After School, they ram to the field and played till late night. Some of them even joined gangs of fans of their favorite teams and haressed rival fans. Never in my life I've heard of addiction to football.
@MidnightKingL6 жыл бұрын
13:10 That reminds me of that Batman Beyond episode where Max almost let Batman die so she could jump back in the dream game.
@chrisPbit6 жыл бұрын
"The pinker the spot, the faster it gets in ya" -Woolie, 2018
@madamastersgaming6 жыл бұрын
What about football addiction or breaking bad addiction?
@themangaloid14876 жыл бұрын
Just wanna play video games Just wanna play video games Just wanna play video games all the time and everyday
@darrianweathington19236 жыл бұрын
The Mangaloid and do drugs while i play video games
@AntiAnnihilator50006 жыл бұрын
Don't wanna go to school Just wanna be a fool Just wanna play video games Everything else is really lame
@Nasiruify6 жыл бұрын
YA HEEEARD!! 😂😂😂
@TastyChurro6 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of Professional Psychologists that disagree with WHO.
@MartoLun6 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of Professional Psychologists who are not doctors. There's a big difference between psychology and psychiatry, which wil involve researching pathological sources of videogame addiction (if any exist). I don't think the one at fault is WHO. WHO is quite massive, well respected, reputable, and are known to change reports based on new information.
@jedisquidward6 жыл бұрын
Pat is far from professional
@jedisquidward6 жыл бұрын
Btw im just doing a joke here
@Yal_Rathol6 жыл бұрын
MartoLun i think it's hard to fault an international organization in general, there's too many people involved in too many remote regions around the world for anyone to be at fault for something slipping through or for something being declared "fact" without the most unbiased and rigorous testing possible.
@spinningchurro6 жыл бұрын
Ayy my brother in name.
@ZukoXsama6 жыл бұрын
That whole memory thing reminds me of that old "Batman Beyond" episode.
@BondageKitty376 жыл бұрын
This is a legitimately deep dive into addiction. I've got an addictive personality and this discussion echoes my thoughts on the matter
@DanielAvelan6 жыл бұрын
It'd totally down to personality. I was addicted to books when I couldn't afford videogames, I'd spend 6 hours or more of my day reading, not doing homework, eating, sometimes even not properly sleeping. I read the first volume of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy in one 13 hour sitting.
@LifesNeverHumDrum6 жыл бұрын
Coming from a family with addictive personality prevalence, and having inherited that, I appreciate this dialogue. It's super legit. I have fears and anxieties that keep me from drinking or recreational drug use, sure. But that doesn't mean I'm without addictive vices at all, and it's all psychological. I liken it to obsessive compulsivity sometimes, as well. It really does need to be treated more as a disorder or something unique to the person, because you can absolutely be addicted without physical dependency
@OmegaBlue-gb5bu6 жыл бұрын
I think the reason video games are singled out is so many people spend time alone gaming that it reaches that point of addiction more often than like hockey where you go out with people and it becomes a group experience and you can get the socialization you need.
@GoldRaptor006 жыл бұрын
wow, imagine not having friends to come over and play games with you like me
@jordanhorst66 жыл бұрын
Grinding games and lootboxes are very dangerous to people who get addicted easily. BUT Who the duck can get addicted to a story driven experience!
@kricku6 жыл бұрын
jordan horst Wanting to play more of them?
@blinkx10706 жыл бұрын
It's not being addicted to the specific story experience it's to the ability to escape into a different world and pretend you're someone else who doesn't have all the perceived flaws the person themselves think they have
@Valzahd6 жыл бұрын
Escapism can be a powerful thing.
@The93spiderfreak6 жыл бұрын
jordan horst probably people that get addicted escapism, as Simone else has no doubt said in these comments already. It happens some times
@SmokeyOwOs6 жыл бұрын
jordan horst persona fans
@darrianweathington19236 жыл бұрын
Im happy woolie knows about Bob Marley mellow mood
@therockinist95866 жыл бұрын
I like how know matter how close you feel to it being a mental disorder, or how many tests you can take It is always completely possible that it will be brought up as "maybe I'm just a deep seeded asshole"
@AndrewSmith-fq9mh6 жыл бұрын
Matt, I can 100% understand where you are coming from with that Animal Crossing story. People may laugh that off as ridiculous, but that sort of mental recalibrating is legitimate. I even dealt with that last semester in college. Granted, it was with video games, but the medium itself isn't the inherent issue. It was a matter of shifting my secondary tasks (in this case, video games) as my primary focus while finding excuses to brush off actual responsibilities (seeing friends, going to class, etc.). Tasks in life were evaluated based on how they would detract from me playing video games. My grandmother broke her hip this summer, and while visiting her I thought, "Okay. I don't care. She doesn't even know who I am with her darn dementia. She's taking time away from me fighting through Hard Mode in Terraria." It sounds ridiculous, selfish, uncaring, and short-sighted, but that's what the "addiction" did to me and can do to many others regardless of their medium of "choice". I'm doing better now, but falling back into those habits is easier than you could imagine. You think you can control and moderate your own addiction. You can't. You absolutely can't. Sorry for this long comment. Just thought I'd show some support.
@79c10man6 жыл бұрын
You can get addicted to pretty much anything. Ever hear of soda addiction? What about the people who just like soda alot? TV shows and anime aren't all that different marathon stranger things no problem marathon any anime and suddenly addicted ? Weird
@kovulion77776 жыл бұрын
Woolie's addiction to Aliens and betraying his race Pats addiction to being a toilet Matts addiction for breakfast rules
@DrEarthwormRobotnik2 жыл бұрын
That Knuckles and Rouge guy sounds like some dude that also had a similar obsession to Ryu X Chun Li, even writing a 300 page comic dedicated to the ship
@cyclonite7116 жыл бұрын
The comparison to hockey addiction is pretty accurate I think, because of the way that things like the DSM are set up they allow room for cultural activities that are seen as normal to not be diagnosed as disorders. If you have a culture where it is seen as socially acceptable, or even encouraged, to get really into football or hockey then the people who pursue those interests aren't considered to be addicted or obsessed if its a normal level for the culture. I think that this is why there has been so much government pushback on videogames, because the younger generations are growing up in a culture where they are overly accepted while the older generations don't see them around them in everyday life as much.
@NotSoAccurate6 жыл бұрын
Still waiting for Pat to go out wearing a Dr. Robotnik costume
@MrNinjaBurger6 жыл бұрын
I mean if you hold down a job, pay your bills, and don't disregard your commitments then who cares what you do with your free time? Seems like a pointless category to add to addictions.
@beaners1234life4 жыл бұрын
Now the WHO is saying video games help cope with COVID-19. Wowzers
@ArchtypicalEchidna6 жыл бұрын
18:00 where do i find this story this sounds amazing
@Ultimaniacx46 жыл бұрын
3:39 I like how Woolie corrected to the wrong word.
@TwentySeven13376 жыл бұрын
If you get addicted to books you become the Globglogabgalab
@Guciom6 жыл бұрын
18:20 that's less of a addiction and more of a obsession.
@bearshark59416 жыл бұрын
Matt "I would kill and die for chicken" McMuscles.
@moonturkey6 жыл бұрын
Small correction on the coke thing: Some friends of mine that know more than I do say that rubbing it on the gums is more to test purity as you can better sense a numbing effect on your gums.
@christhechilled5 жыл бұрын
R.I.P the three ScrubLords of the Best Friends
@ArcChristelle6 жыл бұрын
Everythings comes back to Sonic. Especially the love triangle of Rouge x Knuckles vs Shadow.
@nathanpost87536 жыл бұрын
Pat: "Violently guzzling buttloads of red bull"
@Comkill1176 жыл бұрын
Man, I miss when the only things I ever heard about Sonic was that Adventure and Mega Collection were rad.
@nigen5 жыл бұрын
BTLs better than life. did they rip that from Red Dwarf?
@MrGizzyRey6 жыл бұрын
I like these. If you can continue to work on the format, and perhaps add screen sharing things, so you can read articles and live react to stuff.
@kovulion77776 жыл бұрын
You just need more of that blue blood the androids have
@cubana26 жыл бұрын
I wasn't ready for the sonic shipping talk lol
@sku11bropat456 жыл бұрын
I feel that the isolation is a bit more of a stronger factoid than just games themselves
@GreedAndSelfishness6 жыл бұрын
Oh, boy do I know those "hockey addicts". A lot of them here in Finland.
@zacharycooke76296 жыл бұрын
This kind of thing scares me honestly, I have an addictive personality and had infact been addicted to the internet when I was younger. I spend hours playing videogames everyday (of course I can stop to do whatever like chores or work) and thinking about this being a possible addiction is scary as fuck and depressing as shit.
@theburritohero6 жыл бұрын
Have they ever mentioned why they don't upload the full podcasts on this (or a seperate) channel?
@MrNinjaBurger6 жыл бұрын
Not that I know of, which is a shame because I'd watch them that way.
@TheSpiralCurse6 жыл бұрын
Well i've amassed over 1000 volumes of manga.....maybe books are an addition
@TheSpiralCurse6 жыл бұрын
Warstar well....1024
@TheSpiralCurse6 жыл бұрын
Yep
@CheetahsArePrettyCool6 жыл бұрын
@thesw1tcher It's not super on-topic, but if it helps, Woolie mentioning countries where eating disorders aren't as prevalent as they are in Western countries may have been a reference to a specific study! after TV was introduced to a province in Fiji in the mid-1990s, the rate of eating disorders went way up, and there was a lot of subsequent writing about how that reflected on TV in the US also culture-bound syndromes in general are examples of fear/anxiety/anger/etc. coming out in patterns that mainly show up in specific countries :O idk this may be info Pat would be interested in
@raeh1236 жыл бұрын
Jessica C. When Woolie said that, I immediately thought of that study too!
@jt-f28956 жыл бұрын
Anything can become an addiction in a sense. If something gives you that dopamine hit, you'll want more from where that came from. I mean heck, people get addicted to internet fights because it gives them a bit of a rush, . Are there more often than not underlying causes to getting very attached to something? Of course there are. While in my last years of high school I was actually addicted to World of Warcraft - neglecting schoolwork, friendships, relationships with my family. But it wasn't the game that was the problem, it was just an outlet for then undiagnosed ADHD and mild Aspergers, and playing that game made me feel better than having to interact with real people as it gave the illusion of socialisation without the stressful interactions, and there was a pretty good hit of dopamine whenever I finally grinded enough for that one special mount or shit like that.
@Rasmos6 жыл бұрын
~ 3:20. Yeah, that'd be the dopamine release you get from all things that people find joy out of. It's all natural, but can lead to psychological addictions (differing from addictions in the strain of nicotine, alcohol, etc. More similar to the video game, marijuana sort of addictions.)
@Hyper_Drud6 жыл бұрын
Wow, I watched a video this morning about what would happen if you stopped eating meat and the Lone Star Tick was mentioned in it.
@ODSTWhiteout Жыл бұрын
“It seems weird that a respected organization like that would make such a mistake is so weird” God that aged well
@gahoolefan936 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know whats the story of that crazy knucklesxrouge shipper? Cant find it anywhere.
@CrazykillaD6 жыл бұрын
Just going to leave this reply here so I too can get the shipper story. I need to read this shit.
@jedisquidward6 жыл бұрын
Yeah same, sorry not to help
@TheNottakenaccount6 жыл бұрын
wait what? As in sanic knuckles and and rouge?
@stevemclovin15666 жыл бұрын
Me four, this sounds like some good shit.
@swelldritch27746 жыл бұрын
Same
@TheHaloAdventureShow6 жыл бұрын
I heard communism and I clapped because I know CHEEKI BREKKI IV DAMKEV
@drunkdonkeydude6 жыл бұрын
I stood up clapping so hard I tipped my computer chair over. spilled my coco puffs.
@dude100676 жыл бұрын
Super Best Oxygen Addicts
@adams36275 жыл бұрын
Their discussion around the 12-minute mark remind me of the incredibly morbid factoid about suicide rates in 19th-century England; they went waaaay up upon the introduction of the gas-powered oven, because early models made it so easy to flood your house with gas and suffocate yourself painlessly. When they started rolling out newer models that couldn't be used to asphyxiate, suicide rates went back down. For a higher percentage of the population than we'd like to admit, ANY easy escape hatch is really tempting, whether it's drugs, antisocial behaviors, self-harm, or outright suicide.
@robonoaware6 жыл бұрын
Pat and Woolie shitting on Yukari: "Ok I can understand the reasons they dislike this character even though it makes me salty because I think they're dumb reasons." Pat dissing Potemkins redesign: "I will Potemkin Buster your soft, shitty body you tiny man."
@SloppyJoe11006 жыл бұрын
Did not expect to hear Patrice's name on this podcast
@iller36 жыл бұрын
Matt with that Band reference that almost none of their 20-something viewers are going to get
@ricardomilos106 жыл бұрын
If buying cosmetics and lootboxes can be an adiction, Pat is fucked
@furyberserk6 жыл бұрын
Wait woolie... your avatar comment reminded me of something. Did you finish the series? Isn't A:TLA one of the best odyssey cartoon stories with good world building and ending like FMA:B? Last question, please name all anime like that if you know any. These two are the only ones I know and I want MOAR!
@darrianweathington19236 жыл бұрын
Im like hockey guy but its gundam... I like Gundam... I AM GUNDAM!
@6powersofM6 жыл бұрын
Woolie "the pinker the spot, the faster it gets in ya" Madden ffs
@13johnnyemo6 жыл бұрын
I think there is an absolutely fascinating study waiting to be put forth in the coming years over whether the interactivity and innate sense of self and control video games as a medium has is more dangerous for people with addictive personalities then other mediums, but this study is not it.
@xavierticas16326 жыл бұрын
I hope Pat cosplays as Kratos one day.
@iwannabeanarwhal6 жыл бұрын
Anime addiction isn't a disease. Anime is.
@Furluge6 жыл бұрын
24:59 RIP Patrice O'Neill
@Gustavozxd136 жыл бұрын
23:38 you guys are seriously the biggest david cage fans out there
@ObiTrev6 жыл бұрын
When I don't get a God Of War or Detroit: Beyond Human in my sub-feed, I go ballistic!
@guigondi76716 жыл бұрын
13:05 i believe that is a story Philip K. Dick wrote... or at least had a concept similar to that.
@canadanionerdo54346 жыл бұрын
I might not play as many video games I did back in my teens/20's vs my late 30's,I buy more music than anything now.
@masterroshi72996 жыл бұрын
I thought Better than Life was from the Red Dwarf novelization? They called them 'belt heads' and most of them died from malnutrition cause the game wouldn't let them leave.
@ssjenforcer1911911916 жыл бұрын
All I learned from this episode was: I should eat cocaine!
@froztbite153 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I don't have an addictive personality. (Drinks booze, energy drink, and eats junk food).
@ricardomilos106 жыл бұрын
pat looks like doctor eggman
@thomasburciaga80136 жыл бұрын
If i recall, Code Geass has a drug dealing with memories, i haven't seen it in a while so who knows. Also Total Recall too