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WCDT Strips 3126 - 3130 (4th to 8th January 2016)
ninja0jesus:
--- Quote from: DonInKansas on 07 Jan 2016, 16:51 ---I will never understand watching someone else play a game for hours on end instead of actually playing it yourself. My 11 year old son will watch Minecraft videos forever if I'd let him. I guess I'm getting old.
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It's the same reason that thousands of people watch other people move or hit a ball around an arena. :P For some people, it's just another form of passive entertainment; the LPer could be very skilled, or they may have a good personality and know how to keep an audience's attention, or a group of people could be doing something in a game that other people hadn't thought of before, etc. Some just share funny moments, while others share what's basically a cinematic playthrough of a game.
There's also the "I can't afford games so the least I can do is play them vicariously through others" angle.
improvnerd:
404 on the owlbear.
neurocase:
Comic.
Oh dear, Marigold. Ohhhh dear.
jheartney:
My take on it is the Marigold sees her younger self in Sam (both Sam and pre-Dale Marigold were renowned for their piquant aroma). A post-pubescent Sam might someday gravitate to soft-porn gaming titles too.
Or maybe this is one of the few subjects that could get Marigold to reach out to someone outside her usual comfort area.
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: DonInKansas on 07 Jan 2016, 16:51 ---I will never understand watching someone else play a game for hours on end instead of actually playing it yourself. My 11 year old son will watch Minecraft videos forever if I'd let him. I guess I'm getting old.
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To be honest, I've always been on your side, but then I was linked to a particularly entertaining Game Grumps video, and to tell the truth, it's nothing to do with the actual gameplay. I'm not watching them play as much as I'm jumping into a conversation between friends about something they're passionate about. It's just fun to listen to their conversations
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