Are “Hard Core” Players of Elementary School Games More Vulnerable to Psychological Problems?
It’s a question I’ve been running through my head for a bit, now. Can “hard-core” elementary school games and hard core gaming be a symptom or a cause of something much more problematic? I’ll use a recent example regarding my own behavior, at leave it at that. Last night I loaded, played an inning or two, quit, and reloaded a game of the PS3 game, “MLB The Show: 10” four times. I know, it’s not an elementary school game per se, and I’m not an elementary school gamer. But bare with me. Every game began the same, as I’d previously saved mid-game. Top of the 6th inning, 2 men on, no one up in the bullpen. Every time, I’d gotten out of the 6th without giving up a run. Nothing much happened in any of my games during the bottom of the 6th. Seemingly inevitably, though, I’d give up at least a single run in the Top of the 7th. Boom, quit, restart, load, repeat. This sort of perfectionism isn’t exactly unknown to me. From the early days of my elementary school career, I was a bit of an obsessiv
