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Wow, they really attacked gamers. Conservatives speedrunning how to be hated by everybody.
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I get what they were going for considering I've known certain people who have been so addicted to specific games that they've ruined their lives but I don't think Walz is in that crowd. He's still married, looks like he's a great father who's involved with his kids and is a more responsible and active politician than 90% of those in politics.
It's such a poor jab. Besides gaming being this mainstream hobby that everyone partakes of these days, there's also the fact that even if he was irresponsible, the youngest two of the voting generations would vibe with it. I know people who overspend their money or ignore reality entirely because they feel helpless. It's a symptom of a problem.
My coworker told me he's spent I think he said $8,000 on Destiny 2. That was half a year ago or more. So more by now. I was so floored that I don't remember the number exactly but it was astronomical. One of the few times in my life I struggled not to show a disrespectful amount of shock or however you wanna put that.
Today he told me his friends are trying to get him into Warframe. But he said he didn't like the idea of not being able to get into the main quests without jumping through hoops. I don't know either game well, but I'm pretty sure that's ironic.
It's escapism for him, I know that much, so it's tangential.
Yeah people meme about it but the addiction exists.
Even before microtransactions were huge on mmos, I remember people letting Runescape ruin them. Knew a guy with 3 daughters who was divorced over it. Had an old friend who wouldn't last more than two weeks at any job cause he'd quit to play and the whole group we played with would get to hear his girlfriend screaming at him over it sometimes (he did get better though).
Now days we have gachas and games with loot boxes so it's even more predatory.