I say no, you can enjoy a video game and want to make a career out of it and have it not be childish. Such as a game maker and actually do the graphics for the game. Now if you decide you just want to lay about and test games all day, than maybe

I don’t think it is an issue or that it is immature as long as everything as it taken care of. It’s not different than watching tv all time or reading books all the time.

My boyfriend is working towards becoming a video game programmer and he’s one of the most mature, hard working people I know. He makes lots of time for other things such as training in a martial art, spending time with his friends and spending time with me.

I think it’s silly that anyone would say he’s immature because he plays computer games for a lot of his days and wants to program them when he graduates university. It’s better to do something you love than be stuck in a job you hate!

The key thing you mentioned was the note above. I asked my boyfriend about it and he agreed: as long as it doesn’t interfere with your job, school, relationship, responsibilities, then it’s totally not childish at all.

I’m a gamer..er was..sorta am still (getting bored of it and cant find a game i like for my xbox360!!). I guess it all depends on the person. no games should get involved with ‘real life’ issues. There are gamers I can’t stand..they call themselves ‘elite’..etc, those gamers are childish and immature. Plus their lives revolve around games

I’m a hardcore gamer (my boyfriend sometimes whines about my hobby) and I’d say I’m probably ten times more mature than my non-gamer friends because I spend my time playing, not drinking my liver and brain to oblivion.

Sure, I’m childish in *some* issues, but that stems from my personality, not from my hobby, and I *easily* rack up 40-60 hours of game time on average per week. What I’m trying to say is that these two things don’t directly collerate.

There’s immature, childish gamers and there’s mature, adult non-gamers – but there’s also mature, adult gamers and immature, childish non-gamers. I’d go so far as to claim gamers are a bit more mature than average folk because most gamers are also nerdy & intelligent and can do more than just play on their platforms of choice.

I’m a gamer girl. Have been my entire life. Being a gamer definitely doesn’t make you childish or immature. It’s a way to get your mind away from the “real world” and have a little entertainment kind of like watching a movie, except you are the leading actor (ie:character). GAMES (especially World of Warcraft)=SO MUCH FUN! :cute: :cute: :cute:

Tina Silva´s last blog entry: Halloween, Birthdays, & Christmas

i think it’s no more childish than any other hobby, as long as it doesn’t get in the way of your regular responsibilities. probably people who say it’s childish are annoyed that they always sucked at street fighter when they were young ;p

Gaming is a hobby. If you enjoy fixing up cars or doing research on cars, does that make you childish? If you collect stamps or coins does that make you childish? Nope. As long as your responsibilities and priorities are in order, then it’s perfectly fine – just like any other hobby.
Caitlin´s last blog entry: Is the week over yet?

Sometimes it’s nice to be able to come home and blow shit up after a long day of work. It’s a good stress release. And like everyone else said, as long as it doesn’t interfere with your real life responsibilities, then there’s nothing wrong with it, just as any other hobby. As a matter of fact, the boyfriend and I use it for bonding and we’ll usually play any multiplayer for the 360 that we can get our hands on. And amazingly enough, because a lot of our friends play, it helps us keep in touch with the ones who are too far away for us to see everyday. So you can go tell that person to shove it and know they probably are only say that because they aren’t good at them and no one will play with them!! :yummy:

I love the poll software, which plugin is that?

I voted No but.. I do know some damned immature gamers.

Cole´s last blog entry: Bath Time!

Seriously, whoever is giving you crap about petty things like this needs to grow up themselves. I game, my boyfriend games and the boyfriend I had before him gamed too (that’s where I picked it up from) and yet we all have normal productive go to work and college type lives…we get out and do things that everyone else does. I don’t see how gaming is any different than I don’t know a hobby of painting or photography, except for the actual act itself.

I’ll say that SOME people who play the games, especially those that I’ve encountered when I played World of Warcraft act immature and childish but one has to remember that it’s the internet and a lot of the people you encounter couldn’t give two hoots what they say to you or act like over the game or Ventrilo (voice chat), but I doubt that a lot of them are like that in person/real life.

Ashley´s last blog entry: Health/Fitness Blog.

Absolutely not. Most weekends me, my husband and brother-in-law throw Rock Band parties. It’s a lot of fun. And during the week my husband will sometimes play a few other games on his X Box. He works, takes great care of our son, takes me wherever I need to go… what’s wrong with him having a little free time? He doesn’t complain when I’m parked in front of the TV watching Grey’s Anatomy every week. I don’t see what the big deal is.

Lisa Marie´s last blog entry: A few park photos

I don’t game with X-Box or Wii but I game online in a different type of thing and I don’t think it makes me any less mature than any other person. I’m getting my education, I’m going to work (sometimes upwards of 45 hours a week) and still have time to do my homework, socialize with friends and include my game in. So if that makes me immature, then so be it! lol.

Jamie´s last blog entry: “I’m Sorry.”

Absolutely not. As you know, Ben makes damn good money on the video game industry which REQUIRES him to play games most of the day.

We are both also pretty avid gamers but we both work full time, raise Cassidy, work out together, hang out with friends, etc. We both consider gaming a hobby, but we work on cars as a hobby and play tennis as a hobby, etc. NONE of them is any more immature than then the other.

Anna´s last blog entry: That to me in which that Sarah Palin that which has that officially lost her mind. That.

Nothing wrong with being a gamer unless you’re glued to your seat 25/8 and absolutely cannot live without a PS2 next to you :happycry: Is Dan being like that lately? I hope not!!!