Comments on: Minecraft: Can Make You Paranoid as Hell.

Minecraft: Can Make You Paranoid as Hell.

quin — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:00:18 -0800

Videogames Are Drugs: Dorkly presents a few comics which compare videogames to their analogous drugs.

By: Cash4Lead

Cash4Lead — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:29:38 -0800

Should be labeled NSFW for that Inside Amy Schumer banner ad that's running now. Yowsa. As to the comics themselves, they were good for a chuckle. They reminded of the Internet Vices bit from a while back.

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:29:56 -0800

My name is Octothorpe and I've been Minecraft free for almost a year now.

By: Rory Marinich

Rory Marinich — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:38:10 -0800

Unlike marijuana, Minecraft is habit-forming.

By: MysticMCJ

MysticMCJ — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:56:38 -0800

I expected to be annoyed at the Adderall one, as I get tired of all of the jokes surrounding something that has made my life substantially better and really saved me in a lot of ways, but that's surprisingly accurate and funny, and thankfully doesn't fall into the LOL LUXURY DRUG FOR LAZY PEOPLE trope. I will say that Civ was bad enough on its own, and was something that I would hyperfocus on before I ever got treated. I stay away from it anymore-- playing that while ON adderall is definitely contraindicated.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:59:28 -0800

all I know is for some people, access to hashcake is the leading cause of Greece-roman inspired island temples in minecraft.

By: Rustic Etruscan

Rustic Etruscan — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:08:54 -0800

I get super-addicted to Minecraft, only to leave it for long spells. I never build much. I suspect these two facts are related.

By: Navelgazer

Navelgazer — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:11:42 -0800

Holy god the Civ/Adderall one... I should probably get checked out to see if I would benefit from Adderall.

By: invitapriore

invitapriore — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:25:59 -0800

How did I never make the Bryan Cranston/Gordon Freeman connection before this moment.

By: FritoKAL

FritoKAL — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:30:57 -0800

I'm not sure why they think WoW is 'incredibly expensive' though. Sixteen dollars a month, and 60ish dollars every 1-2 years is... way way less than a lot of people spend on a LOT of other hobbies.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:35:00 -0800

Opportunity costs.

By: munchingzombie

munchingzombie — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:35:26 -0800

It is not surprising the game analogous to LSD never was finished. The developers found a mote of their childhood in the carpet and got lost examining it.

By: LogicalDash

LogicalDash — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:39:39 -0800

The game analogous to LSD was rereleased on PlayStation 3 in 2010.

By: FritoKAL

FritoKAL — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:44:32 -0800

Opportunity costs. That could be applied to any hobby, up to and including watching television, which the average American does for 34 hours a week.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:55:43 -0800

invitapriore: "How did I never make the Bryan Cranston/Gordon Freeman connection before this moment." I've seen it before, but the age is way off. Gordon is in his 20s, isn't he? I'd say that Cranston could play him as depicted in Half-Life 4: Episode 6, but that would be after the heat death of the universe.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:57:58 -0800

So what drug does Deadly Premonition align with?

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:58:27 -0800

Ketamine

By: invitapriore

invitapriore — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:11:25 -0800

I've seen it before, but the age is way off. Gordon is in his 20s, isn't he? I kind of always figured thirties myself, but I'm happy to just interpolate a few decades of professorship in between him graduating from that university in Germany (if I'm remembering the offer letter that appears in the HL1 manual correctly, it's been a while) and his signing on with Black Mesa.

By: Navelgazer

Navelgazer — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:13:12 -0800

Katamari Damacy makes a decent LSD equivalent too, I'd imagine.

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:28:15 -0800

Oh god, my 10 year-old son is totally into Minecraft now. Maybe I should divert him towards something safer, like a mickey of vodka.

By: yerfatma

yerfatma — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:28:53 -0800

How did I never make the Bryan Cranston/Gordon Freeman connection before this moment Don't know, but this will help you catch up.

By: invitapriore

invitapriore — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:30:23 -0800

Oh god, my 10 year-old son is totally into Minecraft now. Maybe I should divert him towards something safer, like a mickey of vodka. Now I feel really guilty for showing my friend's two little boys how to build a portal to the Nether in Minecraft. I'm basically that guy from anti-drug PSAs in the 90s.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:32:37 -0800

invitapriore: "I kind of always figured thirties myself" According to this fan wiki (always authoritative) he was 27 in HL1. But, who cares really? I guess I'm down with an older, grizzled movie Gordon.

By: TheWhiteSkull

TheWhiteSkull — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:23:32 -0800

I'm starting to think that Armored Core V is PCP. Not like PCP. Actual PCP. Seriously, I have no idea what's going on half the time, I'm in a near constant state of panic, and I can't stop.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:51:40 -0800

Oh god, my 10 year-old son is totally into Minecraft now. Maybe I should divert him towards something safer, like a mickey of vodka. Actually, now that you bring it up, the parallel continues to work there too. If I had kids, I'm not sure I'd want them to have the gaming/drug habits that I've had, but if they were going to do it anyway, I'd definitely prefer they do Minecraft/pot.

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:12:31 -0800

I'm not enough of a recreational drug conisiour to come up with the right match for NetHack though I'm sure there is some old timey drug like Quaaludes or absinthe that would fit the bill.

By: Mars Saxman

Mars Saxman — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:57:24 -0800

watching television, which the average American does for 34 hours a week. This still completely astonishes me. 34 hours a week? Is that all they do?? When do they actually, you know, live their lives?

By: chaosys

chaosys — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:54:37 -0800

Mitheral: "I'm not enough of a recreational drug conisiour to come up with the right match for NetHack though I'm sure there is some old timey drug like Quaaludes or absinthe that would fit the bill." Absinthe sounds about right, actually.

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:24:16 -0800

...Nethack... Absinthe sounds about right, actually Especially if you play it on an old green monochrome monitor.

By: saucysault

saucysault — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:34:52 -0800

Hilarious to me; my 10 year old son is addicted to MC, my hubby loves his MJ. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...

By: fleacircus

fleacircus — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:12:18 -0800

NetHack is mushrooms because it's all about identification, yo.

By: en forme de poire

en forme de poire — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:02:29 -0800

Nethack could be opium as well - old timey, yields impossibly detailed dreamlike fantasies, and is also addictive and punishing.

By: en forme de poire

en forme de poire — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:05:45 -0800

also, Rez is totally 2C-I.

By: Charlemagne In Sweatpants

Charlemagne In Sweatpants — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:03:40 -0800

never got into Minecraft, but when i get stuck in Fallout: New Vegas people always say 'take all the drugs and get drunk', which is probably bad advice