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Message: <blockquote data-quote="xechnao" data-source="post: 4837367" data-attributes="member: 58105">Here is my theory. When you are learning something new -and especially when you are not learning in an academic fashion- when you get involved with a new subject, the interest you have been generating exaggerates the actual possibilities as you still fail to perceive the limits of the functionality and applicability of your subject in real life. The creative process of learning does not leave or open the space right away to your senses to perceive the normal or stable range of the reactions your subject of study brings in life.  His words are full of exaggeration. I am guessing he is being involved in some professional project that deals with what he is talking about and he is still in the phase of being overly impressed by the field he is now interacting and trying to work with. It is true that video games occupy space in people's modern lives and modern economy. It is also true that computers occupy a space in modern science, production and the organization of the economy. This does not mean we will stop to need to consume or to want to consume material food. Or have sex. Or play physical games. Or go to excursions out in nature. Because the physical world IS our nature. Video games do exist for more than 30 years. The internet does exist for more than 15 years. MMOs exist for more than 10 years. With the explosive rise of new economies and markets such as China and Korea their market has seen an impressively explosive expansion indeed. But because of this the explosoveness of the MMO economy in the long run, it is not much more than a fad. Moreover, if he is working professionaly indeed in the MMO sector he would rather praise his field. Because you know momentum and stuff are important to promote business. Nevrtheless what Ryan stays tabletop entertainment is not going anywhere. And MMOs or whatever virtual technology gets developed is not going to suck up the generations of the future and have the humanity living in the matrix movie.</blockquote>

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