Joe Rogan is often in the spotlight for his broad range of guests on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, and today, he is trending on Twitter for comments made about vi꧅deo games. His words are causing a stir online, but it seems that a lot people are taking his statement out of cont💜ext and not considering the personal experience of the speaker.
The Controversial Statement
Rogan was interviewing Joe De Sana, well-known CEO and 🌸founder of both the Spartan and Death Race, which are among the most physically challenging activities that people can get into, or at least we can say that about the latter. When the topic of video games came up, it was within the context of young individuals who overindulge in the pastime to an unh♍ealthy point.
In the clip below, Rogan states, “Video games are a real proble🦄m. You know why? Because they’re fucking fun. You do them, and they’re real ex෴citing, but you don’t get anywhere.” Rogan goes on to describe how someone can decide to only play video games in their free time for three years, or pursue something like Jiu Jitsu, which one would assume was trying to convey the possibility of long-term, tangible self-improvement and goal setting.
Within a short while, the statement was taken as an absolute assault on video games, and the tweets and comments that followed were all looking to remind Rogan about how🌊 games can be seen as a new art form, with new storytelling and more.
Rogan Does Not Hate Games, But He Wishes That He Could
In the past, Rogan has described his own relationship with video games, and there ❀is no other way to describe it than pure addiction. Realistically, his financial situation allowed him to engage with video games in extreme ways that no ordinary person would be able to do.
In an interview from December 2018, Rogan was speaking with comedian Bill Burr, and the subject of video games came up. This is one of the most interesting d♌escriptions Rogan makes of his own experiences because it is a case study in video gaming addiction. Rogan stated,
“I had a real problem when I was playing [168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Quake] eight hours a day, ten hours a day, sometimes. I had a T1 line installed…they chewed up the street and put this business line in. Cost me a shitload of money. And I was like ‘Let’s do it!’A business line they would use at the time for a large building, just for my house, and I would play video games online all the time. One day I played until it was sunlight, and I’m 30 years old. I’m sitting there and my hands are sweating…I’ve been drinking Mountain Dew for the past eight hours, an🦩d I realized ‘What am I doing?’ I’m not where I want to be as a comic…with my life, and I’m just sitting here playing video games all the time.”
For those who might not know or recall what a T1 line would cost, Rogan estimates that in 1998, the installation and maintenance of such a service was around $10,000, all to have a better connection to play Quake. Imagine rejecting the normal𝓀 internet options in a neighborhood and engaging in a serious infrastructure development project, just to play video games.
As recently as last year, Rogan again spoke to the nature of “free” games online, saying that while there is no up-front cost, “it migh𝔉t as well be sugar-coated heroin mixed with cocaine and meth.” Few people speak about their addictions openly, but those that do are often more than willing to point out the problems of overindulging, be it on video games, or anything else like television, food, alcohol, or something else.
Rogan Is Speaking From His Own Experience, Not Only About Your Favorite Game
Joe Rogan does not hate video games, but it seems as though he wishes that he could. If given the opportunity to take back those entire days spent playing Quake, and tens of thousands of dollars for a faster Internet connection, would he do it?🏅 In retrospect, any reasonable person probably would, especially given his motivation to improve himself in his career.
Love him or hate him, no one can deny that Rogan has reached the pinn🎃acle of success within his line of work, and a Rogan unable to shake an addi🥃ction to video games likely would not be making headlines today, because he would not have put the time into reaching his own goals, and no one would remember him.
When listening to Rogan speak about games today, it is far better to take the middle road and consider his words in relation to anything that could be addicting. Recently, TheGamer wrote about how the WHO released its classification of Gaming Disorder into the 11﷽th revision of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. Th💛ere, the primary goal was to, “understand the point at which gaming becomes a health problem, and which factors contribute to the development of gaming disorders, exploring sociodemographic variables, personality, and motivations.”
Video game addiction is a real and serious issue that needs to be considered in the future, especially as video games become more accessible with the advent of affordable smartphone technology. Whereas Rogan spent a ridiculous amount on his Internet connection, today, it is the mobile platform that reigns supreme in terms of consumer spending.
Rogan’s comments about video games should be taken within the context of extreme usage to the point of inhibiting personal growth, exactly a♌s he experienced it two decades ago. In that sense, Rogan could replace the term “video games” with anything♑ else, be it alcohol, marijuana, junk food, Netflix, social media, and so on. The message would still be the same. All of these are not completely terrible in moderation, but to have these things take over someone’s life, and get in the way of long-term self-improvement is what Rogan is trying to convey as something to avoid at all costs.
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