{"id":3919,"date":"2009-06-17T10:21:24","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T14:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christandpopculture.com\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2009-06-17T10:21:24","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T14:21:24","slug":"i-dont-play-games-for-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/2009\/06\/i-dont-play-games-for-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;I don&#039;t play games for fun&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Getting burned out on games isn\u2019t something many of us struggle with, but in this article on the subject, I found this quote which I found fascinating:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The last thing I do is play games for fun. They stress me out. And that\u2019s a big part of the reason why I like them, strangely enough. When I get home after eight hours of sitting on my butt updating a spreadsheet, I need some excitement. That\u2019s something video games can provide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/insultswordfighting.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/burnout-revenge.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Insult Swordfighting: Burnout revenge \u2014 Video Game Reviews and Rants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting burned out on games isn\u2019t something many of us struggle with, but in this article on the subject, I found this quote which I found fascinating: The last thing I do is play games for fun. They stress me out. And that\u2019s a big part of the reason why I like them, strangely enough. 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