To be fair, this was not inspired by atari.

Oy! Those games they have online are horrid! So many ways I can take that sentence! Honestly I think they're there simply to make you go insane!

I just started yoville and farmville. I have only seen them for four days now, but I think I've seen enough!

First lets explain. My rant is needed.

The first is primarily for socializing with people you never would have met before. Okay. That might be nice for some people, but I don't have time for that. My day is filled with REAL stuff and REAL people! I have more things to do than sit around talking to whatever nameless that starts a chat with me! I had to sign off after a half an hour (honestly I'm still asking myself why I was on there so long!) and found some hurtful notes when I came back because they were mad that I had to go work! Maybe I wasn't nice enough when I explained that I had some errands to run and a book to write, but that is no excuse for name calling! I should have just left instead of taking the time to apologize! And the rest of it is stupid; decorate a room; I do that in real life! Why would I wan to do that there?! And I dress myself everyday! And my clothes are much more interesting! Oy! This drove me CRAZY! There was no point, you didn't level fast enough, and it was stupid!

The second was a little easier. Things happened, my farm grew and you could level as fast as you got coins. Okay. I also got a ton of people accept to be my neighbors and that helped me level too. But I really don't understand why people spend so much time on there. The reward would be so much better if they went outside and planted one for themselves. Sure it takes longer in real life, but it is REAL in real life. I do like the Halloween tree you can add, but it doesn't do anything but sit there. It didn't call to me as I know it did and does for other people.

I had to spend a lot longer on Sorority Life to get bored with it. I hated the mean girls that took my hard earned money and points, but the worst was the hurtful comments they left when they took it. They screamed. Actual cussing, and... just awful. I think I was the only girl who stayed on there for as long as I did and never fought back. I picked no fights because I hated it when my stuff was gone and couldn't bring myself to do it to someone else. This one was the most painful because I kept at it so long. The wardrobe here WAS much better than mine. I'll miss that part only, but will quit because the rest was so bad.

Mafia wars... yeah, I did that on a friends and never had to sign in on my facebook page. It was lame. I was impressed with the organized crime layout, but I wanted to be kingpin high boss or whatever and it was too hard to level up. The violence lasted one day and I never returned. My friend laughed at me, but I'm not a violent loving person.

I haven't tried castle age. It looks intriguing, but after all these other ones I'm afraid.

I've done all the nonclicky ones like bejeweled and stuff, but they all are such time wasters. In the end I found that my brain actually stopped working and writing became very hard. I've spent the whole of the last week feeling numb where I'd rather be buzzing. The games promoted laziness and practically did all the thinking for you. I hated that. I wanted to create and live and explore. Instead I was being hit with dull, lame, brainkilling scenes that hurt so much the indolence became physically painful.

I can see how video games kill brain cells. I actually saw it working. I am glad I don't let my kids play this stuff. They are much younger than me and need theirs for life.

Now I do have a discrepancy in this post. I was very sick several years back and on bedrest for months. Hooked up on IVs and moved back in with my mom for help, I was a space mutant on all the drugs I had to take just to keep me alive. My mom introduced Spyro the dragon and my sister introduced Freecell and Spider Solitaire. If not for these I would have gone mentally crazy. They challenged me enough to remain coherent and get me out of bed. Yes, I wasn't supposed to leave the bed, but you try staring at the ceiling of a box for hours on end. Not fun!

So I see how these games can be helpful. But for someone who would rather create worlds around her I was brain-stumped with the worlds created for me. At least with a good book I get to create something with the words on the page. And I find that my worlds always vary from the author's or a friend's reading the same story. I overproject and have a very vivid mind.

In conclusion unless you are already a deadhead, stay away from these virtual evils. Real life is much more rewarding! I have to admit that the word evil comes to mind with some of these apps. I will still send hearts because they don't take any of my time and I want you all to know I LOVE you and care and think about you even from so far away.

The rest of you not on facebook, you're not missing much. The blogs are so much more thought provoking! :D

Thanks for letting me post this, and as always, thank you for reading!

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