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“A man,” said Oliver Cromwell, “never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going.” Dreams and drunkenness, the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and counterfeit of this oracular genius, and hence their dangerous attraction for men. For the like reason they ask the aid of wild passions, as in gaming and war, to ape in some manner these flames and generosities of the heart.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsocial man, an unprofitable man. gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
Community Of Million Gamers: Online Gaming Communities ... One of the most ancient and common claims against online gaming was directed towards its anti social nature... Internet opponents saw online gaming as the community enemy, which causes people to prefer the solitary act of playing internet games over taking part in more traditional types of social activities such as playing sports games, visiting the local bingo hall, etc... About ten years of broadband internet access proves the opposite: online gaming is a social activity by nature...