I'm happy with the life I have thanks

I'm sure I must be missing something, but I just don't understand people's obsession with gaming. That's gaming and not gambling, at least I understand why people would gamble. I know people that spend hours on end playing various computer games and then there are others that have a virtual life. Yes, if you don't like you real life, just go get yourself a virtual one!

I think it's called Second Life or something and then there is also Haribo Hotel. I was not very happy to find out that there was no sweets involved as I like haribo's. Anyway.... the whole gaming, virtual worlds thing got me wondering, do people really have nothing better to do? I mean, do they have any other interests? Go to the pub with REAL friends have any REAL hobbies? And I figured maybe they don't. And then I felt sad for them.

It was interesting as there was a doco on SBS last night about the Yamakasi in Paris who created "the moving-style" where they jump off buildings and sort of bounce around and jump over a flight of stairs to reach the bottom rather than walking. It's incredible to see. I've seen it used in adverts and things like that but I never knew where it came from. It was fascinating to see that it came from a group pf people living in a poor housing estate. It fascinated me because what they were doing was incredible. They could have just hung around the streets terrorising the neighbours, turned into drug addicts or alcoholics but instead they decided to create their own entertainment to escape their everyday lives. They created something beautiful and very artisitic. They were so physically fit that they glided around poles and the moves the made were so elegant, what they do is truly art in a pure form.
I admired them for creating something out of nothing for giving people with no money and possibly no hopes, something to do, something to live for. To do Moving-Style requires great discipline and focus. It was interesting that they didn't lose themself in a game to cope with the real world or to entertain them, they used the real world for their entertainment.

So why do people get sucked in to gaming? Why is having a virtual life so important to them? I have enough trouble with a real life let alone a virtual one. Think I'll stick to having one life thanks!