if anything, playing games made me WANT to get outside and explore. i had great adventures.
but then, i was fortunate in that i was pretty balanced. i'd read like hell, play some videogames AND go outside to the valley after school. it was all quite la-di-da and now 3 of my favourite things (amongst others) are reading, playing games and being in the hills. when im in the hills i can pretend im Link 8-)