Moonlight Graham Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 If so, what are some of your fav games and/or what are you playing right now? Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
wyly Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 (edited) If so, what are some of your fav games and/or what are you playing right now? Xbox 360 right now I play Halo with wyly Jr probably my fav video game, we're on the ODST version right now... Half life was interesting, problem solving while something is trying to eat eat you... Modern War 2, I always die and Jr has to stay close to me to cover my butt... Mass Effect was fun but once you play it all the way through there's no urge to play it again... video games have come a long way since I first played Pong in a pub... Edited July 22, 2010 by wyly Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
Remiel Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 (edited) Video games play me, :\ . This summer I have been played by... Fallout 3, Supreme Commander, Medieval 2: Total War & Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms, Metroid Prime: Corruption 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports & Wii Sports Resort, Just Dance, Disgaea DS, Pokemon Soul Silver, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, Tiger Woods Golf 10, ... and probably a few others that do not come to mind at the moment. I am not much interested in trying to figure out what my " favourites " are. But I imagine StarCraft II will be one one of them... Just five more days... Edited July 22, 2010 by Remiel Quote
DogOnPorch Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 RE II...classic. SH I...oldies but goldies... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Shady Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 Xbox 360. Right now I'm playing Red Dead Redemption. I highly recommend it! It's a great western themed game. Quote
Topaz Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 I think more males like playing the more violent kind of games to do with war, am I right? By playing these games at an early age I wonder if there's any connection to young men signing up in the military because of the thrill and high SOME may get of killing? Thoughts? Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 I think more males like playing the more violent kind of games to do with war, am I right? By playing these games at an early age I wonder if there's any connection to young men signing up in the military because of the thrill and high SOME may get of killing? Thoughts? No....we didn't need no steenkin' video games to get violent...we had...GI Joe! Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Shady Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 No....we didn't need no steenkin' video games to get violent...we had...GI Joe! I always wanted that carrier! Quote
DogOnPorch Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 No....we didn't need no steenkin' video games to get violent...we had...GI Joe! Do you remember 'Big Jim' plus his Sports Camper. He's the King of the Road. Then you help him unload...? Seemed like Barbie's 'manly' boyfriend...rather than that douche-bag Ken. Re: video games...you'd like this one. http://www.matrixgames.com/Games/UncommonValor/features_2.asp Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
dre Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 Xbox 360. Right now I'm playing Red Dead Redemption. I highly recommend it! It's a great western themed game. Red Dead definately has the best big world game engine ever written... even though theres still lots of bugs in it. Im looking to see what other games get made with that engine. Quote I question things because I am human. And call no one my father who's no closer than a stranger
DogOnPorch Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 Big Josh? Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 (edited) D Day...June 6th, 1944: http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=j_NOjgixO-Q&feature=related Edited July 22, 2010 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
GostHacked Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 Platform of choice is the PC (I do own a PS2) Team Fortress 2 GTA IV + Tales of Liberty City (free roam mode with 10+ players rocks) Red Faction Guerrilla Left for Dead 2 World of Goo Machinima And I have yet to get Homeworld 2 + the latest Complex Mod on win 7 Quote
Bonam Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 I was a big MMO gamer myself (though not really anymore since being in grad school). My all time favourite was Dark Age of Camelot. Quote
BubberMiley Posted July 23, 2010 Report Posted July 23, 2010 Seemed like Barbie's 'manly' boyfriend...rather than that douche-bag Ken. I don't know. He and Big Josh seem totally gay in that commercial. "Let's go find some fire-woood!" Quote "I think it's fun watching the waldick get all excited/knickers in a knot over something." -scribblet
Moonlight Graham Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Posted July 23, 2010 I think more males like playing the more violent kind of games to do with war, am I right? By playing these games at an early age I wonder if there's any connection to young men signing up in the military because of the thrill and high SOME may get of killing? Thoughts? I'm sure it had some impact. I also subscribe to game magazines and they have ads in there. Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
Moonlight Graham Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Posted July 23, 2010 No....we didn't need no steenkin' video games to get violent...we had...GI Joe! I loved GI Joe as a kid but never saw that thing. ITS HUGE!!!!!! Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
Moonlight Graham Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) *double post Edited July 23, 2010 by Moonlight Graham Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
Moonlight Graham Posted July 24, 2010 Author Report Posted July 24, 2010 Just finished playing through Braid again. Awesome game but a little confusing on the plot. Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
dre Posted July 24, 2010 Report Posted July 24, 2010 I'm sure it had some impact. I also subscribe to game magazines and they have ads in there. Its kinda sick that military recruiters target children. They show up at schools in the US and in the last few years theyve been heavily targetting young gamers. The US military actually developed and sold an FPS a few years ago with the purpose of recruiting children. Quote I question things because I am human. And call no one my father who's no closer than a stranger
kimmy Posted July 24, 2010 Report Posted July 24, 2010 Mass Effect was fun but once you play it all the way through there's no urge to play it again... If I want something I can play over and over again, Rockband or car racing games are a great way to kill some time. Or "going out" and "exploring" the beautiful fantasy landscape of Oblivion. But for me, Mass Effect (and ME2, and KOTR, and Dragon Age...) are something completely different and way more involving. They're interactive stories... 30-hour long movies where you get to be the central character. But... certainly not as replayable, because no movie is as good the second time around. The storytelling element is really powerful, but once you know how the story ends, it's just not the same. -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
wyly Posted July 24, 2010 Report Posted July 24, 2010 If I want something I can play over and over again, Rockband or car racing games are a great way to kill some time. Or "going out" and "exploring" the beautiful fantasy landscape of Oblivion. But for me, Mass Effect (and ME2, and KOTR, and Dragon Age...) are something completely different and way more involving. They're interactive stories... 30-hour long movies where you get to be the central character. But... certainly not as replayable, because no movie is as good the second time around. The storytelling element is really powerful, but once you know how the story ends, it's just not the same. I was a nasty female lesbian in Mass Effect, it was fun...went through once haven't played since... Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
Moonlight Graham Posted August 13, 2010 Author Report Posted August 13, 2010 Its kinda sick that military recruiters target children. They show up at schools in the US and in the last few years theyve been heavily targetting young gamers. The US military actually developed and sold an FPS a few years ago with the purpose of recruiting children. I wouldn't say they are targeting "children". The average gamer is over the age of 30 now. Tons of people who play games like Call of Duty or Halo and read gaming magazines are around that perfect military target age of 18. I remember the game you speak of. "America's Army" i think you're referring to. It was a U.S. military training program that was tweaked and ported to consoles. Back around 2005/2006 I played Halo 2 online on xbox with a young guy in his early 20's who served in Iraq for the U.S. army, and when he was back in the U.S. he would played that game. Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
Argus Posted August 13, 2010 Report Posted August 13, 2010 If so, what are some of your fav games and/or what are you playing right now? I can play video games for hours, but I've found that my attention span for learning how has hugely diminished over the years. Thus I'm extremely reluctant to even try a new game because the complexity of any game I might enjoy is such that it would require hours of reading, studying and learning in order to play it remotely well. Or maybe that's just me. I like/need to know everything about the world I immerse myself in, everything about how it works and the consequences of various actions. I like to play. I don't like to study. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
GostHacked Posted August 13, 2010 Report Posted August 13, 2010 Games I can't put down. Company of Heroes. - My fave RTS next to the Homeworld series. CoH is the most polished and balanced RTS I have played to date. I've been playing online recently and there are some damn fine players out there. Not so good with the germans, but can hold my own with the Brits if I go arty, and Americans if I go Armor. CnC III (and expansions) - easy to learn hard to master. But stay away from CnC4 and Red Alert 3. ... Recently finished Machinarium and World of Goo. I do need more puzzle games like Machinarium. Quote
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