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Registered: March 2003
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Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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How many of you play video games?
What systems do you use?
The reason I ask this is because Kevy bought a game for me called Civilization III and it is freaking addictive....
Tell me about your game playing experiences....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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I love Civilization and there are others like Orion, Ceasar,Magic,on and on. These are all called stratigy games and I think they are the best. Wait till you get to the nuclear part of Civilization. Best way is to start off samll and then keep increasing the world size.
I believe in Karma....what you give is what you get returned........
Affirmation........Savage Garden
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I have to say I don't play video games/computer games much. These are the only ones I can think of that I'd still want to play:
- Half-Life, Half-Life 2
- Simcity, Simcity 2000
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 5, 98
- Flight Unlimited 2, 3
- Command and Conquer: Red Alert
With the exception of Half-Life 2, they are all pretty antiquated. Occasionally I buy very cheap games on "3 for £10" (old, end-of-line classics, usually) at a local computer store, play them for a bit, then discard them.
I don't like first-person-shooters very much, but I thought Half-Life 2 was excellent. Very good atmosphere, excellent sound, excellent lighting, excellent art/production design, passable and macabre story (non-episodic). In other words, I liked it because it was like an interactive movie. I can't think of any other FPSs worth playing: I think it must be one of a kind, unfortunately.
Aside from those, I'm a fan of "interactive fiction":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Fiction
Don't be fooled -- this isn't just "get object; n; drop object"-type stuff; some of the stories are supberbly crafted, really like interactive novels, and have the added bonus that you have a feeling of genuine immersion -- you can do almost anything within reason; better (if you have a good imagination) than linear FPSes like Half-Life. Douglas Adams, of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fame, wrote two of the things; many more have been written by talented amateurs.
David
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With the exception of interactive fiction, those are all PC games -- I have never had a console. Standard interactive fiction (especially Infocom/Inform fiction) can be played on nearly anything: Windows, Linux, Mac OS, UNIX, Risc OS, DOS, etc.
Which reminds me: there were a few fun games for Risc OS, as well. No amazing ones, though. Marsquake, Starfighter 3000, Lemmings, SuperFE, DJ-TRON.
David
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