well I have a religious christian uncle that I talk about games. entombed does sound a bit evil. Though I talked of that in the dnd style of stuff. I have a friend heavily into this religious thing that played dnd and so I understand this type which is what entombed is like. At 10:34 a.m. 19/09/2009, you wrote: >Hi all >I am pleased to announce that my mom has at last agreed that shades of doom >is ok for me to play. >She has tried to forbid me for years to play sod as she felt its sheer >violence. >I will tell how it came to be that my mom has softened her view about sod. >me and a friend of mine were having a pizza at a restaurant yesterday >evening and we talked about games. >I told this friend about the audio games I am playing, I described pipe2 to >him in detail. and he told me about his games. >He told me that he is currently playing mainstream games made for the pc. >He once had the x box but it was too expensive. >Each game on the x box costs 500 south african rand. >But this friend told me about ashooting game that he bought himself for his >pc, called unreal tournament where there is a lot of shooting involved. > The game consist of different missions/tasks but the main objective is >fighting. >So I asked him whether his dad is ok with the game he is playing as he stays >with his family and they are also Jehovah witnesses, he told me yes. >So today I spoke to my mom about this friend's game, telling her his dad >does not have a problem with him playhing it. and she told me that each >person must decide according to his conscience. >So I described shades of doom to my mom in the language of the man on the >street. >I told my mom that in shades of doom I do not kill people, I kill monsters >similar to prehistoric monsters such as dinosaurs. >I told her about the experiment that went wrong and that my mission is to >collect wafers to shut down the experiment and to collect the wafers I have >to kill creatures. >She asked if there is blood in the sod game and I answered no. >So eventually she agreed that its not harmfull to me. >I will try to translate her words into English. >"now I agree a game of erasing monsters is not that bad." >So now I can freelly play shades of doom without anybody asking me what I am >playing if they see the title on my screen. >Because I share my flat with a couple, my mom's friends, and they care for >me such as doing the cooking. >So if they have any questions, I will just explain to them how I have >explained to my mom and that its ok with her for me to play sod. >Spoiler >space >And I can also now play sarah soon even though my mom and her friends hates >magic games . so soon I can also now freely play sarah without them watching >the screen due to the fact that phil will change the screen name to only >sarah instead of sarah and the castle of witchcraft and wizardry in his >coming update. > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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