as long as possible. That
is why to me there is no honor in game development. Also, I never said it's
worthless; they make tons of money, and that's almost always at the expense
of people like you.
The fact is all humans build their own reality - yes - because they're not fond
of the raw
On 12/20/10 04:25, Max Samukha wrote:
On 12/19/2010 09:48 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Assuming you meant that as a sarcastic counter-example: There may be
ways in
which they make life suck less, but *overall*, they're generally
considered
to make life suck *more*. So the make life suck
to escape
reality,
and game companies exploit this to make money. Game companies use all
kinds
of psychology in their games to keep you playing as long as possible.
That
is why to me there is no honor in game development. Also, I never said
it's
worthless; they make tons of money, and that's
Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
Yea, and another thing is the matter of art in general: If you're an
ultra-utilitarian like Christopher seems to be (and even most programmers
aren't ultra-utilitarian), then art can be seen as lacking significant
contribution to society.
I think, the effect of art
Christopher Nicholson-Sauls Wrote:
That's a (sadly common) problem with people, though; not with games.
The same can be validly stated for television (which I usually avoid,
anyhow), sports, over-reliance on restaurants (a personal pet peeve),
and checking the D newsgroups... oh shi-
I hope
why some
of
them choose to play video games. It gives them a chance to escape
reality,
and game companies exploit this to make money. Game companies use all
kinds
of psychology in their games to keep you playing as long as possible.
That
is why to me there is no honor in game development
Max Samukha spam...@d-coding.com wrote in message
news:ien42a$26q...@digitalmars.com...
On 12/20/2010 08:43 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
bearophile wrote:
Many games are like drugs.
Not for me. I get bored with games. You don't get bored with drugs.
You didn't play StarCraft when you were a
Christopher Nicholson-Sauls ibisbase...@gmail.com wrote in message
news:ienfgr$2st...@digitalmars.com...
On 12/19/10 14:52, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Interesting. I don't think I would go so far as to claim that WoW was
unethical...just uninteresting ;) But that's just me. This is at least
one
On 12/18/10 14:12, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Nick Sabalausky a...@a.a wrote in message
news:iej46p$42...@digitalmars.com...
Caligo iteronve...@gmail.com wrote in message
news:mailman.5.1292651710.4588.digitalmar...@puremagic.com...
IMO there is no honor in game development as it contributes
Christopher Nicholson-Sauls:
So no, games in and of themselves don't contribute anything -- if you
don't count fun, and honestly, I do count it -- but they have been a
driving force behind a lot of innovation.
Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours every day *playing* World of warcraft
:-)
On 12/19/10 04:19, bearophile wrote:
Christopher Nicholson-Sauls:
So no, games in and of themselves don't contribute anything -- if you
don't count fun, and honestly, I do count it -- but they have been a
driving force behind a lot of innovation.
Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours
On 12/18/2010 10:03 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Caligoiteronve...@gmail.com wrote in message
news:mailman.5.1292651710.4588.digitalmar...@puremagic.com...
IMO there is no honor in game development as it contributes nothing to
society. I've rarely played any,
I gotta jump on this as being
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:19:50 -0500
bearophile bearophileh...@lycos.com wrote:
Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours every day *playing* World of
warcraft :-)
rather The Battle for Wesnoth ;-)
Denis
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
vit esse estrany ☣
spir.wikidot.com
Seeing the enemy being literally eaten by hundreds of upgraded
zerglings has no comparison. :-)
bearophile Wrote:
Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours every day *playing* World of
warcraft :-)
He does however write games sometimes: http://www.classicempire.com/
. That
is why to me there is no honor in game development. Also, I never said it's
worthless; they make tons of money, and that's almost always at the expense
of people like you.
If it helps any, I'm not one of those baby boomers. I'm actually in my
early twenties. So if you are going to insult
Patrick Down wrote:
bearophile Wrote:
Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours every day *playing* World of
warcraft :-)
He does however write games sometimes: http://www.classicempire.com/
I've never played WoW, but I have played Empire, and let me tell you,
it wastes a lot more than 6
Caligo:
Game companies use all kinds
of psychology in their games to keep you playing as long as possible. That
is why to me there is no honor in game development. Also, I never said it's
worthless; they make tons of money, and that's almost always at the expense
of people like you.
Many
Max Samukha spam...@d-coding.com wrote in message
news:iekuac$qr...@digitalmars.com...
On 12/18/2010 10:03 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Caligoiteronve...@gmail.com wrote in message
news:mailman.5.1292651710.4588.digitalmar...@puremagic.com...
IMO there is no honor in game development
this to make money. Game companies use all
kinds
of psychology in their games to keep you playing as long as possible.
That
is why to me there is no honor in game development. Also, I never said
it's
worthless; they make tons of money, and that's almost always at the
expense
of people
.5.1292651710.4588.digitalmar...@puremagic.com...
IMO there is no honor in game development as it contributes nothing to
society. I've rarely played any,
I gotta jump on this as being a giant load of pretentious bullshit.
First
of all, there's the patently obvious how in the world would you know
Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
Patrick Down wrote:
bearophile Wrote:
Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours every day *playing* World of warcraft
:-)
He does however write games sometimes: http://www.classicempire.com/
I've never played WoW, but I have played Empire, and let me tell you,
it
kinds
of psychology in their games to keep you playing as long as possible. That
is why to me there is no honor in game development.
This is bullshit.
Of course there are games with that goal (WoW, ...), but this doesn't make game
development in general unhonorable. There are many games
. It gives them a chance to escape
reality,
and game companies exploit this to make money. Game companies use all
kinds
of psychology in their games to keep you playing as long as possible.
That
is why to me there is no honor in game development.
This is bullshit.
Of course there are games
there is no honor in game development.
This is bullshit.
Of course there are games with that goal (WoW, ...), but this doesn't make
game
development in general unhonorable. There are many games that are
not like this,
for example most single player only games.. you play them until the end
as possible.
That
is why to me there is no honor in game development. Also, I never said
it's
worthless; they make tons of money, and that's almost always at the
expense
of people like you.
You are right saying games suck, since the new generation games are not
games, they are just garbage
Games as worthless as movies and music or any kind of art.
--
Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
bearophile wrote:
Many games are like drugs.
Not for me. I get bored with games. You don't get bored with drugs.
Caligo iteronve...@gmail.com wrote in message
news:mailman.5.1292651710.4588.digitalmar...@puremagic.com...
IMO there is no honor in game development as it contributes nothing to
society. I've rarely played any,
I gotta jump on this as being a giant load of pretentous bullshit. First of
all
Nick Sabalausky a...@a.a wrote in message
news:iej46p$42...@digitalmars.com...
Caligo iteronve...@gmail.com wrote in message
news:mailman.5.1292651710.4588.digitalmar...@puremagic.com...
IMO there is no honor in game development as it contributes nothing to
society. I've rarely played any
601 - 630 of 630 matches
Mail list logo
